![]() ![]() It's hard to review the whodunnit element as a whole when Apple has released everything but the final episode for review so it's not clear if the overarching murder mystery will be solved in a satisfying way. ![]() Yellowjackets review: The word-of-mouth hit that should be top of your watch list.How to get three months of Apple TV+ free in January.It's interesting to see how the characters see not just themselves but each other, and also notable that the victim at the centre of the mystery, Eugene-turned-Xavier, is pretty much the same level of egotistical douche no matter who's telling the story. The genre subversion and constant returning back to events to see them from other's perspectives isn't packed with belly laughs, but as a premise for a show it's incredibly watchable, very fun and at points surprisingly moving, with Ilana Glazer in particular as Chelsea doing amazing things with the shifting nuances. This eight-part murder mystery is packed with talent, from creator-director Chris Miller (one half of the team behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street) to an ensemble packed with so much comedic talent you'll spend the first ten minutes going 'oooh, where have I seen her before?'Īlongside Haddish as the long-suffering detective trying to unravel exactly what went on before the shrimp started flying, early stand-outs are Veep's Sam Richardson as Aniq, the escape-room designer everyman who is prime suspect and therefore desperate to uncover the murderer and the always-excellent Parks and Rec alum Ben Schwartz as Yasper whose high-energy dance numbers take centre stage in episode three with a solid entry into the 'best TV show musical episode' list. This article contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix: The master of horror's star-studded anthology series is must-watch Halloween viewing. ![]() This England on Sky TV and Now ): Kenneth Branagh plays Boris Johnson in a six-part drama based on the Coronavirus pandemic.Shantaram on Apple TV: Charlie Hunnam plays an escaped bank robber who flees Australia to build a new life in 1980s Bombay.The Peripheral on Amazon Prime: Mind-bending sci-fi as a woman from rural America finds out her side hustle job working in a futuristic game set in London might be real after all.Marvel's Werewolf By Night on Disney Plus: Gabriel Garcia Bernal takes the main role in this Hammer Horror-inspired comic book adaptation.It's a somewhat heavy-handed but rather neat explanation of the USP of The Afterparty - each character tells the detective what happened from their own viewpoint and in their own way.Īnd not only does that mean we have more unreliable narrators and motives for murder than you can shake a stick at but also, in the first three episodes alone, a rom-com worthy of Richard Curtis, a Fast and Furious-style action movie and a La-La-Land musical packed with dance numbers and some zinging lyrics as each character uses a different genre to explain exactly what they think's gone on. Those opening credits have a real Only Murders In the Building feel to them, but don't let that lull you into assuming you know what this show is going to be.Įarly on Detective Danner (Tiffany Haddish) tells a room full of suspects that 'we're all stars of our own movie, the same thing could happen, but we all see it in our own way.' ![]() The class of 2006 have gone to their high school reunion but when a handful of the former students head over to the beach-side mansion of now-super rich Justin Bieber-esque classmate (Dave Franco, clearly having a blast) to continue the fun things take a turn very quickly, with him dead before the opening credits start. Apple's latest comedy, The Afterparty, hits the ground running - unless you're murder victim Xavier who hits it with a sickening thud and surrounded, somewhat surreally, by discarded scampi. ![]()
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