In case you missed these when they first came out…
Two famous Hollywood directors with strong Irish ties – John Huston and John Ford – are among those profiled in the three-part Netflix documentary Five Came Back. The series is about acclaimed directors who shot dangerous footage of World War II in order to shore up morale on the home front.
Irish writer and actress Sharon Horgan continues to earn raves in the comedy series Catastrophe, currently streaming on Amazon, and also starring Irish American comedian Rob Delaney.
If scrolling through “on demand” offerings, look up American Gods, which premiered in April on the Starz network. Based on the acclaimed Neil Gaiman novel, the series explores mythic Gods from various countries converging in modern day America. Among the central characters in American Gods is Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber), from Ireland, sidekick to colorful con artist, Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane). ♦
Screenshot: American Gods
Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) and Laura Moon (Emily Browning) have spent much of the last season and a half of Starz’s
adaptation on disparate paths, with only the occasional run-in. Shadow’s tried, rather unsuccessfully, to extricate himself from all of Wednesday’s (Ian McShane) scheming, while Laura with the begrudging assistance of Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber) sought to make her way into the battle between old gods and new to exact revenge on her father-in-law.
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Now in season three, which premiered January 10, Shadow’s spent a lot of his time on the road, traveling to Lakeside and Chicago, all the while keeping up his protestations about staying out of the “family business” (read: war). Laura, meanwhile, lugged Mad’s massive body around for a while before giving up his gold coin, though it may have been too late to do the old god much good. She’s finally moved on sort of. Last week, Laura gained a valuable new perspective
The Starz drama was a special kind of disaster: it premiered to considerable acclaim only to fall to pieces in between its first and second seasons, losing its high-profile showrunners and several cast members.