Sunday, April 12, 2020

Breathless: Highly Bingeable

Jack Davenport  is Otto Powell
If you were a Mad Men fan, you'll love this six-part PBS Masterpiece series. Set in the early 1960s, in soon-to-be swinging London, it's the story of a group of OB-GYN doctors and the women who love and sleep with them.

Otto Powell, is Jack Davenport, the Dan Draper of the group. He's an alpha male with a mysterious past. He loves women, especially pretty young nurses, but he respects them, too. And he wants to help them, which means breaking some laws in the pre-abortion era.

It's a stylish production in all respects. The Movie Slut is particularly gaga over the glam duds.

Friday, April 3, 2020

The English Game: Bloody Good

Kevin Guthrie as working-class stiff Fergus Suter
Think of Upstairs Downstairs without the stairs.

Yes, The English Game is another historical drama about class distinctions in the country known for its cavernous class divide. But this one is different. It takes place on green fields instead of manor houses and taps a real story for six-engrossing episodes on Netflix.

The story, which begins in 1885, chronicles the expansion of soccer (or Futbahl as it's called on that side of the pond) from an upper class pastime to a national sport that became the most popular game in the world.

Like Downton Abbey, it's a Julian Fellows series. Unlike Downton, the Movie Slut gives it a rave. Don't worry gals. It's not all punts and goals. There are also timeouts for romance, character development and exemplary behavior on and off the field. Think of it as the antidote for life in the time of Covid-19.