Netflix Jones says she was ‘a bit of a geek’ when it came to researching the role and spent many hours in the House of Commons and talking to politicians Actress Suranne Jones has taken on the role of many women under immense pressure. In Doctor Foster she suspects her husband of having an affair, in Vigil she investigates a …
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When the derivative Netflix spy drama Treason premiered in 2022, I used the Charlie Cox vehicle as an excuse to write a small treatise on the institutional misuse and overuse of in medias res openings. I’ve occasionally needed to reference what I wrote, but I’ve never been able to consistently remember what show I pegged the analysis to. Treason has …
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Empires crumble more easily than many of us would like to admit, and in Netflix‘s new limited series “Hostage” — written and created by “Bridge of Spies” scribe Matt Charman — two world leaders face an international crisis that threatens their personal lives, careers and the countries they have been tasked with defending. Fast-paced with a side of melodrama, the …
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