Every evening we publish our night viewing recommendation here on the “Time Out” website. We aim low: things you can watch at night without burning your brain with an overdose of stupidity – you can do that yourself – even if they are not supertemporal masterpieces. The recommendations are sometimes based on watching individual episodes that show potential, but you are definitely welcome to complain about us in the secret Facebook group “The spoiler: what are you seeing today”. In honor of the weekend and for your convenience, we are grouping all the recommendations in one place for the traditional end-of-the-weekend binge, ranked according to how much we like them.
1. The reverberations
Critics butchered The Echoes (25 percent weighted score on Rotten Tomatoes) for huge plot holes, ridiculous twists, and the insistence on having Australian actors speak with Southern American accents, but audiences thought otherwise. A small, unpretentious Australian miniseries that didn’t get a bit of a boost from the streaming giant’s hype machine gets 68 million minutes watched last week. This is a lesson that Netflix is going to learn well. Seven episodes of a cheap but effective suspense drama, about a pair of twins who decide at a young age to switch between them and manage that way for years Doubles between two houses, two husbands and a child – until one of them disappears. Like the “Double Aura” on Zanx. It’s definitely good enough for a binge where you can turn off your brain and enjoy effective entertainment.
“The Echoes”, one season, 7 episodes, now on Netflix
2. Rick and Morty
“Rick and Morty”, the cartoon series that is genius for some episodes, annoying for other episodes, and often both things at the same time (and here is also its charm) No longer at the hype level it once was. It’s healthy for her. In recent seasons, the disturbed cartoon comedy, which started as a parody of “Back to the Future”, took a more plot turn. To some extent it was also a response to the show’s complex relationship with its fans, who adored (without any criticism) Rick, the insane and insufferable genius at the center of its infinite universes. Accordingly, in recent seasons Rick’s worst enemies are… Rick himself, other locations (or even himself). And althoughThe first chapter is bursting with self-referenceshe definitely brings the fun back to the series.
“Rick and Morty” Season 6, the first episode is now available on Netflix
3. Hammer House
Early last year, Armie Hammer joined the long and depressing line of Hollywood stars who have been accused of sexual harassment. However, the accusations against Hammer (“Call Me by Your Name”, “J. Edgar”) were not only serious but also unusual in their content: Hammer, the tall and impressive actor with classic Hollywood beauty, was labeled not only as a violent man who does not know how to set limits for himself ( or respond properly to the limits that others place on him), but it is also claimed that the line holds violent fantasies – among other things, cannibalism. And that’s where Discovery+’s new crime-accusation docu, “House of Hammer,” comes into play. The first chapter summarizes the accusations against Hammer, but also introduces another element into the picture – his super-rich family, starting with his great-great-grandfather, the oil tycoon Armad Hammer (of course, that was the name of the entire dynasty, in various variations). According to the docu, and probably mainly in the episodes that have not yet aired, Hammer’s family carries a serious scum bag no less than that of her celebrity great-grandson.
“House of Hammer”, first episode now on Discovery+
4. Chef’s table: pizza
The ninth installment in the culinary adventures of Chef’s Table, Netflix’s monumental food docu-series created by David Gelb (who also directed 2011’s Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the great docu-film about Japan’s great sushi master), this time focuses on six Chefs from around the world who specialize at the level of nuclear scientists in creating perfect pizzas that have made them celebrities in their districts. The chefs have been carefully selected and their stories are interesting and inspiring, but the story here is that you are going to see the most beautiful pizza photos in history. They are so beautiful that calling them food-porn is an insult. Save this term for YouTube videos. Here it is pod-sex-with-love. The camera is caressing, the lighting is perfect, the close-ups are strong on the puffy and airy dough, on the bubbling and stretching cheese, on the hot oven and the crispy crust, on the toppings that look like everything we never dared to dream. mother.
>> “Chef’s Table: Pizza”, 6 episodes, now on Netflix
5. Out of the office
Toby, the director of human beings of “The Office”, the one that Michael Scott really, really hates for no apparent good reason, was actually Paul Lieberstein, one of the main writers of “The Office”. And now he has a new movie that will sound familiar to you. “Out of Office” is an office comedy of a completely new breed – the boss and the employees in it work from home (because, you know, we are in 2022), which really does not prevent them from driving each other crazy no less than a boss and other employees who would cross the years in one series , which is called…short, you understand. And look what a great cast we have here: Ken Jung (“Community”), Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”), Jason Alexander (well, come on. It’s Jason Alexander. It’s Fucking George Costanza), Oscar Nunez (“The Office”, of course) and also the great stand-up artists Chris Gethard and Paul P. Tomkins. And the script is in Lieberstein’s hands, it’s just a shame that he doesn’t treat us to some performance of his own. We even have an idea for a character – okay, it’s an HR manager, and the boss really hates him for some reason.
Out of Office, Comedy Central
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