Stream On: The Resurrection #15

Another week, another set of 5 top tips to get steaming.

Still not entertained? Try a previous edition of Stream On: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14.

Alice & Jack (Channel 4 – 6 x 60 mins)

A week after we got One Day, we get another beautiful story of an almost-relationship over the course of nearly two decades. Alice (Andrea Riseborough) and Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) meet on a dating app and have a disastrous date, but that leads to something that will tie them together forever. Closer in tone to Normal People than One Day, the result is a show that is a profoundly moving and heart shattering reflection in love in all it’s forms. Wonderful supporting roles from Sunil Patel, Aimee Lou Wood and Aisling Bea.

Players (Netflix – 103 mins)

After spending years working with her friends on ‘plays’ to win prospective partners, of the one night stand variety, a sports writer unused to relationships falls for a fling, leading her to reconsider playing the field in favour of commitment. It follows the formula and will go exactly as you expect, but the charisma of the cast keep you watching – Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Tom Ellis, Augustus Prew, Joel Courtney and Liza Koshy. Special mention to Brock O’Hurn for… reasons.

Trust (Disney+ – 10 x 60 mins)

With The Iron Claw currently in UK cinemas, and the population finally getting on the Harris Dickinson train, it’s a good time to revisit this drama series about the notorious Getty family. In 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III (Harris), the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons’ clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom. It came out around the same time as another adaptation of the story, All The Money In The World – which attracted attention due to it’s reshoot drama – but this series definitely holds it’s own. Donald Sutherland is a powerhouse as the family patriarch and it’s always a joy to watch Brendan Fraser.

Past Lives (Netflix – 106 mins)

Now’s your chance to watch one of the indie standouts of this year’s award’s season. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. The love triangle at the centre (Greta Lee, Teo Yoo & John Magaro) make this a movingly bittersweet watch.

Death Comes To Pemberley (Netflix– 105 mins)

Imagine, a spiritual sequel of sorts to Pride & Prejudice – but it’s a murder mystery. Written by P.D James in 2011,the BBC adapted it in 2013 – it still holds up and then some. Elizabeth (Anna Maxwell Martin) and Darcy (Matthew Rhys), now six years married, are preparing for their annual ball when festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. With an ensemble cast made up of Matthew Goode, Jenna Coleman, James Norton, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joanna Scanlan and Rebecca Front – this is a top tier period drama.

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