Five things for you to watch this weekend
HALSTON — NETFLIX
Ewan McGregor stars in Ryan Murphy’s distinctively colourful and melodramatic evocation of the life and times of the legendary fashion designer and the hedonistic world he ruled over in 1970s and 1980s New York. It’s a world of luxury, sex, fame and ruthless boardroom battles fuelled by Wall Street Gordon Gecko style greed that defined the era and its pursuit of status.
THE LUMINARIES — SHOWMAX
Eva Green stars in this lush, period tale of revenge, love and murder set against the backdrop of the 19th-century New Zealand gold rush. Adapted from the Booker Prizewinning novel by Eleanor Catton, it certainly offers much for the eye, if not as much for the mind as one would like. But it’s engaging, intriguing and realised beautifully enough to keep you entertained.
PALM SPRINGS — DSTV BOX OFFICE
Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island comedy crew offer a refreshing, suitably nihilistic and lockdown-relevant spin on the classic Groundhog Day premise in this downbeat romcom in which two wedding guests develop a budding romance when they’re forced to relive the same day over and over again.
I AM ALL GIRLS — NETFLIX
Director Donovan Marsh offers plenty of thrills, action and political intrigue in this SA thriller in which two very different cops must pair up and race against the clock to expose a high-reaching child trafficking ring in the dying days of apartheid.
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW — NETFLIX
Joe Wright directs Amy Adams and Gary Oldman in an adaptation of the best-selling crime-thriller by AJ Flinn. It’ sa Rear Window style mystery that offers a twist on the classic in its story of an agoraphobic child psychologist whose life is turned upside down when she witnesses an apparent brutal murder in the apartment across the street.