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- The Hawk Never Gets Off the Tee
In the eyes of Netflix Will Ferrell can do no wrong. As aging golf pro Lonnie ‘The Hawk’ Hawkins, Ferrell has forged another goofball from the fire of professional sports and made something that might just grow on audiences. Following on from Blades of Glory, Talladega Nights, and Semi-Pro to name a few, this limited series not only offers him another opportunity to scratch that itch but determines whether Will Ferrell … - Harlan Corben Offers No Surprises in I Will Find You
Sam Worthington has carved a career from the ashes of Avatar against the odds. I Will Find You is another example of this almost A-lister looking to Netflix and Harlan Corben to continue that journey. Corben might be a best-selling author of some renown, but this latest offering from the streaming giant is pure cookie-cutter melodrama. A missing child, an incarcerated …Continue reading “Harlan Corben Offers No Surprises in I Will Find You “
- Season 2 of The Agency Is Essential Viewing
By rights The Agency on Paramount+ should not have a second season. That opening salvo in 2024 was a densely plotted and often ponderous piece of contemporary espionage that lacked momentum. Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, best known for writing Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, might have laid solid foundations in that first season, but too …Continue reading “Season 2 of The Agency Is Essential Viewing”