I finished watching The Gloaming (Disney+) last night, which was excellent. Beautifully shot in Tasmania, the story follows an investigation into the brutal murder of an older woman by the local police. The case has links back to one in the past, and an additional detective is brought in from Melbourne to support. The detective has links back to the original case. What follows is a creepy murder investigation that uses a lot of show, not tell, which works brilliantly as the folk-horror aspects come more and more to the front. Using that format means that there is space for another series should they chose to, but if they don't, I'm happy with how this went. The 'Gloaming' of the title refers to the liminal space between life and death where restless spirits dwell. It is really atmospherically shot, beautiful, moody and stunning.
Last week I rewatched Watchmen (can't remember if this was Netflix, Disney+ or Prime) for the first time in a long time, partly in preparation for watching the series. I still think that it is an excellent film, which works well for a different medium.
Followed that with the second part of the Batzan trilogy (Netflix), The Legacy of the Bones. In this, an FBI trained detective is once again called back to investigate a crime in her home town, Elizondo in the Navarre region of Spain. It links directly to the previous film (The Invisible Guardian), but is set 12 months later when Inspector Amaia Salazar has had her first child. Like the first film, there are occult shadows reaching back into the past when the Inquisition was active. I'm hoping to watch the final part this weekend.
Accidentally ended up watching the whole of the pilot for The Americans (Disney+), a spy drama set in the USA where the protagonists are deep-cover Soviet agents. Looks good and I could well dig into this further.
Loki (Disney+) was excellent, I'm not sure if it beats WandaVision (which I loved) but it edges Falcon and the Winter Soldier for me. We also really enjoyed Black Widow which we watched at home as I was isolating. Definitely one for a revisit.