If a feast of Tinseltown treats tickles your fancy, then we’ve got your flicks picked! Ease into the evening with Lady Bird (available to rent now on Virgin Movies from €4.99), Greta Gerwig’s charming coming-of-age comedy powered by a tour-de-force performance from Saoirse Ronan.
Keeping it close to home, Ireland’s adopted son Daniel Day Lewis announced his retirement after filming Phantom Thread, a beautifully poised drama that ensured his career ended on a high. And to finish things off, give Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning masterpiece The Shape Of Water a whirl – an emotionally absorbing and visually exhilarating love story with a difference.
Prefer full series to feature films? Well, you’re spoiled for choice there too! The Catch is a dramedy with its roots in ShondaLand – that’s Shonda Rhimes, creator of some of the best telly in the last two decades, if you’re not familiar. A private detective and a master fraudster get involved (and then, predictably enough, un-involved!) in a story that combines engrossing tension and razor-sharp writing – and both seasons are available on Virgin Box Sets right now.
If something a little harder-hitting is more your scene, the new season of documentary series Last Chance U (available now on Netflix, Virgin TV 999) is sure to have sports nuts and novices alike investing fully in life at Independence Community College. And when a giggle is needed, head to the world’s funniest hospital with Scrubs (available now on Virgin Box Sets) – laughter is the best medicine, after all!
Dinner in front of the telly might not be the plan, but that’s when you strike up the stereo – but what to play? Well, Jorja Smith recently staked her claim as the next R&B superstar with her album Lost & Found, which will certainly provide a stylish soundtrack to a romantic evening.
In the more uptempo area is the soulful hip-hop of The Internet, whose infuriatingly ungoogleable name hasn’t stopped them from making a stunning new record in Hive Mind. And, if tearing up a rug is called for, then Years & Years’ newbie Palo Santo is spiked with the type of hyper-pop that’ll have feet moving whether you want them to or not!
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