Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams in First Teaser for 'Fosse/Verdon'

Oooh, I bet this is gonna be good. A new, eight-part miniseries based on the book Fosse, is set to chronicle the relationship and partnership between Bob Fosse and his longtime partner and ex-wife, Broadway star Gwen Verdon, one of the great theater collaborations of all time. This might be something that only appeals to theater junkies who actually know these names (though for those who are unaware- Bob Fosse is the legendary choreographer and director responsible for many, many musicals, and whose movies include Cabaret and All That Jazz, so look him up), but the story is good enough to grab anyone and with these actors there’s already a lot of hype. It premieres in April on FX.

'The Kominsky Method,' 'Gianni Versace' and 'The Americans' Win Series Awards at the Golden Globes

Well, I’m just surprised I got any of these right, but looks like my wild guess for The Kominsky Method paid off. Also got Sandra Oh and Richard Madden correct. I should have known The Americans had a chance in series, remembering that Breaking Bad also only won here for its last season (I don’t think the HFPA really liked either of these shows much, but felt they ought to give in to the critical praise when the shows finally ended). As for the ceremony itself this year, Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg were pretty much bad all the way through it, sorry. I still don’t think the Globes need a host. Maybe none of these shows do, maybe we’re in post-awards show host era. What do you think?

• DRAMA SERIES: The Americans

• DRAMA ACTOR: Richard Madden, Bodyguard

• DRAMA ACTRESS: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

• LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

• LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora

• LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE ACTOR: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace

• COMEDY SERIES: The Kominsky Method

• COMEDY ACTOR: Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

• COMEDY ACTRESS: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal

• SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects

Got this one right! The Hollywood Foreign Press fell hard for the Bodyguard hunk

Golden Globes TV Predictions

Here we go with Globe predictions! On the TV side, I haven’t seen everything, so I don’t expect these to go exactly right, but the general rule of thumb with the Globes is that they like new stuff, a lot. Have to keep that in mind for every major category.

BEST TV SERIES- DRAMA

• The Americans

• Bodyguard

• Homecoming

• Killing Eve

• Pose

So here all but The Americans is a new show, which likely narrows it down by one. They also nominated actors from each of the new shows (plus the leads from The Americans). Hmm. I’m thinking this is either Bodyguard or Killing Eve. Bodyguard was a phenomenon in the UK late last year, and the HFPA might have loved it too. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Killing Eve, but I’m going with Bodyguard.

Winner: Bodyguard

Alternate: Killing Eve

Dark Horse: Homecoming

BEST TV SERIES- COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Barry

• The Good Place

• Kidding

• The Kominsky Method

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Aside from Barry, I’m in the dark here because I haven’t seen these, but I don’t know how much Barry is the kind of show the HFPA likes. Problem is I don’t know if these other shows are either. Mrs. Maisel won this last year and the Globes very rarely repeat, so I think I’m going with a total wild guess and pick The Kominsky Method.

Winner: The Kominsky Method

Alternate: Barry

BEST LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

• The Alienist

• The Assassination of Gianni Versace

• Escape at Dannemora

• Sharp Objects

• A Very English Scandal

This is unknown to me- could be Versace or A Very English Scandal. Gonna guess English Scandal, which also did very well in the UK.

Winner: A Very English Scandal

Alternate: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Dark Horse: Sharp Objects

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS

• Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

• Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

• Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

• Julia Roberts, Homecoming

• Keri Russell, The Americans

Oh, man. Can the Globes resist giving it to Julia Roberts? Probably not a wise move to bet against her, but I think they’ll go with Sandra Oh (also the ceremony’s co-host this year).

Winner: Sandra Oh

Alternate: Julia Roberts

BEST DRAMA ACTOR

• Jason Bateman, Ozark

• Stephan James, Homecoming

• Billy Porter, Pose

• Richard Madden, Bodyguard

• Matthew Rhys, The Americans

I think it’s one of the newcomers, so I’m gonna say Richard Madden (also since I picked the show to win in Drama).

Winner: Richard Madden

Alternate: Stephan James

Dark Horse: Billy Porter

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS

• Kristen Bell, The Good Place

• Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown

• Alison Brie, GLOW

• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Brosnahan won this last year, so I don’t think it’s her, but on the other hand, only she and Kristen Bell have their shows nominated too. It’s not like the Globes to choose a veteran actress either. I would pick Alison Brie if GLOW had been nominated….but she might still take it anyway. I’ll go with her.

Winner: Alison Brie

Alternate: Kristen Bell

Dark Horse: Candice Bergen

BEST COMEDY ACTOR

• Sacha Baron Cohen, Who is America

• Jim Carrey, Kidding

• Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

• Donald Glover, Atlanta

• Bill Hader, Barry

Couple of movie star choices for them here. I guess I ought to pick Michael Douglas, since I picked his show to win too (I could be totally wrong here, maybe the Globes go for Barry all the way after all).

Winner: Michael Douglas

Alternate: Jim Carrey

Dark Horse: Bill Hader

BEST LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

• Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora

• Connie Britton, Dirty John

• Laura Dern, The Tale 

• Regina King, Seven Seconds

I think Amy Adams takes this one. She might win two Globes, one on the TV side, one on the movie side.

Winner: Amy Adams

Alternate: Patricia Arquette

Dark Horse: Regina King

BEST LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE ACTOR

• Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso

• Daniel Bruhl, The Alienist

• Darren Criss, Gianni Versace

• Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose

• Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal

Lots of people think Darren Criss for this, but I don’t think they can resist movie star and old Globes favorite, Hugh Grant, who was also really good. They might split it up and give it to Grant here, and Versace in Series, actually.

Winner: Hugh Grant

Alternate: Darren Criss

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects

• Penelope Cruz, Gianni Versace

• Thandie Newton, Westworld

• Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

I don’t know on this one. Maybe Penelope Cruz? Could easily be Thandie Newton though. I think I’ll pick Newton, following the Emmy win.

Winner: Thandie Newton

Alternate: Penelope Cruz

Dark Horse: Alex Borstein

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method

• Kieran Culkin, Succession

• Edgar Ramirez, Gianni Versace

• Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal

• Henry Winkler, Barry

I lean towards either Kieran Culkin or Henry Winkler for this one. Winkler would be nice, but I think former child actor Culkin might take this.

Winner: Kieran Culkin

Alternate: Henry Winkler

Dark Horse: Ben Whishaw

'The Punisher' Gets a Teaser and Premiere Date

Netflix has been dumping their Marvel shows in rapid succession, but Season 2 of The Punisher was already in the can, so my guess is they’ll let it come out and then, not long afterward, cancel it like the others. Same for Jessica Jones. They’re already whiffing on promotion for this new season, which is apparently dropping on January 18th and is only now getting a minimal teaser, which shows glimpses of the new villain Jigsaw, who had his origin story last season. If you’re a fan of this one, enjoy it while you can.

My Top 20 Shows of 2018

I decided to do a top 20 this year just for fun, as there’s always plenty of quality television to watch and 2018 was no different. These were my favorites of the year. Every one of these shows is worth checking out in full. Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to 2019.

1) THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD

A dark comedy and twisted teenage love story that bends genres and mixes violence with humor, pathos and a fantastic soundtrack. It also works as a complete two and half hour road movie with a perfect ending

2) GLOW SEASON 2

The second season topped the first by widening focus on the ensemble cast and deepening the friendships and love between women who are empowered by their unusually cathartic career choice. Also, it’s really funny and full of creativity and fun, matching the style of the show within the show

3) KILLING EVE

An assassin and a government agent circle each other in a deadly cat and mouse game, but with barbed humor and unexpected action. Two fantastic lead performances in Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer make this hitwoman story unpredictable and thrilling

4) BODYGUARD

A pulpy thriller from the UK that blends all the best parts of the genre- illicit affairs, unexpected deaths, infiltrated government agencies and great action scenes, plus an enormously charismatic and commanding lead in Richard Madden as the traumatized vet and bodyguard determined to unravel the conspiracy

5) A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL

A three episode miniseries recounting the scandal of MP Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott, the man he tried to have murdered in the 1970’s. English black humor infuses the accountings of events too nutty to be believed, if they weren’t in fact, true. Hugh Grant reaches a career high point, and Ben Whishaw matches him wit for wit in this immensely enjoyable series

6) NANETTE

A groundbreaking comedy special that criticizes comedy itself and takes the art form to a new place, a primal scream that reveals Hannah Gadsby to a global audience and forces a brand new perspective on the world that will leave you in tatters, reassessing your place in it

7) BARRY

Bill Hader stars as a hitman turned actor who can’t quite rid himself of his old habits. This is another dark comedy (I seem be a big fan of those, looking over this list) that challenges the audience to accept the very bad actions of its main character. Do you really want to root for this guy?

8) BETTER CALL SAUL SEASON 4

The fourth season is steeped in anguish and dread, as Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy turns the corner to Saul officially and takes Kim with him. It just keeps getting better (or worse) for the untethering of our character’s moral coils.

9) CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA

A trippy, gothic series that takes Sabrina Spellman dark, bringing real horror to the Archie comics character with a great cast in tow for family members and fellow witches Zelda, Hilda and Ambrose

10) SHARP OBJECTS

Great acting by Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson and Eliza Scanlen propels this miniseries about the scars, both physical and emotional, haunting the daily lives of different generations of abused women, as a murder investigation unfolds in a small town. Haunting and moody

11) PATRICK MELROSE

Benedict Cumberbatch delivers his best ever performance as a damaged man living with the trauma of child abuse by horrific parents Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Based on the novels by Edward St. Aubyn and impeccably acted and directed, exploring the morality of upper class Londonites over four decades

12) THE TERROR

A limited series about the monsters outside the window, stalking the doomed crew of a 19th century Arctic expedition. Effective horror is in short supply on television. Keep the lights on for this one

13) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT

The most successfully staged live musical on TV yet, with electric performances from John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Brandon Victor Dixon. High energy all around

14) HOWARDS END

The new version of the classic novel is well performed by the whole cast, but especially Hayley Atwell

15) ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK SEASON 6

Still kicking it after all these years, as the new max setting brings life to familiar characters, and Piper finally comes to the end of her sentence

16) THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

A cinematic rendering of John Le Carre’s novel by director Park Chan-Wook, with Florence Pugh giving a star turn as actress turned spy Charlie

17) ELITE

Teen drama from Spain that mixes all the best parts of Gossip Girl, Skins and Big Little Lies

18) CASUAL SEASON 4

The final season brings the end of Alex, Valerie and Laura’s unconventional family journey

19) BLUE PLANET II

Stunning footage of Earth’s oceans and marine life continue to amaze and enhance our knowledge in HD

20) DAREDEVIL SEASON 3

The show’s last season brought back Kingpin, introduced Bullseye and pulls Daredevil/Matt Murdock back to his roots. A high note to go out on

Final 2018 TV Reviews: "Nanette," "Deutschland 86," "The Little Drummer Girl," "Bandersnatch"

With 2018 rapidly coming to a close, I’m trying to finish reviewing all the shows I watched in time to get my top ten list out on New Year’s Eve. That leaves me with one last batch of shows that I’m just going to round up right here, so without delay, here’s the last of the series/miniseries/movies/specials that I nearly literally just finished watching:

NANETTE 

Hannah Gadsby takes the comedy world by storm

Comedian Hannah Gadsby got a lot of attention for her stand-up comedy special that was released on Netflix in June, and for good reason. For one, there was debate over whether it really was a comedy special or more of a one woman show. To that I ask, isn’t every comedy special kind a one man/one woman show? What this is is an expansion of the form itself, and anything that does that always has value. Gadsby is funny, but she’s also honest and angry and passionate and righteous, and this powerful rallying cry is the perspective from someone who existed on the margins of society, and in telling her story she gives voice to those people for a change. This isn’t a show that’s going to make men feel comfortable or perhaps even laugh that much, but like it or not fellas (as she would say), her truth is the truth of millions throughout the history of the world that have been stepped on by you to get where you are. For all the cliches about the sad clown or the comedians who exercise their demons through comedy, Gadsby goes further than that and trusts the audience to exercise her demons first as comedy, then as a deconstruction of comedy with just plain truth-telling, in all the raw, genuine emotions that pour through her and from those who can identify with her story. It’s a voice that’s been waiting to be heard.

Grade: A

DEUTSCHLAND 86

Lenora and Martin are undercover again in apartheid South Africa

The second season of one my favorite shows of 2015, Deutschland 83, finally came out this year on SundanceTV and it’s mostly fun, though it does not reach the highs of the first season. That’s due to a couple of things- one, it takes way too long to get Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) out of South Africa, where he’s been banished by the HVA for the last three years, and as a result, he’s actually not in the show enough this year. As the likable and reluctant young spy, he was and still is an immensely appealing lead, and though the ensemble cast is expanded with a lot of new characters and the beefing up of some returning ones, he needs to be front and center in every episode, which he eventually starts to become again as he finally makes his way back to East Germany more than halfway through the season. Maria Schrader as Lenora, Martin’s calculating aunt, has a bigger part this time and is given a love interest and more shades to her gray as ever character, but the expanded roles of people like Walter, Martin’s dad and Annett, his diabolical baby mama, don’t fare as well, as these two simply aren’t as interesting and don’t hold our attention the way Martin does. In 1986, the Soviet Union as a whole is starting to fail, and East Germany itself is in a freefall economic crisis, causing the HVA to turn away from its ideals and partner with capitalist countries to ensure its own survival through illegal arms deals, etc. Martin double-crosses his way through all this to come home to the son he’s never seen, and as the season winds down, the action and intrigue ramps up, with Martin finally back in Berlin (on both sides of the wall) and the series starting to feel like itself again. It makes me much more excited for the third season, which is already bought by Amazon Germany and will be called Deutschland 89, set right in time for the fall of the Berlin wall. Can’t wait.

Grade: B+

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL 

Florence Pugh shines in Park Chan-Wook’s miniseries

South Korean director Park Chan-Wook set out to expand his filmography by helming all six episodes of this very elegant, elegiac adaptation of John Le Carre’s 1983 spy novel. It’s become a fad of late to adapt Le Carre’s novels for film or television- since 2011 I count Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,  A Most Wanted Man, and The Night Manager among them. This was meant to be in the vein of The Night Manager, also a co-production between the BBC and AMC, and it does mimic that series’ international globe-trotting sense of style, but with Park Chan-Wook at the helm and a fiercely commanding performance from the very talented Florence Pugh at the center, this one is much more special, and adds up to a meditative, artistic exercise in style from a director who likes to work in bold colors, striking visuals and contemplative themes. Pugh is a rebellious young actress with a shady past who’s recruited to work for Israeli intelligence in the late 1970’s, going deep undercover as a Palestinian radical, and handled by Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Shannon as Mossad agents. The slow pace and methodic languishing does not allow this show to be for everyone, but sometimes that can make you as a viewer feel even more richly rewarded for sticking with it. This show respects your intelligence by not speaking down to you and is a slowly dissolving treat to be savored.

Grade: A-

BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH

We play the game as they do in the latest Black Mirror installment

Less a movie and more of an experimental video game, this special Black Mirror entry stands apart from the show (the fifth season is slated to come out sometime next year) and has been labeled their first “interactive” episode. It’s exactly what it sounds like, a choose-your-own-adventure style activity that follows Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead as he sets about programming a computer game in the early 1980’s and slowly starts to wonder if he’s going mad (because we are controlling him and his decisions of course). I’ve made it through several endings but am still curious to go back and choose different options when prompted, just to see how much of a divergent path they take us on. With over 312 minutes of filmed footage, there’s quite a lot that could potentially happen, although apparently only five “official” endings. It’s weird and twisted in the classic Black Mirror sense, but also funny (especially one option I made it to where it is confessed to the character that he’s being controlled by an entertainment streaming service from the future called “Netflix”- you can imagine his reaction). As a gaming novice though, I’m sure that my amusement partly stems from the simple thrill of making our lead do strange things, where actual video games that employ this technique are far more advanced than Charlie Brooker’s episode (this is not really a movie at all, even though they’re calling it that). Is this the way of the future, for Black Mirror itself, or for television in general? Who can tell? I just know that it’s enjoyable in its own meta way, but it doesn’t hit with nearly the kind of impact that some of the best narrative episodes of the show have.

Grade: B

REVIEW: "The Haunting of Hill House" Season 1

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan had a chance to show off his auteurship here, as he wrote and directed all ten episodes for Netflix of this third adaptation of The Haunting, the iconic 1959 Shirley Jackson novel. 1963’s Robert Wise film is the classic of course and cannot be topped (1999’s embarrassing attempt is better left forgotten), but for this new one Flanagan changed it by making it a story about a family instead of just crazy Nell (she’s one of the kids now). This time, a family of seven move into Hill House for a summer in the early 90’s, with the parents (Henry Thomas and Carla Gugino) intending to renovate and then sell the place, but big horror ensues of course.

The show is structured a lot like This is Us, with flashbacks to that 90’s summer interspersed with present day scenes of the kids all grown up and variously damaged by their experiences. Each episode is centered around one of the kids, so they all get developed to a certain extent, but Flanagan is limited in his ability to write with depth. Each Crain sibling gets exactly one character trait to exploit over and over again (Luke the drug addict, Shirley the controlling one, Theo the psychic, Steven the judgmental one, Nell the unstable nervous one, etc). This is trick writing- hollow, surface level people masquerading as substantive. It wears very thin, very fast, especially when later episodes are marred by cheesy monologues and obvious storytelling tropes (the white Crain kids are conveniently paired with cardboard cut-out love interests of varying ethnicities- I see what you did there, Flanagan).

‘The Bent Neck Lady’ is the best episode of the season

On the bright side, there are some real scares on this show. Suspense is appropriately drawn out and infuses every episode (especially the flashbacks), and Flanagan’s filmmaking style (as opposed to his writing) is innovative for television, as you can see him experimenting with long takes, unusual staging and creative camerawork. The acting is also stellar for the most part, with each Crain kid played very well by both their actors (this might be some of the best acting I’ve seen from multiple child actors in a long time), and Carla Gugino a true standout as the tormented mother who slowly loses her grip as the family’s stay in Hill House extends itself (Henry Thomas fares less well, with his older counterpart Timothy Hutton turning in a more finely tuned performance).

The show peaks with episode five, “The Bent-Neck Lady,” a truly haunting and terrifying hour that works on both levels, the horror and the character drama involving the youngest Crain sibling (nicely played by Victoria Pedretti), the one named for the unstable main character of the novel, played by Julie Harris in the 60’s film version. It’s difficult to not want to recommend a series with so many genuine scares and a great episode like this, but the resolution in the finale goes so over the top into melodramatic cheese and seriously bad dialogue that it leaves off on an unfortunate sour note. Ultimately the forced melodrama feels inauthentic when it comes to the Crain adults not named Nell, and the comparisons to This is Us are accurate in that it’s mimicking that show’s unbearable sentimentalism. I could have easily done without all that, to be honest. The horror is good enough that I wanted more of it and less of these people arguing.

Grade: C+

Carla Gugino breathes the most life into the material she’s given

Trailer Drops for 'Black Mirror' Movie 'Bandersnatch'

The first official movie of Charlie Brooker’s mindbending series Black Mirror is here, and it’s coming out tonight! That’s right, a trailer for Bandersnatch is released less than 24 hours before the movie is available on Netflix. This is apparently a standalone that won’t be part of the upcoming fifth season (set to come out in 2019 sometime), and it’s also their first “interactive” episode (or film, but the truth is many of Black Mirror’s episodes are already movielength). There was apparently more than five hours of footage filmed for this, and people get to choose their own adventures along the way. I’m psyched!

REVIEW: "Daredevil" Season 3

Daredevil got its third showrunner in as many seasons with Erik Oleson taking over behind the scenes, but luckily for the show, he’s somebody who happens to be both a fan of the character and someone who could see what was working and what wasn’t. As a result, the third season got back to basics somewhat, and gave us a much needed break from all those ninjas.

One of the things that worked about this show originally was of course Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, who was sidelined in the show’s second season due to being incarcerated (he did get one cool episode where he confronted Matt over the visitor’s table and nearly crushed him). He’s back in a big way this time, manipulating his way into the role of FBI informant to lessen his sentence and bolster his escape, soon enough holding every decent NYC law enforcement agent in his pocket once more. Oleson makes a lot of contemporary, real world parallels this season, questioning whether evil really does win out in the end, as Kingpin corrupts everyone and everything, leaving Matt to lose all faith in the system as he pretty much abandons his career as a lawyer.

The show doesn’t draw on a lot of previous season plot threads, only briefly referencing Elektra and reviving Matt from the whole Defenders building collapse as he wakes up in a church and befriends a tough nun (Joanna Whalley) who harbors familial secrets regarding Matt’s birth. He spends a decent amount of time hiding out and away from his friends this season, never once stepping back into the Daredevil suit (the black mask outfit makes a resurgence instead). Karen Page gets more focus, even getting a whole episode to herself, as we see the backstory that drove her out of her hometown (not that interesting), and Foggy finally gets a decent subplot, as he attempts to run for DA and stands up for the rule of law agains the likes of the Trump-like figure in Kingpin.

Kingpin’s out and Trumpier than ever

There’s also a new origin story developed for Bullseye, a fan favorite DD villain, with Wilson Bethel stepping in as Ben Poindexter, an FBI agent with a real penchant for throwing things. This inherently silly “superpower” actually leads to some pretty decent action scenes, as Bullseye and Daredevil face off in several episodes with some of the best fight choreography of the series. D’Onofrio’s imposing presence still dominates as Fisk though, and even a familiar (for these shows) plot regarding an anguished government agent (this time it’s Jay Ali as poor Agent Nadeem) has a pretty good payoff in the end. The pacing and timing of revelations are improved this season, and even though I didn’t hate Season 2 as much as a lot of people did (what can I say- yes there were too many ninjas, but Elektra is a far better match for Matt than Karen and she wasn’t utilized enough, and the Punisher was compelling in his own right), there’s little doubt this was the show’s best season to date.

Unfortunately, with Netflix on the rampage against all things Marvel, we won’t be seeing any more seasons of Daredevil (or Luke Cage or Iron Fist, very soon to be followed by The Punisher and Jessica Jones). The show ended on a solid note though, no cliffhangers involved as Matt, Karen and Foggy decided to rebuild their law office with Fisk safely behind bars again (for now). It’s too bad- with a competent and enthusiastic showrunner at the helm, the potential was nearly fully realized, and I would have loved to see what Oleson has up his sleeve for future seasons. 

Grade: A-

The only appearance the Daredevil suit makes this season is in the form of the duplicitous Bullseye

Benedict Cumberbatch is the 'Brexit' Strategist in New HBO Movie

This new HBO movie, premiering on January 19th at 9pm, is the first dramatization of the notorious (and catastrophic) Brexit campaign that resulted in Britain’s decision to leave the EU more than two years ago. Benedict Cumberbatch is the balding Dominic Cummings, the guy who ran the “Vote Leave” campaign in the election that upended everything in the UK and still isn’t resolved.