If you have 8 hours
Tokyo Vice season 1 — Showmax
Based on the memoir by Jake Adelstein and with a first episode expertly directed by neo-noir master Michael Mann — who also serves as producer — this gritty, neon-drenched series sees Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) move from observer to protagonist as his life as a crime journalist in Tokyo is upended when he becomes involved a fight with the city’s biggest crime boss.
If you have 3 hours
Franklin — Apple TV +
Michael Douglas plays 70-year-old US founding father Benjamin Franklin in this biographical drama. It examines the less well-known, but important story of how Franklin went to Paris and expertly manoeuvred his way around British spies and French informers to set up the vital Franco-American alliance that helped cement the victories of his homeland’s fight for independence from the British.
If you have 4 hours
Colin from Accounts — Showmax
A charming, hard-to-dislike Australian romantic comedy series that benefits from the easy chemistry between stars Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, who play an odd couple drawn together after a car accident involving a breast flash and a hapless dog. They quickly become entangled in each other’s lives to learn that sometimes the only way to get through the madness is to be yourself, no matter the consequences.
If you have 90 minutes
The Greatest Hits — Disney Plus
It’s loosely inspired by the best-selling book, Musicophilia, by legendary psychologist Oliver Sacks. But this is a fluffy, though not unentertaining or brainless romcom in which Lucy Boynton plays a woman who discovers that music has the power to literally transport her back in time.
If you have 5 hours
Good Times — Netflix
An adult animation update of the classic 1970s sitcom focusing on the lives and squabbles of the Evans family — a working-class Chicago housing project clan who face up to the daily challenges of each other and the broader social realities affecting them. Featuring the voice talents of JB Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola and Jay Pharaoh.
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