Geektown Radio is back, and this week Dave is joined by Domingos for an episode that covers everything from medieval monarchs to body-swapping mums. Think of it as a TV and film tasting menu: action, politics, fantasy, comedy and just a hint of horror.
On The Watchlist
Domingos kicks things off with Prime Video’s ‘The Assassin’, where Keeley Hawes trades in polite dinner parties for silencers and sniper rifles. She plays a retired contract killer hiding in Greece, only for her estranged journalist son, played by Freddie Highmore, to drag her back into danger. It is sharp, funny and filled with European backdrops that make you wonder if Netflix will ever bother filming in Slough.
Netflix thriller ‘Hostage’ is next. Suranne Jones runs the country as Prime Minister while Julie Delpy plays the French President. Between kidnappings, blackmail and awkward parliamentary debates, it is a high-stakes soap where the cliffhanger is always “which world leader gets in trouble this week?” The soundtrack comes courtesy of Jeff Russo, the man who has basically written the score for half of modern sci-fi.
Domingos then turns to Disney’s ‘Freakier Friday’, where Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return for another round of magical identity mix-ups, this time involving daughters and even a granddaughter. The result is sweet, silly and surprisingly heartfelt, with the added bonus of Manny Jacinto dancing, which should honestly be sold separately as a short film.
Elsewhere, Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ throws even more guest stars into the cauldron, with Joanna Lumley, Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi and Lady Gaga all joining the madness. Horror nostalgia continues with ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer 2025’, reuniting Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. to relive their trauma and pass it on to a new crop of doomed teenagers.
Dave meanwhile takes on ‘Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning’. The world is in peril, Tom Cruise is still dangling off dangerous objects, and the franchise bows out with explosions, underwater sequences and enough callbacks to make your head spin. Whether it really is the end remains to be seen. Hollywood rarely says goodbye when it can say “reboot.”
The BBC serves up ‘King and Conqueror’, a glossy retelling of 1066 with James Norton as Harold Godwinson and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William. The show aims for historical drama but lands somewhere stranger. This is less Band of Brothers and more fanfic with swords.
Finally, Sky brings back ‘Peacemaker’. John Cena returns with new helmets, new chaos and a storyline that opens up the multiverse. The new intro sequence is already as gloriously ridiculous as the first, which is saying something.
TV & Film News
In the news corner:
- Netflix cancels Wolf King after two seasons.
- Paramount axes Dexter: Original Sin but presses ahead with Dexter: Resurrection.
- Renewals for The Institute on MGM+, Department Q on Netflix and Gangs of London on Sky.
- The Edinburgh TV Festival delivers big announcements. Sky unveils War with Dominic West and Sienna Miller, while Channel 4 shows off Steven Moffat’s political comedy Number 10 and Ronan Bennett’s dystopian Army of Shadows.
- Disney+ revives The Beatles Anthology with a brand new ninth episode, ensuring that Beatles fans will never again run out of stocking fillers.
Air Date Highlights
Here are some of the shows landing on UK screens this week:
- ‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ (Prime Video, 27th August).
- ‘Atomic’ (Sky Max, 28th August).
- ‘My Life With The Walter Boys’ Season 2 (Netflix, 28th August).
- ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 17 (Netflix, 1st September).
- ‘The Guest’ (BBC One, 1st September, 9pm).
- Comfort viewing boxsets Parks & Recreation and Superstore arrive on U.
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