Lately I've Been Watching

My latest mini TV and film reviews, with trailers and 'where to watch'.  

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Film: Living (2022)

5 stars plus ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(UK & US Rent/Buy: Amazon, Google, Apple)  

A truly beautiful film - funny, touching, sad, though it never felt designed to tug at the heart strings; it just did.  Adapted from the 1954 Japanese film Ikiru, which was inspired by Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Illiych, it's set in London in 1953 and tells the story of Rodney Williams (Bill Nighy), a senior official at London County Council, who discovers he only has six months to live.  It is at this point that he realises he has not been truly alive for many years, and sets about changing this.  In the wrong hands it could have been horribly schmaltzy, but this most definitely isn't. 

I adored the 1950s feel, the snapshot of an age gone by - and the opening titles sequence, in the style of a film produced in that era.

Watch it. Please!

(btw, my other favourite Bill Nighy performance was as ageing rocker Ray Simms in Still Crazy (1998).  Must have seen it about ten times!)

Series: The Last Of Us - Season 1

5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(US & UK: HBO max; buy Amazon, Apple)

I waited until this was over before watching it all over 2 nights.  If you're a 'perilous post-apocalyptic journey' addict, like me, you'll love it.  Actors all great, story convincing, etc.  I very much liked how much time was taken up with the side stories of how certain situations came to be - they were every bit as good as the main one, and it showed the post-apocalyptic world from different points of view, which is always welcome.  Bit of a weak ending, but I really, really liked it.  And was still sad about Joel's daughter, right up until the end; she was so lovely.

Documentary: Paula

4.5*⭐⭐⭐⭐

(UK: All 4)

Two episode doc about dazzling super-flirt Paula Yates, who had huge charisma, was witty, sharp, amusing, entertaining, immensely likeable and always looked fab.  I liked how this documentary put paid to all the nasty stories about her during the time when she left Bob Geldof for Michael Hutchence, the love of her life - and afterwards, when he died.  RIP Paula.

Dark Comedy Series: Beef 

5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Netflix)

Glenn is back!  Great to see Steven Yeun slaying it in these excellent ten episodes with Ali Wong, equally as first rate.  Starts off with a road rage incident between the two of them and escalates into all manner of domestic horror.  It's extremely funny in places, so well-written (by Lee Sung Jin), the acting is spot on and the send-up of privileged Californians is perfection.  Loved it, highly recommended.  

(Also, TWD lovers, Steven can sing up a storm, play the guitar as a pro, and his acting has matured so much!)

Series: Vikings: Valhalla - Seasons 1 and 2

4.5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Netflix)

Takes place a hundred years or so after the story of Ragnar Lothbrok, Rollo, Loki, Bjorn and Ivar the Boneless.  I love it, but my husband thinks it's a lukewarm follow-up to the original with rubbish characters; I think his words were 'Thank God that's over', when it was.  Guess I'll be watching S3 on my own, then.  I do actually know what he means, in a way (in that Travis Fimmel has nothing to worry about) but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.  So there.

Film: Sunshine (2007)

4* ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(UK: Disney+.  US & UK: Rent/Buy: Apple, Amazon) 

Dire warning about what happens when you try to play God with the weather.  Fun futuristic sci-fi, entertaining, definitely worth a watch.

Film: Sharper (2023)

4* ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(UK & US: stream Apple+)

Enjoyable film about conmen and women.  Kept one on one's toes, working out who was conning whom.  Very much enjoyed it, but a bit of a rubbish ending.  Stars Julianne Moore, John Lithgow, Sebastian Stan.

Film: Fall (2022)

3.5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Netflix)

Becky and Hunter are Extreme Climbing hobbyists.  Becky is traumatised by an event of a year ago, and has not left terra firma since it happened; she is a total wreck, drinking too much, etc.  Hunter, meanwhile, has monetised her sport by becoming 'Danger D' (or something) on You Tube, and doing her climbs in low cut tops.  Hunter persuades Becky to face her fears and do another climb with her - this time, up a disused TV signal tower.  3000 ft.  Of course, lots of terrifying stuff happens, none of which I will list here because spoilers.

This film is not for the faint of heart - sometimes I was actually forced to look away, and I love scary shit!  A definite 10/10 for suspense, special effects, etc.  So why only 3.5*?

Here's why:

1. Neither actress looked as if they spent their time doing anything more physical than clubbing, and certainly didn't have the sort of muscle that would have built up if constantly doing this sort of thing.
2. If Becky had been out of practice and on the piss for a year, why would she or Hunter think it might be a good idea for her to 'conquer her fears' with a dangerous, unresearched climb?  Especially as she clearly wasn't emotionally ready for such a feat.  Which leads me to... 
3. Surely the people who do this sport do a risk assessment first?  Yeah, I know that doesn't make for an edge-of-your-seat film, but .... something?
4. The consumption of something I won't name (spoilers) by one of the girls near the end apparently turned her into Superwoman.  I think it would have been more likely to make her severely ill.
5. The end was really, really weak.  Worthy only of a 1980s B movie.  No twist, no surprises (though there was an excellent twist in the last quarter of the film - totally unexpected!), felt like scenes were cut.

ON THE OTHER HAND!!!  Becky's lovely lovely father is played by lovely lovely Jeffrey Dean Morgan, so what else can I say but 'go watch it now'??!!

Cartoon Series: South Park - Season 26 eps 1 - 6 

4* ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

(Paramount +)

I thought the first episode was weak, but the second one was the enjoyable piss-take about the Markles; since then, Season 26 has continued to be good.  Not brilliant like some other seasons, but good.  With a show that's gone on as long as this one, there are bound to be highs and lows.  

Documentary: Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster

4* ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Discovery+, YouTube)

Living in England as I do, I had never heard of Jared from Subway (an obese, reclusive young man who lost stones on his Subway sandwiches diet, and became a national hero) until I saw the South Park episode about him, made before his paedophilia was exposed.  This 4 part documentary features the woman who first discovered the truth about him, and also the two girls who suffered as a result of their mother meeting Russell Taylor, Jared Fogle's great friend and the director of the 'Jared Foundation'.  

It was intricate in its detail, but I felt it was spun out for too long; could have easily told the story in 3 or even 2 episodes.  There was a bit too much foreshadowing that gave the wrong impression of what was to come.  Prepare to be grossed out.

Film: Boston Strangler (2023)

4*⭐⭐⭐⭐

(US: Hulu.  UK: Disney+)

Story of the (clue's in the name) in the late 1950s.  Stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon.  Good, I'd recommend, though not particularly memorable.  Interesting seeing, at the end, what happened to the real life journalists played by Knightley and Coon.

Series: Mayor of Kingstown - Seasons 1 and 2

4.5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(US & UK: Paramount +.  Buy Apple, Amazon)

"Mayor of Kingstown follows the powerful McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither."

Liked this a LOT.  Co-created by Taylor Sheridan, who does lots of other good stuff like Yellowstone and Tulsa King.  

Series: Your Honor - Seasons 1 and 2

4.5*⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Amazon, Showtime, Paramount+, Now)

Judge Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston, hurrah!) has his life crumble in an instant when son Adam kills the son of local gangster Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg, hurrah!) in a road accident, and flees the scene.  This leads to all manner of disaster, ruining the lives of so many.  

I watched the first season when it came out and thought it was excellent; watched it again before seeing S2, and felt that in the second series the story was a little dragged out, and the impact lost.  However, it's still jolly good.  Definitely recommend

Film: Most Dangerous Game (2020)

4.5* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Amazon)

This was thrilling, edge of your seat stuff, all the way through.  Chap with terminal health and money problems (Liam Hemsworth) is offered the chance to be the prey in a human hunt.  The hunts are arranged by a shadowy group, as recreation for jaded billionaire psychopaths.

The financial pay-off for Hemsworth's character is great.  Even if he gets killed, his pregnant wife will still earn handsomely.  If he survives 24 hours of being pursued throughout Detroit, he gets to enjoy his winnings, too.

Also watched the 2023 series of the same name, same principle, same smooth Miles (excellently played by Christopher Waltz) offering another young man with severe money problems the chance to make them all go away.  Boxer Victor's game is set in New York.  Each episode is short, often less than 10 minutes.  Works just as well as the film, hope there will be more!

Series: Da Vinci's Demons - Season 1

4 * ⭐⭐⭐⭐

(US: Amazon, Starz.  UK: Disney+)

Ridiculous fiction loosely based (and I mean loosely) on the life of Leonardo da Vinci.  Lots of action, much about the political state of Italy at the time, lots of really good-looking people performing amazing feats.  Works best if you see it for what it is - not so much a historical drama as a Renaissance Romp.  Most entertaining.

The Brave, The Wise, The Mad and The Brutal... #Vikings, Season 5

I've just binge-watched Season 5 of Vikings, waiting for the end until I watched the whole thing; ah, but it's hard to watch without being nostalgic for the early days of Ragnar, isn't it?  Each of his sons embodies a side of him: Bjorn his fearlessness and adventure, Ubbe his patience, honour and understanding of human nature, Ivar his intelligence and ruthlessness, and Hvitserk - well, I'm sure we are yet to see the best of him.  But the great man is still so sadly missed; yes, Lagertha, I too long for the days when you were both on your farm!

Anyway, I loved it, though missing other greats like Athelstan and Ecbert, too.  The battles are edge-of-your-seat thrilling, the scenery is fabulous, the drama is outstanding as ever, and it was good to see some Ragnar flashbacks - hope there will be more!  I've read that Season 6 will be the last, though the writers are going to do a 'continuation' series, with a new cast.

For other addicts, here are a few thoughts on where the main characters are now.

Ivar 
The Ramsay Bolton (ref: Game of Thrones) of Vikings, whose psychopathic tendencies grow ever darker - the burning alive of subjects who don't actively support him, the murders of Sigurd, Freydis, his own son, and any other random person who meets him on a bad day - but still with an occasional sweet vulnerability and well-placed wit that makes him an 'I shouldn't really like him but I kind of do' character.  Maybe Negan rather than Ramsay Bolton?  All his issues about being disabled and paternal rejection have turned into the anger that fuels his ambition - and he knows this about himself.  Kattegat has not seen the last of him...

Halfdan
One of my favourites, I was gutted when he died!  I loved that he got away from the domineering Harald and followed his heart, to live life to the full, in all its intensity, and see the world, rather than seek personal fame and glory.  He was he only one of the main men without that rage inside him, or the desire for power.  And he was cute and funny 😉.

Harald
....but I did like him, too, despite him killing lovely Halfdan.  Harald was the Viking's Viking; total alpha male, hard drinking, fearless fighting, brutal wife-claiming (I bet a lot of women, though, will see, as I did, why he had such bad luck with them - he played all his cards straight away).  What he lacked in cunning foresight he made up for with that macho confidence that inspired followers.  Love that the last thing he did was save Bjorn's life.... now there's a ticket to the Great Hall of Valhalla!

Alfred
The wonderful Alfred, with the wisdom and far sight of his father and grandfather, rather than the black and while, blinkered outlook of bulldog stepfather Aethelwulf.  I do hope we get to see more visions of Athelstan, and also that he grows his hair back and gets rid of that fluff on his face; he's gone from potential rock star to accountant.  Three cheers to mum Judith who made it all happen....

Judith
....yes, the Saxon woman who must have eaten her ten-a-day and used the full Tropics Skin Care range on a nightly basis, for she didn't age a day from the time she first shagged Athelstan, to her deathbed, on which she wore mascara.  Judith rocked, though, and probably wished she could have lived the lives of Lagertha or Torvi, so she could do all the stuff she wanted and needed to, without shame.

Hvitserk
I always felt a bit sorry for him, though he didn't do himself any favours, carrying his Middle Child Syndrome around like a shield.  But getting off Ubbe's boat was not the wrong decision after all.  Yes, it was his one stand at not being the 'younger brother' forever, little realising that his own younger brother would tower over him in a way that Ubbe never tried to - but his anger at Ivar turned the boy into a man; in his proposal to Olaf he showed a strength and daring we had not seen before.

Ubbe
Now, I always thought he was the 'Happy Shopper' Ragnar.  He looks the most like him, but you could pass him by in a crowd.  He has the older brother thing going on, but didn't feel like a leader.  He's honorable, but until the last few episodes of S5 it hadn't got him very far (the Ned Stark of Vikings?).  Then, suddenly - whooosh.  He became truly the son of Ragnar.  Pretending to accept the Christian faith to get what he wanted, negotiating peace twixt Saxon and Dane - he was the one who realised Ragnar's dream.  Hopefully in S6 we will see more of the great hero he has become, and he will give Hvitserk more than a cursory nod of greeting :)

 
Bishop Heahmund
Ah yes, the lusty Bishop, to whom Christianity meant whatever he wanted it to mean on that precise day.  Jonathan Rhys-Meyers seemed determined to out-act everyone else in the cast, with every scene a display of his dramatic acting skills, every conversation a celebration of epic emotion.  He was fun, though, and added much to the series - and it was good to see Lagertha still getting her rocks off with hunks!!!

Bjorn
Never a favourite character of mine; he's always so angry, isn't he?  But I LOVED that final triumph over Ivar, when, even though his, Harald, Hvitserk and Olaf's army was defeated, he still won, by appealing to the true spirit of the people of Kattegat.  It totally came from the heart, which is probably why it worked.  I am sure we all love to see the town back in its rightful hands - but I'm rather disappointed that he believed in the story of Magnus, who I think was an imposter.  No matter, now. 

Floki
He wasn't a favourite of mine, either, but what a sad ending for him - ironic, too, that his great search for his gods, and his belief that Iceland was Asgard, ended with the discovery of a Christian cross. The portrayal of his slow descent into a strange insanity that was sometimes so astute, was terrific.  I don't think he ever got over the death of Ragnar; that, even more than the death of Helga.

Lagertha
After TWD's Michonne, my TV heroine.  However many triumphs she has, however many new loves, none ever compare to Ragnar; there is a lingering sadness about her, all the time.  Still beautiful, even though she must surely be in her late 50s by now; I am sure there is still room for some more adventures and happiness in her long and eventful life - aren't you?

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Lately I've been watching.....

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The Crown

The life and times of the British royal family ~ I've just watched Season 2, which was even better than Season 1.  It takes place during the late 1950s and early 1960s and deals with revelations about Edward VIII's Nazi sympathies, Princess Margaret's love life, a meeting with the Kennedys, the downfall of MacMillan's government after the Profumo affair, and so much more.  Can't wait for the next season!  Claire Foy and Matt Smith star.

5 stars
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Vikings

Season 5, still terrific despite the lack of Ragnar Lothbrok.  I've written a full review of it HERE. 

5 stars
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Britannia

Druids and Romans in Dark Ages England.  Watched the first episode and unimpressed; the awesome-ness that is David Morrissey didn't quite make up for the rest of it.  Struck me as the Happy Shopper version of Vikings.  I think US TV seems to do this sort of thing so much better; the actors and dialogue were unconvincing for the time, with people like Julian Rhind-Tutt playing more or less the same character as he did in Green Room. Somehow, Lagertha talking to Torvi in Vikings seems authentic, even though they're speaking in English, but the two sisters on the beach at the beginning of this just weren't.

2 stars
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Last Flag Flying

Film: light tragi-comedic drama about three Vietnam vets, starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Lawrence Fishburne.  I'll watch anything with Mr Cranston in it, and he's great in this.  Loved it, definitely recommend!

4.5 stars
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Not my usual thing at all; comedy/musical series starring and created by Rachel Bloom.  New York lawyer abandons her career to chase a dream in California, stalking an ex-boyfriend.  I enjoyed the first 3 episodes of Season 1 which were really well done, but the 4th episode was a bit weak, with lots of determinedly 'zany' chick lit type scenarios, and I don't think I even smiled, so I don't know if I shall bother to watch any more. 

3 stars
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Mosaic

Drama series starring Sharon Stone about an ill-fated, neurotic children's author.  Weird to see her finally starting to look old, though still beautiful.  Lovely mountain setting, pretty bog-standard murder plot type thing, but good.

3.5 stars 
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Top of the Lake

Just watched Season 2; #1 was set in mountainous New Zealand and I really loved the scenery as well as the plot.  #2 is in Sydney.  Flavour of the month Elisabeth Moss stars as a detective with all sorts of personal baggage, around which the plots centre.  Very gripping, good stories, loved it (#1 was my favourite).

5 stars
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Inside No. 9 

Just watched Season 4 of the darkly comic tales starring and written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.  They vary; they're all good but some are just 'yeah, that was good', and some are great.  I liked the last two of this series the best; brilliant twisty plots.

4 stars
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Safe House 

Film - rogue CIA agent thriller starring Denzel Washington.  Good, but not remarkable; I've actually forgotten what the plot was about already.  But I enjoyed it at the time. 

3.5 stars
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Lately I've been watching.... what else but #Vikings?

Previously on Lately I've been watching: 
9 January
18 January


This 'Lately I've been watching' is dedicated only to the first 10 episodes of Season 5 of Vikings, which I've just watched over 3 days.

Loved it, as always, though I felt it's become a little more theatrical this season, and wondered if this was the directors making up for the element it is now lacking, ie, Ragnar Lothbrok.
 

The glorious Travis Fimmel as Ragnar (early days!)

At the very end of last season I was much interested in the inclusion of Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Bishop Heahmund; my theory is that he's been put in as one-for-the-ladies, now that the glorious Travis Fimmel is no longer with us.  A nice bit of stuff though JRM undoubtedly is, I find his brand of actorish-acting more suited to the Hollywoodised romp type historical drama of The Tudors than the previously more authentic-feeling Vikings; for instance, his exchanges with Ivar the Boneless lacked the subtlety and depth of those between Ragnar and Athelstan.

I was, however, most pleased to see him get together with Lagertha at the end, and it was good to see Lagertha back with her shield maiden hairdo and warpaint ~ is this the 21st century ideal of femininity?  If so, I'm all for it.

It's brother against brother once more, then, in the tradition of Ragnar and Rollo, as Ivar persuades the not-so-intelligent one whose name I had to look up because a) he is so insignificant and b) I could never hear it properly (Hvitserk), to side with him against the mighty Bjorn Ironside and the honorable Ubbe, who is the only one who actually looks like Ragnar, albeit a watered down version.

Then there is Harald Finehair and the adventurer Halfdan (another favourite of mine), whose loyalty to Bjorn was cemented when they dined on a Sicilian in the desert.  I was so sad to see Halfdan killed in the last episode, and wanted Valhalla to be real for him.  Less so Astrid, who got on my nerves.  Poor Harald; how long must it have taken to grow that plait?  When all the time the father of Astrid's child might have been any one of group of four whalers; like Harald's plait, I felt this storyline was chopped off prematurely.  Then again, he did kill Halfdan, in direct contrast with Ubbe, who, when the shields were down, could not kill his own brother.  Shame that Halfdan was far more worthy of life than Hvitserk.

Harald and Halfdan enjoy a cool 99 in Valhalla

And let us not forget Alfred and Aethelred....  I expect to see Alfred become a major character loved by a Viking leader as Ecbert was by Ragnar.  Though maybe not Ivar, who has shaped up so well as the pantomime villain with the occasional weakness, though one never knows; does he just show this to keep others such as Hvitserk on his side?  He is a master war statistician, but will he meet his match in Alfred?  And will Rollo sort the little tinker out, now he's back, in his designer robes?  Has he stopped throwing his toys out of the pram and learned to do what is right?

Love the Floki in Iceland sideshow ~ I took it that he had not only thought he had seen the gods in his starving, delirious state, but also the land as lush and verdant.  I expect he'll be dissuaded from sacrificing himself, and will, at some point, be able to show them the mountain that breathes fire, thus proving that he was right all along about it being a magical land.

And so to the next ten episodes....

• Will mad-as-a-box-of-frogs Margrethe kill Torvi or her children?
• Will Lagertha have her highlights redone, or will she stay shocked-silver, following her reluctant murder of Astrid?
• Will Alfred follow in the wise footsteps of his grandfather, but this time manage not to murder a bunch of Norse farmers?
• Has Rollo arrived to side with Ivar or Bjorn?
• Which one of Ragnar's sons will decide to chuck it all up and open an international cab firm instead? 

 

We shall see.....

Recently I've been watching.... more TV recommendations (and Charles Dance)

The next in my occasional series of drama series recommendations for Netflix etc addicts like myself!  Some are BBC/ITV, though, which I presume are still available; links provided.  Links to other posts at the end.

I've recently watched and loved Versailles, which is about the court of Louis XIV.  It's a lavish production with some terrific acting; Louis is played most compellingly by George Blagden (Athelstan in Vikings) (I was going to make the odd lecherous comment about him, but I looked him up on Wikipedia and discovered he's 30 years younger than me, so decided that to do so would seem a little gross).  There's plenty of intrigue, with loads of fab costumes, and it portrays so well the corruption, infidelities and scheming of life at Court, and how little nobility cared about what really went on in their country (no change there, then).  Loved it, I really hope there's another series!  Highly recommended.

*****Five Stars*****

I very much enjoyed The Living and The Dead which is a supernatural orientated suspense type thriller set in Somerset in late Victorian times, in which a forward thinking psychologist and his London wife return to the estate owned by his family, when he becomes the new Lord of the Manor.  Lots of dark atmosphere and the pagan style superstitions of the simple rural folk.  For a change, the ghosts come from the future as well as the past, which I loved ~ the main character, Nathan Appleby, sees a woman with a 'book of light', which turns out to be an iPad!  Stars Colin Morgan as Nathan, and Charlotte Spencer ~ I saw her in some teen series, recently, the name of which escapes me, and she's great. 

****Four stars**** 

Just finished watching the 2005 dramatisation of Bleak House
~ stars Gillian Anderson and Charles Dance (see below), Denis Lawson, Timothy West and Hugo Speer, amongst others.  I enjoyed it, and liked the way it brought out the pantomime quality of the characters as in the actual Dickens books.  Very theatrical; my only problem was the casting of Anna Maxwell Martin as main character Esther Summerson, who was (I thought) both irritating and plain; I thought it unlikely that three men would have sought her hand in marriage.  Good, though, most atmospheric in parts, and worth watching.

***Three and a half stars***

Straight after Bleak House I watched a four part drama about The Great Fire of London in 1666.  As soon as I saw it I leapt on it, thinking it would be great, especially with such a cast ~ the girl who played Ygritte in Game of Thrones, the bloke who played Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire ~ and Charles Dance, doing his usual: the haughty, underhand posh bloke with the heart of steel.  Alas, it was dreadful, particularly the last episode which was so bad it was like a spoof.  Done on the cheap, I suspected (we saw very little of the actual fire), a waste of some fine actors, and the dialogue was abysmal.  

**Two Stars** (only because I liked the historical aspect)

....and talking of Charles Dance, I wonder if, when he left acting school, his tutors said to him, "Don't worry, lad, you'll only ever have to play one part, with a face like yours."  Indeed, all his roles seem to be interchangeable, don't they?  I wonder if he ever gets fed up with playing said haughty, underhand posh blokes with hearts of steel?

Charles Dance as Mr Tulkinghorn in Game of Thrones

Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister in The Great Fire

Charles Dance as Lord Denton in Bleak House

Just one last one, not a drama series but some tales of real life con-artists!  Includes interviews with the victims too.  It's terrible, and fascinating ~ I recommend American Greed!

****Four Stars****

More TV recommendations and comments:

The Americans, Alone, The Whispers, New Blood

Vikings, UnREAL, Fear The Walking Dead, Between, Roots

Bloodline, The Path, The Secret, Secrets & Lies, Banshee, Containment

Billions, Outsiders, Better Call Saul,