Tara Ward: Fake, No Good Deed, Elton John: Never Too Late

Fake  

Magazine features writer Birdie Bell meets successful grazier Joe Burt on a dating app and believes she's found her perfect match, but as the relationship intensifies she begins to feel her boyfriend isn't all he has led her to believe (ThreeNow). 

 
  
No Good Deed  

Three very different families compete to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style villa, which they believe will solve all their problems (Netflix). 

 
  
Elton John: Never Too Late  

Elton John looks back on his life and the early days of his 50-year career. As he prepares for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium, Elton recounts his struggles and shares how he overcame them to become the icon he is today (Disney+). 

 

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Reward is here with this week's screen Time Picks Morning, Kyona. Okay,
we've got three shows to tell us about this morning
to recommend this morning. Let's begin with Fake, which is
on three now.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah. This is a fantastic new psychological thriller and it's
one of those shows that is a real slow burn,
but once it grabs you, it won't let you go.
It's based on a true story and it's an Australian
drama that stars Asher Ketty and she plays a magazine
writer called Bertie. Bertie is almost fifty, she's single and
she reluctantly tries online dating and meets a farmer or

(00:48):
a grazier as he calls himself, called Joe, who's played
by the wonderful David Wedham. She doesn't like him at first,
but she persuades herself to give things a go, and
Joe is pretty smooth and he offers this lifestyle that
Bertie really wants, but he's obviously hiding something. Bertie just
doesn't know what. And that's what we're going to see.
This mystery unfold as the show goes on, and as

(01:09):
I said, I did find this slow to start, and
I wasn't sure if I could stick with it, But
in about forty five minutes into episode one, it clicks
and I think that slower pace of the show really
matches the measured, controlled way that Joe slowly starts to
mess with Bertie's mind. Joe is a romance scammer, and
this shows how smart people can get sucked into those scams,

(01:32):
and how when you want something really badly you'll ignore
all the red flags. Asha Ketty, of course she start
an offspring. She never gives a bad performance on TV.
And David Wenham is so good here as well. This
is tense and a bit stressful to watch, but so
so good.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh fantastic sounds great. That is fake. That is on
three now. Next up, a show's streaming on Netflix. Tell
us about No Good Deed.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Yeah. This is a new, dark American comedy that stars
Lisa Kudro and Ray Romano, and it's part comedy, part drama,
part mister. They play two homeowners, a couple of empty
nesters who trying to sell their beautiful Spanish style house
in Los Angeles, and there are three different couples who
will do anything to buy it in the hope that

(02:18):
this house will solve all of their problems. But what
Ray Romano and Lisa Cudro's characters have to do is
hide the bad history of the house. Something terrible has
happened there. There's a lot of secrets hidden away, and
it's that idea that this dream house might actually be
more of a nightmare. The show has a great ensemble cast.
It's a bit like White Lotus or Knives Out, where

(02:41):
every one of the different storylines is driven by talented
actors and all those storylines are going to cross over
at some point. It's written by the creator of Dead
to Me, which is another great Netflix dark comedy. But
I think Lisa Cudro is the best thing about this
She lifts the show. The story is a little bit
uneven at times, it's a bit inconsistent, but it's very watchable,

(03:02):
very bingeable. The episodes are only thirty minutes long, so
there's a great snappy past to it as well.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Excellent That's No Good Deed. That's on Netflix and on
Disney Plus Alton John never too Late.

Speaker 3 (03:14):
Yeah, if you are an Alton fan or you grew
up with Elton John's music. This new Disney Plus documentary
is a muss watch. I think this is never too late.
It's a documentary that looks back on Elton John's life
and career, and it's sort of framed as a chat
between two friends that takes place while Elton is on
his final tour through America in twenty twenty two. So

(03:36):
you know, he's mindful that he's retiring. There's there's no
better time to look back on his life, and he's
called this the definitive documentary of his career. It is
co directed by his husband, David Furnish, and co directed,
co produced by Elton John's own film company. So you know,
it's not going to be a really critical expose. And
in a lot of ways, there's nothing really new here

(03:57):
or no sort of shocking unexpected revelations, But I don't
know that that matters. This is a wonderful, sentimental, thoughtful
look back at an readable life. It focuses a lot
on the nineteen seventies when Elton was the biggest rock
star in the world and what that rise to fame
did to him. You know, he talks about his addiction issues.
You see him chat with his kids today. You do

(04:20):
see a lot of different sides to him, but it's
just so much good music and this this documentary really
catches how brilliant Elton John is and it's such an
entertaining watch. Great for Christmas as well. If you need
something that lots of generations, different generations going to jow together,
this is a really good choice.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Is he quite introspective in it? Like? How is he?

Speaker 1 (04:39):
You know?

Speaker 2 (04:39):
What's he like in it? Like modern Elton?

Speaker 3 (04:42):
He is quite introspective. It's sort of got a full
circle moment because he's looking back on that nineteen seventy
five Dodges concert, which is what really.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Explodes a moment. Are Yeah, right.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
Totally, And that's where he's finishing his tour. So he's
sort of at that full circle moment where he's looking back.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
You know.

Speaker 3 (05:00):
He talks about not being around for his kids and
things like that, so he's kind of aware that he's
getting old and talks a little about friendship with John
Lennon and just is very grateful I think for all
the life that he's lived and the amazing things that
he's done.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
Great, Okay, I'm looking forward to watching that. Thank you
so much, Tara, that's a great recommendation. So that's Elton
John Never too late. That one's on Disney plus No
Good Deed is the one with Lisa Coudro and Ray
Romana that's streaming on Netflix. And that first one, that
fantastic thriller is called Fake and that is streaming on
three Now.

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