'Slow Horses' makes me glad I forgot to cancel Apple TV+

Confession time: I’d never read any John LeCarré until after I’d seen the 2011 film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s a brilliant movie, and one that sent me scuttling to read the Karla trilogy and then watch the two excellent Alec Guinness adaptations. After devouring the first two episodes of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, I can think of no higher compliment than to say that I’m bulk-buying the book series it was adapted from in short order.Slow Horses is an adaptation of Mick Herron’s series of Slough House novels, featuring a group of British spies trapped in administrative purgatory. MI5 agents who have committed high-profile mistakes but know far too much to be fired are dumped in the dingy Slough House. There, they are given harmless busywork too demeaning for real spies to undertake, all the while being tormented and demeaned by division chief Jackson Lamb, played by Gary Oldman.It’s this world that former superstar spy River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) is thrust into after his own notorious error while out in the field. There, he’s given jobs like searching a dodgy journalist’s trash can and acting as a courier between offices. It’s hardly a spoiler to suggest that Cartwright’s arrival triggers something of a major case for the rejects to handle, which has mostly kicked off by the time the second episode finishes.What Slow Horses has to offer, beyond the enjoyment of a modern-day thriller done right, is a sense of pulpy fun. A sequence in the second episode I can’t spoil... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2022-04-07 16:00:47 UTC ]
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The graphic memoir of an Apple Valley 'Afro-Punk' mirrors cross-racial journeys like mine

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Michael Malone, wide-ranging novelist and TV writer, dies at 79

He wrote best-selling mysteries and family sagas, and also examined homophobia and sexual assault as head writer of the soap opera "One Life to Live." Continue reading at The Washington Post

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The Morning After: Streaming overtakes cable TV for the first time

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Don’t Judge I’m Glad My Mom Died by Its Title

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Streaming viewership surpasses cable TV for the first time in the US

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Streaming TV surpasses cable viewing for the first time, Nielsen reports

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Jennette McCurdy opens up child stardom in her memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died

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Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72

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The Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans dies at 72

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Media measurement uncertainty—tracking TV, social and digital

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The Sandman: ingenious TV that will inspire an entire generation of goths

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Pardis Mahdavi's Debut Memoir Quietly Canceled by Hachette

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Aaand, Skyhorse is publishing Blake Bailey’s memoir about cancel culture.

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Libraries Save Lives: 8 Horror Movies and TV Shows Where Research Happens at the Library

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