1. Daisy Jones and the Six
Yes, yes, we are the first to know that rock’n’roll is no longer what it used to be and that it has long since ceased to have a definite hold on its position in the hallowed trio from the title. But fortunately, just these days, a series appeared on Amazon Prime in which the seventies – and their rock ‘n’ roll – never really ends. Meet Daisy Jones and the Six, a mini-series (based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reed) about the intrigue, heartbreak, lies, and tensions within a major, completely fictitious Seventies rock band that may resemble just a little, or more Somewhat, the giants Fleetwood Mac. If she does well, she will be able to make us forget the bitter taste of other previous attempts to bring the old world of rock ‘n’ roll to television, such as HBO’s forgettable and utterly failed “Vinyl.”
The series is presented as a mix of drama with mockumentary in which the band members are interviewed about their inevitable rise and fall, including, of course, stormy romances in the band. Daisy Jones is a promising young singer (ahem, Stevie Nicks) who meets a charismatic band guitarist (not Lindsay Buckingham, why you ask) and together they form a band which, as mentioned, is definitely not Fleetwood Mac. The correct coordination of expectations would be to come to this series as one approaches a Fleetwood Mac album: that it will be fun, melodramatic, with a strong vibe of a soap opera but still more sophisticated and high quality than that. And the inevitable explosions will come as soon as the band’s strongest hits are about the failed relationships within it. In short, he will be happy. I mean, to you. Daisy Jones and the Six are probably going to be really sad.
First three episodes now on Amazon Prime, new episode every Friday
2. The chase with Tipex
Pierre we missed you: “The Chase”, the leading and truly most entertaining entertainment of here 11 returns for a seventh season, and we can no longer wait to see the chaser or chasers eliminate a wide range of competitors who are left stunned after a series of 20 plus questions answered in two minutes . We usually don’t like games, but something about the lightness and lack of pretension, but also avoiding unnecessary shouting, made the chase our little gem of trivia, and a new season means that this fun is back. And not for nothing, he returned with a reinforced Purim episode with the participation of special guests – the most colorful band in Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2zH9DwK_s
Tipax are probably our favorite Israeli band, and when they come to test their trivia against the Chaser, it’s clear that it’s going to be fun there. I mean, just look at the outfit Kobe is wearing! And it’s not even worn for Purim! All members of the band participate, and it’s a chance to find out which Tipex members know the most bullshit, and whether the band can beat the main stalker. We already know the answer, so no spoilers.
The Chase, a new episode every Monday, 9:15 p.m
3. “The History of the World, Part 2”
We admit that sometimes our finger is a little light on the trigger with terms like “iconic” and “legend”. Then comes a day when Mel Brooks has to be described and we regret not saving those titles exclusively for him. At the age of 96, he is truly iconic and truly a legend: he hasn’t even made that many movies, but almost every one of them – “The Producers”, “Young Frankenstein”, “Spaceballs” and more – is simply perfect. At 96, he has also earned (a long time ago, to be honest) the right to do exactly what he pleases. And it’s still surprising that in 2023, after a long period in which he didn’t have any really big projects, he suddenly returns with a TV series, a genre he hasn’t really worked in since the 60s, which is actually a sequel to his 1981 film, which actually doesn’t count For one of the highlights of his work – “The History of the World, Part 1”. That film, which was basically a series of sketches from different periods of history, ended with the promise of “The History of the World, Part 2”. And now, almost 40 years later, he remembered to comply.
So what is here, actually? A sketch show that is a kind of dream team of writers and actors (Jack Black! Nick Carroll! Taika Waititi! Seth Rogen! Johnny Fucking Knoxville!), with Mel Brooks himself beating them all (who is also used here as the voice of the narrator). Among the parodies: William Shakespeare’s Writers’ Room, a parody of “Calm Down” (under the perfect title Curb Your Judaism, and of course the stars of the original series, Wanda Sykes and JB Samob, also participate here) with Judas Iscariot who gets paid to betray Jesus and a sitcom Seventies nostalgia about the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to participate in the United States presidential primaries. In short, everything from everything and everything, and everything in the same light and fun satirical nonsense spirit of Mel Brooks. All the episodes came out during the week, and it’s time to binge.
“The History of the World, Part 2,” now on Hulu
4. “Perry Mason”
At first glance, “Perry Mason” might seem like another one of those cartoons that no one asked for – a lawyer and private detective, a thriller hero from the 1930s, a super-hit TV series in the 1950s and 1960s, and more television appearances in the decades to come. . So who exactly wanted to bring him back to the screen right now? It’s not really clear, but the truth is that it’s good that it turned out the way it did, because the result is really fun. First of all, this is the big television comeback of Matthew Rhys (Philip from “The Americans”), it’s a somewhat retro series – not really a return to the “Mystery of the Week” structure like Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are doing these days with “Poker Face”, But in a certain nostalgic television atmosphere – and she’s also not shy to jump headlong into all the favorite clichés of film noir, starting with the top hat on Matthew Rhys’ head, through the bottle of whiskey in his hand, to gangsters who talk exactly like gangsters in a series about the United States of the 1980s. -30 need to talk.
To be honest, all of this could have easily turned into TV trash, except that’s really not the case, and now that one good season is already behind us – we can wholeheartedly recommend the second season when it starts. “Perry Mason” is not a masterpiece series, but it’s totally well done, it’s fun, suspenseful, Reese is wonderful (of course he’s wonderful, he’s Matthew Fucking Reese). It is especially recommended for those whose nostalgic heart the period speaks to, for fans of “The Americans” and also just for those who want to pass the evening with good, unpretentious television.
“Perry Mason”, HBOMax, is broadcast in Israel Bis, Hot and Cellcom TV
5. “MH370: The Lost Plane”
You know that part where you suddenly remember in the middle of the street that you didn’t find those sunglasses you were looking for a few weeks ago? So the same, only with a Malaysian plane. what is this part In 2014, when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from the radar in an instant with all 239 people on board, the whole world was talking about it, and rightly so. But the years passed, and not much new was discovered. Not why the flight disappeared, not what became of the subjects, not even what they served, chicken or fish. Now a Netflix documentary series wants to tidy things up a bit, and maybe also remind you where you left your sunglasses.
“MH370: The Lost Plane” is a three-part series that, in the tradition of Netflix, turns a disaster into a fascinating drama. During its three episodes, the series unfolds the story of the missing flight, talking to experts, family members of the victims and Malaysian government officials, in an attempt to understand what the hell happened, and what has been discovered since then – and it turns out that quite a bit has been discovered, but much more has been hidden. During the three episodes, the series actually presents three theses – one in each episode – about the reason for the disappearance of the plane, with at the end of each episode there is a reconstruction of the possible scenario. Although there is no unequivocal determination – hey, if the authorities didn’t succeed, why would Netflix? – The series definitely points to the more realistic theory for its taste, but still shows the cracks in it, and the lies told by the authorities that imply that there might have been something bigger like a kidnapping, or even a secret operation by the US government. What is certain is that even 9 years after , it’s still intriguing to God.
“MH370: The Lost Plane”, now on Netflix