Wayne’s 4 X 2: Bird, Youth Lagoon, and More!
Do you want something to watch but aren’t sure where to start?
2SER’s entertainment wizard, Wayne Massingham is back and he’s got you covered with his reviews of the latest and greatest in film, music and television.
It’s Wayne’s 4 by 2! 4 Reviews, 2 minutes each. Here’s what he had for us this morning:
Film: Bird
Andrea Arnold returns to film with Bird (2024). The Fish Tank director takes us back to her roots in North Kent, focusing in on a broken family made up of Bailey, a twelve-year-old girl played by Nykiya Adams, and Bug, her dad played by Barry Keoghan. Bailey meets a man called Bird, played by Franz Rogowski, who is trying to find his mother who abandoned him at a young age. At its core, this film is a family drama, but is unique in its use of animal motifs and magical realism to portray these universal themes.
Now showing in select cinemas. Watch the trailer here.
Television: I Am Scrooge
This German 6-episode series is based on the real life events of Arno Funke in the 1980s. As a sign painter short on money, Arno becomes an extortionist, threatening the detonation of a bomb which can be negotiated with a large sum of money. Making sure to not hurt anyone in the process, he determines himself a “Robin Hood” figure but gets the nickname “DuckTails Bandit”.
I Am Scrooge is now available on SBS. Watch the trailer here.
Television: A Man on the Inside
A Man on the Inside is a Netflix comedy made by Michael Schur, of The Office (US) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. A retired San Francisco professor gets a new job as a private investigator, trying to find out who has stolen the expensive jewellery of a woman in a nursing home. Originally the Spanish documentary-drama The Mole Agent, Shur adapts this story to the American audience in eight half-hour episodes.
A Man on the Inside is now available on Netflix. Watch the trailer here.
Album: Rarely Do I Dream by Youth Lagoon
Another album back as Youth Lagoon, Trevor Powers returns with Rarely Do I Dream. On a visit back to his childhood home, he discovers VHS tapes from his youth which become the inspiration for this album. Snippets of these domestic and homely tapes are threaded throughout, with the final song titled “Home Movies (1989-1993)”. Powers’ uniquely high-pitched voice is accompanied by piano and guitar to create songs of cinematic bliss. This newest indie-rock masterpiece departs from Trevor’s previous introspection of self, instead taking the perspective of an observer.
