Chatterbox - still talking nonsense

 My viewing this week has consisted pretty much of just two binges of Season 2s of shows that I love. There are some spoilers - you can avoid the worst bits where  I have put the text in a different colour. Heartstopper Season 2 The latest tranche of the Netflix show based on Alice Oseman's graphic novels, the anticipation and expectations were through the roof so it was with a fair bit of trepidation and a lot of snacks that I sat down to watch.  This season picks up the day after the ending of season one, and Nick can't wait to tell Charlie that he came out to his mum.  So, it's all going to be 'perfect'.  And episode one certainly gives us all the feels with a lot of cute scenes between our boys, but we can feel the change coming and it hits pretty early in episode 2. The story continues to focus on the main characters of Nick and Charlie, Tao, Elle, Tara, Darcy and Isaac (I am pretty invested in those storylines already), but also opens out the story to incl...

 Well a lot more streaming has been consumed over the past week or so.  I had intended to get out more but rail engineering works and then flooding/trees /landslides on tracks meant I gave up my intended trips into London.  And I still haven’t managed to get tickets for Paul Mescal in Streetcar at The Almeida.    So, instead I have found myself subscribing to two more streaming services (BFI and MUBI - both trials at the moment but I am terrible at cancelling subscriptions). Little Joe Strangely gripping slow burn sci-fi thriller with hints of Day of the Triffids.  Looks great,  all red and green colours, a scratchy, eerie soundtrack and sense of something looming.  With Ben Whishaw, Emily Beecham, Kerry Fox and Kit Connor, Little Joe is a genetically engineered plant named after its creator’s son, and designed to respond to human care.  As the adolescent human son is increasingly left to his own devices, the plant baby, a potential cuckoo in...