Three middle-aged adults looking for an exciting new spark in an otherwise plain and tedious American existence are the characters in a new series that’s turning heads, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.

Love Triangle? Suburban drama? Murder? Tick. Tick. Tick. No wonder HBO Max’s new series is turning heads.

DTF St Louis focuses on three middle-aged adults looking for an exciting new spark in an otherwise plain and tedious American existence.

The trio get more than they bargain for though after joining an app designed for extramarital affairs.

There’s Clark (Jason Bateman), a weatherman who seems to have it all together on the surface but deep inside there’s a storm-a-brewing.

His friend Floyd (David Harbour) is a confident sign language interpreter eager to embrace the excitement of the app.

Clark’s wife Carol (Linda Cardellini) is a switched-on real estate agent who gets dragged into the awkward situation.

Things spiral out of control after one of the three turn up dead, kicking off the mystery to play out over the next seven episodes.

Mixing dark humour and drama together, DTF St Louis has split opinions but one take that seems unanimous is that it is undeniably original.

That may just make it worth taking a chance on for anyone looking for their next streaming addiction.

WE’VE now entered an era of “covid-era” movies. The great toilet paper scare of the 21st century and all the weird isolation that came with it serves as the backdrop for Eddington, the newest film from acclaimed and oddball director Ari Aster, now streaming on Binge.

Eddington is a hard one to pin down. 

Taking place during the pandemic, it’s set in a fictional New Mexico town that shares a name with the film’s title.

Sheriff Joe Cross (played by Joaquin Phoenix) is a hardline cop deeply opposed to the covid rules enforced by the governments above him. 

He sees himself as something of a protector of the town he’s known his whole life, the one who will stand up to the “big man” trying to infringe upon the freedom and liberties of the local populace.

Then there’s Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), a charismatic peacekeeper who closely follows the covid rules and believes the people who elected him should too.

As the pandemic deepens, the tension between these two very different men and their supporters bubbles away, becoming more volatile by the minute and turning something of an epicentre of the modern political climate, chaos over lockdowns, mask wearing, vaccines and the deeper political divide that has split America.

It’s an ambitious film, mixing comedy and drama into volatile subject matter. Does it hit the heights of political commentary it wants to?

Some think yes. Others think no. It just might depend on what side of the political fence you fall on.

FOR a detective pushing 150-years-old, Sherlock Holmes shows no signs of losing his place in the pop culture sphere.

This month marks the release of yet another iteration of the world’s most famous sleuth and once again it’s proving a hit.

Young Sherlock is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

This is a case of what it says on the tin, really.

Set in Victorian England, the series follows a 19-year-old version of the detective while he’s studying at Oxford University. 

Still honing his study craft and his wickedly smart observation skills, Sherlock’s life is thrown into chaos when a murder unfolds on campus, sending him down a rabbit hole that reveals a much larger conspiracy afoot.

British actor Hero Fiennes Tiffin (sounds like a Conan Doyle character himself, quite frankly) is the man chosen to play Holmes and pulls off the charisma and intrigue needed to keep audiences watching.

He now joins an absurdly long list of actors who have played Holmes or a side character of the famous detective in the last 20 years.

Just a few of the recent TV and film versions include Sherlock, Elementary, Enola Holmes, The Irregulars, Holmes and Watson, Holmes and Daughter, Miss Sherlock, Sherlock in Russia, even a show just called Watson dedicated purely to his sidekick!

God. Any more of these and I’d begin to say this iconic character could get tiresome, but with the popularity he keeps drawing in it seems Sherlock Holmes is still far from elementary.