The Thursday Murder Club
I didn’t have high expectations, but this cute and funny film had me giggling throughout. Apart from the characters’ innate charm, there are 3 hidden in-jokes at the expense of
Challenger: The Final Flight
I was blown away by the attention to detail, and the slow-burn story telling in this documentary of NASA's fatal Challenger flight from 1986. It's only 4 episodes long, because they don't need more than that to explain how wrong it is to have bureaucrats so disconnected from day-to-day engineering.
The Island
Award-winning author Adrian McKinty uses his dark and twisted imagination to great effect. Outside of horror novels, it's not often I end up feeling queasy while reading, but McKinty does that well. His The Island asks one simple question: If the worst came to the worst, what would you do for your family?
Back to the Future (40th Anniversary edition)
Nostalgia aside, it's amazing to see how well this classic 80s movie lives up to the hype of "one of the greatest movies ever written." This opportunity to see Back to the Future on the big screen is taken to the next level in Prague, where you can also see it in other formats, like IMAX or 4DX.
Adolescence
It feels like everyone is talking about this highly-rated limited series. The subject matter is chilling - especially if you have children - and the single-shot camera work rams the intensity of the situation home.
The Future of Geography
We can focus on regional politics all we want, but that blinds us to macro-patterns and issues that affect us at a global level. In his latest bestseller, Marshall does a great job of explaining how space is politicised, and what it means for our immediate future.
Franz
I was disappointed to see that Agnieszka Holland's film Franz, about Kafka, was only showing in German with Czech subtitles. How's an expat supposed to enjoy that? Luckily for us, Kino Svetozor is shows it with English subtitles too!
Reacher
Amazon Prime's TV successes have been hit-and-miss. Despite that, I'm happy Amazon's attitude is to focus on the long game because they do know how to build on successful items. Reacher, based on the books by Lee Child, is one of them.
The Maid
Novels featuring autistic or neurodiverse characters are becoming increasingly common. That's not to say this diminishes the impact of such a story.
