TWO AND A HALF-ish hours! YES! Let's sit down for a debrief about Disclosure Day.
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
Created & directed by Steven Spielberg, Disclosure Day stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor, Oscar® winner Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, plus two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo.
John Williams composed the film's score, marking his thirtieth collaboration with Spielberg.
Disclosure Day premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris in June, whilst getting its cinema release mid that month. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $201 million worldwide. Currently sitting at around 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, this was a long ass film. My verdict below the trailer.
Going in, I didn't know too much, however I did enjoy this film. Despite it being overly long. I don't always love Emily Blunt, but the tension and the build to the dramatic finale was impressive.
There were some big sequences (the train one was triggering) across the 2.5 hours.
The drama builds and builds, then it is all over with one word from Blunt.
Sadly the session times have been drastically cut for this film as we head into the winter school holidays. So if you want to see it, get out there NOW! With Supergirl, Toy Story and Minons all demanding screens, you'll be lucky if you can catch Disclosure Day before it heads outta space!
A new blog series, a new quarter, can you believe we are half way through 2026. Winter be Bingeing 26' is the next TV series for quarter three. I'll kick this off with, The Killings at Parrish Station is a Stan local crime drama.
The six-episode series landed late last month. Featuring, Mia Wasikowska, Heather Mitchell, Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor, plus Neighbours legend, Alan Dale.
In 1987, detectives Georgia Cooke (Wasikowska) and Michael Thorne (Samuel) are called to investigate the bizarre and brutal killings of four scientists at the remote Parrish Research Station. They uncover a complex case involving mania, ritual, and the occult, and Georgia's obsessive truth-seeking spirals, threatening her family, career, and sanity.
Thirty seven years later, a chilling new spree of murders pull Georgia (Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
The story is inspired by the Dyatlov Pass incident but uses an Australian setting, with locations around Broken Hill.
This went from graphic crime, to slightly bizarre. That said, it was an easy, compelling watch. Heather Mitchell was exceptional in this insane crime thriller.
I wasn't sure I'd get so hooked on this drama. But once I started, I found the final episodes credits rolling.
This was a big improvement on Stan's feature film, Beast. I am excited for the F Ward landing mid this month. Stan are really showing up for local content in 2026. At least Binge, also finally have the third season of Colin From Accounts landing later this month.
With commercial networks giving up on local content (except for ABC + SBS) it really is up to Channel Nine owned Stan.
If you are over the soccer, give The Killings at Parrish Station a go. It is super gory but totally addictive.
Winter finally has arrived. Well kinda, it's still around the low 20's, but people are staying indoors, damn. Not sure what Q3's series will be called yet, but it will kick off with Stan's epic Aussie series, The Killings at Parrish Station.
Now let's look at Aussie content for the past quarter. Well done to Paramount+'s Two Years Later. Also starring Heather Mitchell, who also lead's The Killings at Parrish Station.
Bad Company was a little bit of a letdown from Anne Edmonds and Kitty. The ABC also gave us the sketch version of Urzila.
Whilst the third and final season of Heartbreak High, was a real let down.
Disney+ takes home the prize for the biggest series for Public Holiday Fest Streaming 26'. The Testaments was pure excellence across its first season. It's a hard act to follow, however the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale was outstanding.
That said, Tip Toe was a super close second. Binge did well to actually score a decent series. Luckily Colin from Accounts, returns this month to Binge.
Half Man was also UK excellence over on Stan, whilst Hacks totally finished on a high, also on Stan. Not finishing on a high was Euphoria. That was a tragic third season. Not just the deaths, but the whole fucking plot line.
Scarpetta is my latest Amazon binge, along with the finale of the Public Holiday Fest Streaming 26' series.
Developed by Liz Sarnoff & based on the book series of the same name by Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta stars Nicole Kidman as the titular character as Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Scarpetta is a forensic pathologist who uses forensic technology to solve crimes. Alongside Kidman, adopted Aussie Bobby Cannavale, Jamie Lee Curtis, real Aussie Simon Baker, Rosy McEwen, Jacob Lumet Cannavale, Hunter Parrish, plus Ariana DeBose all star.
Yeah its a good cast! How good is having Hunter Parrish back on the idiot box!
I'm struggling to keep up with all the Amazon content, with this title landing back in March. All eight episodes landed on the same day.
This week the Legally Blonde series, Elle also streams all eight episodes.
Kay Scarpetta (Kidman) is a brilliant forensic pathologist. Inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro, she employs advanced forensic technology to unravel mysteries and solve crimes.
Settings include Florida, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina. The same month season one was released, the second season had started production. Just another series to continue watching on Amazon, now The Boys has wrapped up.
Amazon has done a great job this year (thus far). With Deadloch's second season, The Boys wrapping up, Off Campus (even though it's a straight copy cat of Heated Rivalry), the long awaited return of The Night Manager, Steal and the horny 56 Days.
A remake of Carrie is on the way, whilst The Boys lives on in Vought Rising next year. What a streaming time to be alive.
Scarpetta isn't perfect, but damn Jamie Lee Curtis was good in this!
SkyMed gets a near complete facelift/reboot. The majority of the cast have moved on, leaving Chief Nurse Hayley & Chief Pilot Wheezer navigate new personalities and fresh drama as SkyMed auditions rookie medics and pilots to join the flight crew.
The fourth (and in my opinion final) season of SkyMed landed late last month on Paramount+. No longer airing on Canadian network, CBC, SkyMed has gone streaming only.
In the season opener, it took me a little bit to get my head around the new characters, whilst head nurse Hayley and Lead Pilot Wheezer deal with the different characters, along with emerging conflicts. This season, there is an episode in a deserted mine, along with a tornado too.
There is a lot going on this season, however the show (like real jet fuel around the globe) feels like it is running outta gas.
The limited familiar faces, the season finale, that felt like a series finale. Like RFDS in Australia, there is only limited storylines that can be covered in this environment. That said, Canada does look exceptionally beautiful in this season. Which is just as well they are one three host nations for the FIFA world cup this year.
In the finale, with SkyMed's future in jeopardy, Wheezer is forced to face his anxieties, Stef gets back to work, Lexi and Maya struggle with their past demons, and Crystal and Hayley must decide what comes next.
Will a fifth season be given the green light by Paramount+? I am guessing no. They need to pay for Warner Brothers somehow. Plus Dutton's Raunch just got another season, the Taylor Sheridan content train, keeps steam rolling in, probably taking a lot of the Paramount+ budget.
Paramount+ sadly relies very heavily on one content creator. Any other series outside the Yellowstone/Sheridan universe seem a little less of a priority for the streamer.
Time will tell, this has been a cute, Canadian comfort series to binge watch. I did find though I could only take this season in much smaller doses than previous ones.
