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Wondering what's new on the tube? Here are a few more TV shows fresh out of the oven that are worth your time!
Tamio Suda is your typical Japanese salaryman – works at a firm as a sales rep, provides for his wife and daughter.
But come Friday night, Tamio ventures out of Tokyo in his car for some alone time as his wife and daughter have their own plans.
On these solo trips, Tamio camps in his car on Friday night, and then for his lunch on Saturday, he makes it a point to find “Zetsumeshi”. It is a term used to refer to “endangered meal” – food served by restaurants which look like they are on their final years of business.
Part-fiction, part-travelogue, this 10-episode series is a delight to watch as lead actor Takayuki Hamatsu truly embodies the role with curiosity and nervous energy.
While actors are employed to play the roles of the owners and/or chefs, the stories behind the restaurants and food are real.
You’ll be hankering for Japanese food after watching this charming series.
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After his killing spree in New York and Los Angeles (in Seasons One to Three), the serial killer you love to love, Joe Goldberg, crosses the pond to do his bidding in London.
After the tragic end in Season Three, Joe (Penn Badgley) now assumes a new identity, Jonathan Moore, a university professor.
In London, Joe finds himself in new company – the rich and notorious in the city’s social circle.
Yearning for a fresh start, Joe tries to leave his murderous past (and thoughts) behind but, as we know, the past always has a way to catch up.
One day, after a drunken night out, Joe finds a dead body in his flat ... but did he kill this victim or was he framed?
Are we bored yet with the same premise over and over again for the fourth time?
The first half of the series’ 10 episodes seem like a drag as we see Joe trying to be a better person.
But if you are patient, the second half picks up the pace with the lead getting back his mojo, so to speak.
An arcade-like machine named Morpho mysteriously appears overnight at the general store in a small town.
Insert some coins into the machine and it will tell you your life’s true potential.
Magician. Superstar. Royalty. Storyteller. Everyone in town – including the priest – gives Morpho a whirl and learns of their potential.
Suddenly, people are making drastic changes to their lives – from changing jobs to rethinking relationships. But is this machine really trustworthy, history teacher Dusty ponders?
This half-hour comedy is easy to digest, with palatable storylines; each episode zooms in on a particular townsfolk.
What’s interesting is how it presents a machine that can change how people feel about their life. Absurd, isn’t it? But isn’t that what social media does to us, too?
