While Leslie and James may not have the same chemistry as that of Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in the 2009 film version, this is still worth checking out. Claire and Henry are in a relationship, but there’s a problem: Henry is a time traveller. The series, which premieres on May 16, stars Rose Leslie as Claire Abshire and Theo James as Henry DeTamble. If you like your romance stories with a sci-fi twist … The Time Traveler’s Wife is based on the 2003 bestselling novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Joining the ranks of rich women with plenty of time on their hands is Kathy Hilton, mother to Paris and Nicky. If you’re desperately missing Kyle, Lisa, Erika, Dorit and Garcella … you’ll be delighted to know that your favourite ladies are back, with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills returning for a drama-filled season 12 from May 12. Read our interview with Toni Collette here. His mini-series, which begins on May 5, stars Toni Collette as Kathleen Peterson and Colin Firth as the husband charged with her murder. Watching on the sidelines was director Antonio Campos ( The Sinner, The Devil All the Time). Her husband, Michael, was convicted of his wife’s murder in 2003 but later re-sentenced on appeal to time already served. In December 2001, Kathleen Peterson died after falling down a staircase in her North Carolina home. If you need your true crime fix … The Staircase is a gripping drama based on a real case.
She’s a match to Jenkins’ fuse, and the series promises all sorts of explosions to come. Into that world comes attorney Nicole Steele (Wunmi Mosaku), who is conducting an inquiry into policing. Sergeant Wayne Jenkins (Jon Bernthal) and his colleagues are the worst of the worst, a bloated mess of ethical lapses and policy breaches. Set in the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, We Own This City is a deep plunge into policing gone wrong. In a way, what sets it apart from the great masters of the genre is the extent of its swing on the ethical axis. Against that tapestry, We Own This City lands with an ambitious thud. As a genre, it has delivered more than its fair share of mediocrity.
Given the number of police shows produced for TV since the invention of the medium, it is surprising there are so few good ones. Our top recommendation on Binge is We Own This City, which gets ★★★★. BingeĬlockwise from main: Jon Bernthal in We Own This City, Colin Firth and Toni Collette in The Staircase and Rose Leslie in The Time Traveler’s Wife. Seemingly untouchable, Whitehouse’s charmed life comes undone when news breaks that he has been having an affair with a researcher on his staff. At the centre of the scandal is James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend), a handsome British MP who went to the right school, the right university and says all the right things. If you want something scandalous … Anatomy of a Scandal is Netflix’s latest must-see series. Stay tuned to see four-year-old Tata setting out to get a drink for his mother, only to distract himself by trying to catch a dog with a butterfly net. The action begins with little Hiroki (age two years, nine months) setting off on a two-kilometre round trip to a supermarket.
If you enjoy watching toddlers run errands … The cuteness level is off the scale in Old Enough!, which follows Japanese children – some of them essentially toddlers – on solo errands for their parents. Hosted by the Lacheys (as in Nick Lachey, of 98 Degrees fame), the show’s format requires couples to split up, strip down to their togs, booze it up in the pool with the others and date around.
If you’re into high-stakes ultimatums … The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On is unmissable. Kelley (whose Anatomy of a Scandal is Netflix’s latest hit), The Lincoln Lawyer stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as the car-based attorney, as well as Neve Campbell and Australia’s Angus Sampson. Sadly, McConaughey doesn’t return for this TV adaptation. Released in 2011, the film is generally accepted as the start of the ‘reconnaissance’ - the resurrection of McConaughey’s career, which would peak in 2014 with his Oscar-winning performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
It’s been more than 10 years since Matthew McConaughey starred as the charming Mick Haller in Brad Furman’s The Lincoln Lawyer.