#Candy apple paint serial

As such, this isn’t so much a recommendation as it is nonjudgmental permission to watch seven episodes of something sort of ridiculous (but entertaining enough) and not overthink it. The Netflix limited series is a paint-by-the-numbers streaming mystery – clearly designed to attract eyeballs – and the resulting artwork is as chaotic as a Jackson Pollock. The dangerous role reversal comes to a head when one of the twins abruptly disappears. Michelle Monaghan plays Gina and Leni McCleary, identical twins who have switched places throughout their lives, sharing everything including their husbands (played by Daniel Sunjata and Matt Bomer, respectively). The six-episode series also stars Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta in one of his final roles. “ ‘Black Bird’ is most compelling not as a psychological profile of a disturbed anomaly but as a study of societal failure – specifically, how Larry’s unsettling behavior toward girls in the town and his misogynistic views were excused or enabled by his protective family and overlooked by local law enforcement,” Washington Post TV critic Inkoo Kang wrote in a review that praised Hauser’s “standout” performance.

#Candy apple paint serial

Keene’s target: suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), who had confessed to murder before walking back his admission. Taron Egerton plays Jimmy Keene, a man who is given the opportunity to shorten his 10-year prison sentence by becoming an undercover informant at a maximum-security prison, in this Apple TV+ series based on the real-life Keene’s 2011 memoir.

This year has brought many options: Whether you gravitate toward twisty seven-episode thrillers or a taut five-part drama, there should be something for you on this list. We’ve reached the last broody stretch of summer, which feels like the perfect time to stay in and watch an absorbing miniseries.