📺Shogun (2024) ⛩️🏯👘

Shogun is a miniseries produced by FX, based on the famous 1975 novel of the same name. With a first season of 10 episodes, I can only applaud and appreciate the privilege of witnessing such a well-made production, with a fascinating script and an impressive setting.

The series follows the adventure of John Blackthorne, an English pilot who shipwrecks with his crew in Japan in 1600. This story serves as a thread to immerse ourselves in a sea of intrigues, betrayals, and power struggles between the fiefs over the future of the nation.

The series carefully presents the cultural conflict faced by the Portuguese people in their mission of evangelization in Japan. In addition, it shows us the severity, the courage and a concept of honor that sometimes seemed uncomfortable and impressive to me. The respect for families, the honor of the legacy, and the excellent female roles in a raw and masculine world, sometimes provoke the desire to stand up and applaud.

Shogun has the level of production, the war intensity and a carefully developed script that resembles a great saga. In my opinion, it is one of the highest points of television in recent years, which is a great achievement in today’s times.

⭐ 9/10 Star+ o Disney+

🎥 Argentina, 1985 (2022) ⚖️🇦🇷

I am fascinated by “Courtroom Dramas,” but this is also a historical account of the first time the Argentine civilian justice system accused former military officers involved in abuses during the dictatorship. Starring Ricardo Darín as Julio Strassera and Peter Lanzani as Luis Moreno Ocampo, the film shows how the young legal team faced this challenge, transporting us to the rawness, intensity, and historical importance of this moment in Argentine history.

It is a fascinating journey into a not-so-distant Latin American past, where concepts such as oppression and the fight for freedom were tremendously valued and feared.

⭐ 8 /10 Prime Video

🎥 Bridget Jones Diary (2001) 📙💞

I barely remembered anything about this iconic romantic comedy from the early 2000s. Set in London, with hilarious situations and a feeling that I now enjoy with a certain tenderness, in a world where comedy, romance, and smiles, I believe, were more subtle but comforting.

The fun and obvious love triangle between Bridget Jones, Daniel Cleaver, and Mark Darcy gives us a story of growth, anxieties, and comical mistakes that make Bridget win the heart of anyone who wants to nurture their spirit with good things.

⭐8/10 Prime Video.