HBO也宣布续订了刚结束第二季播出的《守望尘世》,并宣布第三季将会是剧终季。
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧,创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红(其实已经在走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》,而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来,《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平,要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下,《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说,英剧的水准本身就高于美剧,这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的,美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧,以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥,编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化,老的走新的来,造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾,故事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff,头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士,以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane,Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”(包括和Jeff还有Patrick)过的Susan,Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系,Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系,Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展,还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事,等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止,而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平,无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。
The second series, Ben Harper, husband and father to three different and often difficult children has spent his working life as a dentist. Just as well as most of his life seems rather like pulling teeth. His wife Susan is usually busy showing foreign tourists around London, a place she knows much better than her own kitchen. Ben and Susan have been married happily enough to have three children. However, Ben has the feeling that most of the time his children seem to speak a different language. Nick (20) has persuaded his parents he would benefit from a gap year to see something of the world. To date, he has hardly seen anything beyond the confines of the sofa. Janey (17) is into boys, fashion labels (expensive ones) and getting her own way. Michael (14) is the brightest of the trio. He is seriously into computers, and, not so seriously (yet) into girls.
《海盗旗升起》(非常)松散地改编自18世纪绅士海盗Stede Bonnet的真实冒险故事。 在把看似美妙的绅士生活交换为惊心动魄的海盗生活后,Stede成为了复仇号海盗船的船长。Stede一直在努力赢得可能会叛变的船员的尊重,而在与臭名昭著的黑胡子船长发生一场决定性的冲突后,他的命运发生了变化。令他们惊讶的是,截然不同的Stede和黑胡子在公海上找到的不仅仅是友谊……他们找到了爱情。现在,两人必须从中幸存下来。
An epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid, from his humble Irish roots and his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
本剧改编自Harlan Coben在2012年出版的同名《纽约时报》畅销小说。Coben将和领头编剧Danny Brocklehurst,及Richard Fee共同负责8集剧本,Daniel O’Hara担任领头导演。 这是Netflix和Harlan Coben的5年14本书超级合约下进行的第5个项目。跟随之前的合作项目,本剧将设定在英国。 故事聚焦三个生活安好的人,每个人都有不可告人的秘密,而身边最亲近的人都不会对此产生怀疑。Megan (Jumbo),一名有三个孩子的职业母亲;Ray (Armitage),曾经未来光明的纪录片摄影师,如今干着一份没有前途的工作,迎合那些痴迷明星的有钱人家孩子;Broome (Nesbitt),一名侦探,放不下一桩失踪人口悬案。Lorraine (Parish),来自Megan过去的一位老朋友,带来了一些惊人的消息,这些消息将影响到这三个角色。当不安的过往再次困扰他们,威胁要毁掉他们和亲近之人的生活,他们下一步会怎么做呢? 卡司包括《傲骨贤妻》Cush Jumbo、《霍比特人》Richard Armitage、《失踪》James Nesbitt和《美第奇家族》Sarah Parish。
A dramedy that tells, with irony and humor, the adventures of Eliseo, the janitor of an upper class building, who, behind the back of the managing company that employs him, uses his position to surveil and be intimately acquainted with the building's tenants. The building is a universe whose ecosystem has specific dynamics and rules, and Eliseo knows them all by heart. There he lives, works and absorbs every detail of the life of its residents. However, underneath all his humility, he hides a talent for manipulating them. A facade of servility and sincerity is his most effective weapon he uses on them. His power is knowledge. He knows everything about his neighbors: their names, schedules, jobs, relationships, weaknesses, likes, etc. His mind registers everything that goes on in the complex. With this advantage over his "victims", he devises strategies to influence each tenant and can calculate precisely how they will react. This game of power over the neighbors is akin to playing cat and mouse. Depending on his whims, his mood or his need to protect his position at all costs, he is capable of causing wide ranging damage. He also dispenses justice and protects those he sees as weak. He is a God on his own turf.
Discover a side of Abraham Lincoln you’ve never seen before. Inspired by David S. Reynolds’s book “Abe: Abraham, Lincoln in his Times,” Lincoln’s Dilemma comes to Apple TV February 18. In this four-part docuseries, a diverse panel of historians and rare archival materials offer a more nuanced look into Abraham Lincoln's presidency.
FX续订《#白粉飞# Snowfall》第二季,预定18年播出。
讲述自从一起庭院拍卖会后,某小镇上出现了多起杀人案,被连环杀手灵魂附体的鬼娃娃恰奇,持刀索命来了。
Zac Efron is back on Netflix, traveling around Australia with wellness expert Darin Olien in search of healthy, sustainable ways to live.