No one's good in The Client anymore

Cuz they don't make legal thrillers like The Client anymore. At least not in Hollywood:

https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/the..._source=fb&utm_campaign=vulture&utm_medium=s1

Oh, and we missed the 25th anniversary of its release the other day.

 

Interesting analysis. I've noticed that most of the "mid-budget" $50-75 mil crime-dramas are now Miniseries on Netflix or FX. Producers enjoy being able to string out a story over 10 - 13 episodes. Also the movie release calendar is brutal. You have one week to make or break, earn half your budget back or don't. And with most weeks featuring at least one $100 mil budget movie or more, tough to do that coming in second or third at the box office. Now you have indies and blockbusters/animated with little in-between.

 

What if Boogie Nights were 10 to 13 episodes?

 

I miss the middlebrow legal thriller. I rather liked them even if they weren't always that good.

Who didn't like five minutes of Primal Fear when it came on TV. Now it's Thor 7.

Point me to these $75 million Netflix legal thrillers that aren't documentaries. I'm tired to death of pulpy documentaries.

 

Head over to Prime and watch Bosch and Line of Duty.

 

I’ve seen Bosch. Luther, every one of those British crime dramas, all of those. (Broadchurch is terrific.)

But I’ll check out Line of Duty.

Didn’t love Jack Ryan on prime but it wasn’t bad. Saw the movie Black Rain again though. Loved that piece of shit (and it is) as much as the first time.

 

The one with Gillian Anderson was good.

 

Gillian Anderson was enchanting in that serial killer show. Lordy, she aged well.