This week we review two drama series featuring fictional US Presidents. And an Oscar winner!
Zero Day (Netflix, 6 episodes) features Robert De Niro in his first TV role as the former US President George Mullen who is called back to serve his country as he tries to track the source of a massive cyber attack. Lizzy Caplan plays the President’s daughter and Jesse Plemons is his political advisor. Good roles too for the great Joan Allan and Bill Camp.
Paradise (Disney+, 8 episodes) is a science fiction political thriller with James Marsden as a US President mysteriously murdered in his bedroom while secret service agents patrolled the property. Sterling K Brown plays the secret service agent who was the last person to see the President alive. But the real star of the series is Julianne Nicholson in a role we can’t really describe without a massive plot spoiler!
We also talk about the big Oscar winner Anora which is now also available to stream (AppleTV and Prime). The Best Actress Oscar went to Mikey Madison who is best known to TV viewers for her work on Better Things and Lady in the Lake and movie viewers for her work in Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood.

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