Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt are stepping out to promote their new Apple TV+ series.
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BBC drama Boat Story to the works of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers.Created by Jack and Harry Williams (The Tourist), the thriller series follows Janet (Daisy Haggard) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph) who stumble upon a boat filled with cocaine. The pair decide to sell the drugs and split the profits between them, only to find themselves entangled with the police and a gangster known as ‘The Tailor’ (Tcheky Karyo).Other cast members include Joanna Scanlan, Craig Fairbrass and Phil Daniels.After the first episode aired on BBC One on Sunday (November 19), with the full series available on BBC iPlayer, some viewers compared the show’s tone, and violence, to Tarantino’s work.“Thought Boat Story was really good but be warned you need a strong stomach! Bit Tarantinoesque! Good cast as well,” one viewer wrote on X.Another added: “#boatstory tonight on @BBCOne was so good. Very Coen Bros and Tarantinoesque.
Loved it.”Others praised the series generally, adding: “#BoatStory is the best drama BBC have made since well, forever. I’ve just finished the series on iPlayer and I’m floored. So unique, clever, dramatic, brutal, devastating, hilarious and so full of wit and original concepts.
It’s a rare diamond and it must win all the things.”You can check out more reactions below.#BoatStory is the best drama BBC have made since well, forever. I've just finished the series on iPlayer and I'm floored.So unique, clever, dramatic, brutal, devastating, hilarious and so full of wit and original concepts. It's a rare diamond and it must win all the things.
Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt are stepping out to promote their new Apple TV+ series.
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BBC “Newsnight” interview he did with journalist Emily Maitlis has inspired an upcoming miniseries, per Variety.The three-part event, titled “A Very Royal Scandal,” is currently in production in the United Kingdom and will star Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis.The official synopsis reveals that the show will chronicle “Emily Maitlis’ professional and personal journey as a Newsnight journalist, leading up to her acclaimed interview with Prince Andrew.”Joanna Scanlan, Alex Jennings and Éanna Hardwicke will also star in the series, which doesn’t have a release date yet.The episodes will be in the similar vein of Amazon’s “A Very English Scandal” (2018) and “A Very British Scandal” (2021). The “car crash” of an interview with Andrew, 63, and Maitlis, 53, was meant to discuss the former’s affiliation with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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