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All 8 episodes available from Thursday on Netflix Based on the Neil Gaiman comic and qualifying as part of the Sandman Universe, this drama for teens and young adults never sits still: every scene is a visually impressive feat of imagination and, while you might struggle slightly to piece it all together into a coherent narrative, it’s never dull. Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) are best friends — at least, they are now they’ve died, having lived several decades apart. Their ghostly vocation is to solve paranormal mysteries, with the help of a mortal psychic, Crystal (Kassius Nelson). As demons, witches and creepy living people cross their path, the cast sell every unlikely twist convincingly.
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Good Times
All 10 episodes available now
If you’re aged 60-plus and American, the title of this new animated sitcom will spark some memories: it’s a reboot of a hit live-action comedy from the 1970s, which at the time broke new ground by being the first sitcom in the classic two-parent family set-up to feature black lead characters. Three generations on, the Evans clan still live in Apartment 17C, but the animated format allows for greater flights of fancy, the social commentary hits harder and the jokes have some of the saltiness of Family Guy — the creator of that show, Seth MacFarlane, is an executive producer.
Where’d You Go
Bernadette ★★★ LZ
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■Cate Blanchett leads this comedy drama, playing a reclusive homebody who was once a rising star in the world of architecture. When she goes missing, her husband (Billy Crudup) and daughter (Emma Nelson) worry for her mental wellbeing and set out to find her. Blanchett impresses with a character who is both comically erratic and affectingly vulnerable, and although Richard Linklater has made some terrific films about growing up (including Boyhood), this only occasionally rings with truth. TERRY STAUNTON
Dark All 3 series available now on Netflix “Science fiction is my favourite genre and I like time-travel-tales, so I loved
