Paul Rudd stars as naive young bonds salesman Nick Carraway, with Mira Sorvino as his wealthy and careless cousin Daisy Buchanan, and Toby Stephens as Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire determined to win back her heart, in Robert Markowitz’s bold but stilted adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel set in the money and murk of 1920s New York. Eastwood may be playing to type here, but he’s nevertheless very watchable as the tough small-town cop. He soon gets into a string of scrapes when the convict keeps managing to escape and the hero, too stubborn to return home empty-handed, must wearily set out to track him down. In this early Clint Eastwood outing, the young actor is an Arizona cop (deputy sheriff Walt Coogan) sent to New York to collect a killer (Don Stroud). Set in 1968 and bursting with enough newsreel footage to make sure we know it, Wayne Blair’s debut feature centres on three Aboriginal sisters and their Melbourne cousin who form a soul quartet, based on a real-life group, under the bleary auspices of Chris O’Dowd’s (see Feature, p24) whisky-sozzled impresario. This sparkling Australian musical-comedy is based in hard truth, but it’s been sufficiently softened for a family audience. It is a fascinating insight into the faith, where dating is motivated by the end goal of lifelong marriage above all else. Like other modern-day singletons, she soon becomes addicted to dating apps except these ones are Muslim-only and feature chaperones. This week the religious documentary series joins recent Muslim convert Chiedza as she dips her toe into the strict world of Islamic dating. This is then followed by Elizabeth R itself, which airs with a double-bill afterwards at 10.10pm. She recalls preparing for the role, and how she came to have huge admiration for the real-life Elizabeth. Glenda Jackson reflects on playing Elizabeth I in the landmark 1971 period drama Elizabeth R – a show that proved so popular with audiences that the BBC repeated it in full a week after it had finished. Even if – in the words of Claudia – it can prove “soul-destroying” for any reserved Brit. It is a quirk that introduces us to a range of colourful locals. Zainib and Mobeen are this week’s stars, having embraced the Canadian culture of ride-sharing to make their way 2,000km north to Dawson City. Can cobbler Dean Westmoreland repair them? They have been cut open at the toes: her parents’ way of making them last longer. The most poignant arrival in the barn this week is a tiny pair of children’s shoes, once worn by 83-year-old Nechama from Tel Aviv. The gags are fairly hit and miss, although Barber’s performance as a human tornado is wonderful. There’s a dry, caustic wit to this eight-part Australian comedy, which follows hard-partying food critic Liv (Celeste Barber) as she tries every wellness fad possible – from colonic cleansing to naked therapy. Johnson is terrific, even if the adaptation itself is unwieldy. In this eight-part adaptation (confirmed to be the sole series) of Octavia Butler’s 1979 novel, young black writer Dana (Mallori Johnson) keeps finding herself pulled back and forth in time between modern-day Los Angeles and a 19th-century plantation. The first three episodes arrive today (Wednesday). It is a smart and wonderfully imaginative way to explore happiness and regret. His suggests a life that will ultimately amount to nothing more than it already is hers reveals a life that could have been vastly different. ![]() But that all changes when he and his wife, Cass (Gabrielle Dennis), receive their cards. Take Dusty (O’Dowd), a 40-year-old teacher who, before Morpho, was seemingly content with an ordinary life as a family man. But beneath the absurdity there is also a profound and affecting story about the existential angst of middle age. That is the playful idea at the heart of this charming 10-part comedy, adapted from the eponymous book by MO Walsh, and featuring a charismatic lead performance from Chris O’Dowd. Others get cards reading biker, storyteller, male model, hero, royalty. One man gets magician, a talent that he had given up on. ![]() It is called Morpho and, as the community soon discovers, it is able to accurately predict a person’s “life potential” – the best possible life they could or could have achieved. One morning, seemingly out of nowhere, a mysterious machine appears in the grocery store of a small American town.
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