Tara Ward: Sunny, Colin from Accounts, Mercel the Shell with Shoes On

Sunny 

A dark thriller about an American woman living in Japan, who after her family disappears in a mysterious plane crash, is given a robot by the technology company her husband worked for (Apple TV+).  

 

Colin from Accounts  

This delightful Australian comedy series about two strangers bought together after they have to care for a stray dog is back for season two (TVNZ+, July 17). 

 

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On  

A quirky and heartwarming stop-motion film about a tiny shell called Marcel who lives with his grandmother, and is searching for his shell family (Netflix). 

 

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
B Hi Jack. Great interview with Nick from Shape Shifter.
Their recent Auto Tahi gig in the town Hall and
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(00:32):
means it's screen Timetime Brah with our screen time expert
Tara Awards. She's got three shows to recommend this morning,
Morning and Atara Good Morning. Okay, let's begin with the
show streaming on Apple TV plus tell Us about Sonny.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
This is an intriguing new show. It's a dark thriller
set in Japan, and it stars American actor Rashida Jones,
who's done a lot of comedy in the past shows
like parts of recreation in the office, but this is
quite a different, more serious role for her. She's playing Suzie,
who is an American woman living in Japan with her
husband and son, and when the show begins, her family

(01:09):
have just gone missing in a plane crash. And to
compensate for the loss of her family, Susie is given
a domestic robot from her husband's company to help her
around the house. And it's the first sign that Susie's
husband wasn't being completely honest with her. She had no
idea he worked in robotics, but he's made this robot
for her, and this is where things get really weird. Together,
Susie and her robot are going to work out what

(01:32):
actually happened to her husband and son. And when I
read that Supsis, I thought, really, But in the show,
it feels quite believable and plausible, and it reminded me
a bit of a mix between Black Mirror and Severance.
You know. It's playing with her ideas about how technology
is everywhere, how it can take over our lives, you know,
not always for the better. It's very stylish and slow
and dark, and I'm not quite sure if it's going

(01:54):
to lean more into being a conspiracy thriller or a
sci fi sort of psychological drama. But there's a lot
going on here, some dark comedy as well. But don't
let that plot put you off. This is a quality show.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Okay, it sounds interesting, Sonny that's on Apple TV Plus.
A new season of Colin from Accounts is on tv
and Z Plus.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, Colin from Accounts is back this week. This is
the brilliant award winning Australian romantic comedy series. Season two
drops on Wednesday on tv Z Plus, but season one
is on there now. And if you're looking for something
to watch this weekend that's warm and light and genuinely funny,
I can't recommend this more. This is about two strangers,
Gordon and Ashley, who are involved in a car accident

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and as a result, they have to look after this
stray injured dog. Together. They name the dog Colin from Accounts,
and the dog brings their two very messy lives together
and they begin to fall for each other. And the
best thing about the show is the chemistry between the
two lead actors, played by Patrick Brammel and Harriet Dyer.
They also created and wrote the show, and they are

(02:54):
married in real life, so there's a lovely background to this.
And their characters have nothing in common except for the dog,
but yeah, some kind of connection there and they kind
of balance each other out and it's just a lot
of fun and it's full of that really dry, sharp
Australian sense of humor.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, makes it work so good. Yeah, can't wait for
that Colin from account. So that's on TVNZ Plus and
on Netflix. Marcel the Shell with Shoes on Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
Ending with something a little bit different today. This is
a movie that came out a couple of years ago
in cinemas, but it's just landed on Netflix and it's
an absolute gem. It's about a tiny little talking shell
named Marcel, and Marcel lives with his grandmother in an
airbnb in America, and when a documentary maker comes to stay,
he starts filming Marcel and helps Marcel become this global

(03:40):
internet star, and that means Marcel can start looking for
his shell family, who has been separated from It's a
stop motion animation movie, but it's made as if it's
a real documentary. It's quite convincing, and you see the
world through the eyes of this tiny little shell. Marcella's
childlike and innocent, but also quite clever and charming and
perceptive about some of the weird things that us adults do.

(04:04):
You know. It's very heartwarming, not in an a sweet,
sickly way. It's just a delight and perfect timing for
the school holidays. But this isn't just a kids film,
you know. I don't think you're you're ever too old
to watch watch a movie like this.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
It's just lovely, fantastic. Okay, this sounds great. Marcel the
Shell with Shoes On that's on Netflix. Don't say that
three times fast, it's complicated. And Marcel The Show with
Shoes On. Colin from Accounts is on TV and Z
Plus Sunny's on Apple Tv. Plus. All of those shows
are up on the News Talks HEB website.

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