Landscapers
(Neon)
Olivia Colman leads this stylish subversion of the true-crime genre with this inventive pitch-black comedy. It's a bizarre story made all the weirder by virtue of it being inspired by real events.
Colman stars as a mild-mannered woman who, alongside her husband, murders her parents and buries them in the back garden. The pair get away with their heinous crime for over a decade until chance catches them out.
The lead performances have been greatly acclaimed, Oscar winner Colman is a Brit national treasure for a reason, and the show has won over critics, with one saying "the series manages to break the rules of the genre and pay homage to it at the same time".
Streaming from Monday.
I Want You Back
(Amazon Prime Video)
The comedic charms of Jenny Slate and Charlie Day do all the heavy lifting in this off-kilter romcom. The pair star as two strangers who unexpectedly bump into each other right after they've both been dumped.
Bonding over their shared misery, and a whole lot of alcoholic beverages, they hatch a drunken scheme to break up the new relationships of their respective exes in the hope that the loves of their lives will then see the error of their ways and come running back to them.
Critics have mostly fallen for the film, with one saying, "It has all the classic elements that make a really good romantic comedy with two very charming leads."
Streaming now.
