This week's film and series - "Mess" in new version

A Björn Skifs classic from the 80s in a new version and the series "The Franchise", about the chaotic life behind the scenes of a film production. Here are this week's films and series.

» Published: October 02 2024

This week's film and series - "Mess" in new version
Photo: Martin Wichardt/Netflix

FILM (premiere: 4/10)

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" (3/10, Netflix).

Björn Skifs played the lead role as Conny Rundqvist/Rutger Jönåker in Jonas Frick's action comedy "Mess" from 1988. In the new version, the story takes a different turn, but the basic premise is the same: Filip Berg plays a man who from inside the prison tries to find the real perpetrator since he was wrongly convicted of murder. A tunnel to freedom and a friendly police officer (Amy Deasismont) help him.

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Documentary filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson has delved into the archives and found unique material on how the depiction of the conflict in the Middle East looked on Swedish TV and changed over the decades. Which also provides an interesting background to what is happening right now.

TV/STREAMING

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" (10/10, Netflix).

The action jumps forward 18 months in time when Netflix's big teenage success is back for a fourth season. After the drama last time, calm has settled, the three couples are holding together and living a normal life without treasures to search for. But calm is deceptive, and soon new adventures await the gang. Five episodes are released now, with five more coming on November 7.

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" (7/10, Max).

Satire master Armando Iannucci ("Sad, Mr. Minister" and "Veep") and star director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty", "1917") have teamed up to depict the hectic life behind the scenes of a film shoot. In this comedy series, the filming of a superhero movie is about to go awry due to egocentric stars, megalomaniacal producers, and a neurotic director (Daniel Brühl).

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" (9/10, Disney+).

Star-studded Spanish-language "Rocky story" about a boxer (Gael Garcia Bernal) on the decline who only needs one match to get back to the top. Eiza Gonzalez plays his ex-wife, a journalist investigating the darker sides of boxing.

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" (10/10, Netflix).

In anticipation of an upcoming new series about the now-classic computer game favorite, which is expected to appear on another streaming giant, comes an animated series about the action icon. This time, Hayley Atwell does the voice.

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