ENTERTAINMENT

By Tymon Smith

Movies, series, streaming

IF YOU HAVE 90 MINUTES

Loot Apple TV + Maya Rudolph stars in this workplace comedy about the wife of a billionaire who, when cuckolded, receives an $87bn settlement and decides to devote more time to her charitable foundation with hilarious and often frustrating results for her and the foundation’s employees. The first three episodes are now available with new episodes added weekly.

IF YOU HAVE 10 HOURS

Money Heist: Korea Joint Economic Area Netflix Netflix takes the blockbusting success of the Spanish heist thriller ‘Money Heist’ to the troubled no-man’s land of the Joint Economic Area border between North and South Korea. The set-up is the same and it’s filled with the clever twists and turns that fans have come to expect, but this time the stakes are decidedly higher and different thanks to its unique setting.

5+ IF YOU HAVE HOURS

Idris Elba’s Fight School Britbox Inspired by his experiences while filming ‘Fighter in SA’, actor Idris Elba attempts to help bring discipline, focus and hope to the lives of underprivileged British youth through the sport of boxing in this reality series.

IF YOU HAVE 2+ HOURS

Man vs Bee Netflix Rowan Atkinson returns to his physical comedy Mr Bean roots in this short, sharp slapstick show about one man’s continual irritation and battles with a bee. Atkinson plays luckless Trevor, a recent divorcé who, when he accidentally lands a job as the housesitter for a rich woman’s mansion, soon finds himself in increasingly maddening conflict with one of nature’s little helpers.

IF YOU HAVE 90 MINUTES

The Newspaperman Showmax Perhaps no newspaper editor in recent history was as well-known, admired and acclaimed as Ben Bradlee, the legendary editor of The Washington Post who oversaw that paper’s dogged coverage of the Watergate scandal, which ultimately brought down President Richard Nixon. John Maggio’s respectful and extensive 2017 documentary offers a “warts and all” portrait of the man and his many memorable successes as well as his less celebrated editorial failures.