The Irish Mail on Sunday

ON DEMAND HIGHLIGHTS

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PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIES

Gemini Man (2019) 12 u (Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★ Concept-heavy thriller that spent 20 years in developmen­t and stars Will Smith as an assassin pursued by a younger version of himself. The action scenes are wellhandle­d. From Monday.

SKY ON DEMAND

COMEDY Unscripted

(All ten episodes) ★★★ George Clooney produced and directed half of this dark, behind-the-scenes comedy about three young actors on the rise. Clooney’s involvemen­t gives it insider access, including a stint on the ER set for one of the hopeful thespians in episode one. Cameos from Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Sam Rockwell and more follow later.

DRAMA COBRA (All six parts) ★★★★ Bad solar weather leads to electricit­y failure and anarchy in the UK in Sky’s character-led apocalypse drama, which stars Robert Carlyle as a combative Tory Prime Minister.

MOVIE Spartacus (1960) PG l ★★★★★ The late Kirk Douglas is Spartacus in a quadruple Oscarwinni­ng epic directed by a young Stanley Kubrick.

NETFLIX

DOCUMENTAR­Y Taylor Swift: Miss Americana ★★★★ A raw, grown-up profile of the woman behind the pop star (avove) that, even if it is exactly what Swift wants us to see, remains a moving document of the consequenc­es of such a very public life.

NEW! Babies (Episodes 1-6) ★★★ Filmed over three years, this painstakin­g documentar­y series offers a fascinatin­g insight into the developmen­t of babies’ brains, exploring the physiologi­cal changes behind each milestone.

From Friday.

COMEDY The Good Place (All four seasons) ★★★★ This US afterlife comedy started out clever and full of ideas, and ended with a finale that came straight from the heart. Kristen Bell stars as the entrant into what looks like heaven, with Ted Danson the jovial master of that domain.

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