Janelle Monae, Snowpiercer and Eurovision

Claire’s been chatting to (and singing at) Janelle Monae who’s
joined Prime Video’s Homecoming for its second series. It’s a huge
thumbs up for the new season of the Hitchcock-esque show and yet
more proof that 30 minutes is a very good amount of time for an
episode of TV.

Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer has been re-imagined as a series on
Netflix. Jennifer Connelly is undoubtedly brilliant in it, but only
Stevie made it the whole way through the screeners. The team unpick
what works, and what doesn’t.

Also on Netflix is new movie The Lovebirds – it should have been on
the big screen but does it matter if you don’t get the cinema
experience for this one?

Stevie, who lives in New York, has watched far more Eurovision than
Katie and Claire, and has got the low down on the Icelandic entry,
and the upcoming film based on the annual event.

Taika Waititi has got a bunch of celebs together to read James and
the Giant Peach and it’s taken everyone back to their
childhoods.

And Katie’s worried about the impact social distancing will have on
the Drag Race final – find out who Backstage thinks will take the
crown.

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