love took its time
After the syrupy adaptation of the best-selling sci-fi romance novel The Time Traveler’s Wifedating from 2009, one can frankly wonder what Steven Moffatt, who brilliantly reinvigorated the franchise Doctor Who be sherlock holmes to the taste of the day, was going to do in such a galley with the potential of rose water which is measured in hectoliters. Fortunately, in the expert hands of Moffatt, who is supported by David Nutter (Game Of Thrones) to the production, this unconditional love story between a librarian, who has the particularity of traveling in time unexpectedly and against his will, and an artist in love with him since childhood gains in depth and complexity. , and manages to mislead us in space and time, like its central character, Henry DeTamble.
This traveling romance, told in a rather linear way in the film, is delivered here in a disorder that is a little unsettling at first, which proves to be an effective way to reveal the psychological depth of the central characters and to unveil key elements of the plot. . The performers of the couple of lovebirds tested by the wear and tear of travels in time, Theo James and Rose Leslie, navigate with ease and an obvious complicity in the meanders of this story sometimes passably melodramatic, but fortunately crossed with suspicions of suspense and of action. In short, we can say that the duo of creators in no way tarnishes their reputation with this production, which will certainly not go down in history, but which can be watched with pleasure if you like romances.
Time is nothing (The Time Traveler’s Wife in VOA)
Crave and HBO, May 15, 9 p.m.
Latin thriller
The premise and development of the thriller series Now hasn/aThen are nothing very exceptional: a group of childhood friends who studied together in Miami find themselves 20 years after the tragic and mysterious death of one of them, the details of which they have always kept secret. Anonymous threats to reveal their dark secret and another violent crime force them to rehash this heavy past, especially when an investigator they have already met goes back to them…
This more than correct, but not particularly original American production would probably have gone unnoticed in the Apple TV + catalog, if it weren’t for the fact that it was shot almost entirely in Spanish, the mother tongue of all its main characters. . This choice, which is rather rare on American television despite the immense potential of the Spanish-speaking market, gives a veneer of authenticity and credibility to the characters, which at first glance are very caricatural and of a somewhat distressing predictability. Fortunately, the character of the policewoman who bridges the two languages, embodied by the too rare Rosie Perez, comes to enhance the whole thing a little, which would otherwise have been a little bland, even with this supplement of Latino exoticism…
A very present past (Now and Then in VO)
Apple TV+, starting May 20
Too long ignored
Sarcoma is a rather rare form of cancer, accounting for only 1% of all diagnosed cancer cases. And that’s probably why the treatments to cure it have been the same for more than 40 years, when Terry Fox, suffering from a severe form of this cancer, tried to race across Canada to raise funds.
This documentary mini-series by Jean-François Fontaine and Alix Gagnon offers an enlightening and moving summary of the situation that prevails for those who find themselves suffering from this hard-to-detect cancer. She does this by showing the efforts of medical teams, and more particularly orthopedic surgeon-oncologist Sophie Mottard — one of the “stars” of On call 24/7 —, to treat the victims of this disease which is too rare to interest “big pharma” and to relaunch the search for more effective treatments. We also follow the path strewn with pitfalls of some patients who hope to get out of it, including the writer and sociologist Caroline Dawson.
From Terry Fox to today
RDI, Thursdays, May 19 and 26 and June 9, 8 p.m.