The series: “The Boys”, season 3, on Amazon Prime Video
Do you know “The Seven”? This group of superheroes is a far cry from the “Avengers”, allowing themselves to be corrupted by fame and glory. To confront them, a team of vigilantes who call themselves “The Boys” decide to spring into action and take down these once beloved superheroes.
Based on the eponymous comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, “The Boys” is a deliberately irreverent and cynical series in the universe of superheroes. It makes fun of the figure of the super-human, of course, but it is above all the media coverage, the celebrity and the arms race, embodied by the superheroes of the series, which are put on the grill. The presence of more positive characters about superheroes also reveals a writing that is sometimes finer than the nag postulate would have us believe.
With this third season, we find the leader of the “Seven”, the Protector (Anthony Starr), who becomes more than ever a killer sinking into murderous madness after a toxic relationship. To cope, “The Boys”, still led by Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), will be entitled to a more than formidable weapon: a serum giving superpowers for 24 hours! The shock promises to be bloody (and not recommended for children under 12).
The movie: “Wet Sand” on Mubi
A village on the Georgian Black Sea coast, where everyone seems friendly and thinks they know each other. Except that one day, Eliko, who hid his homosexuality in the eyes of a less open community than one would think, is found hanged. When her granddaughter Moe arrives for her funeral, she will find herself facing a life of lies. She can then count on the boss and the waitress of the local bar, the “Wet Sand”.
By mixing personal drama, history of a country (the organization by the Georgian Orthodox Church of a day in opposition to the Tbilisi Pride March), and history of the planet (fires linked to global warming), Elene Naveriani signs an obviously political film. A relentless demonstration, but perhaps too slow for its own good.
The other film: “Fire Island” on Disney+
Noah is single and happy to be. Even if he sometimes has trouble making ends meet, he appreciates his independence and total freedom. Every summer, he goes to Fire Island with a bunch of friends including Howie – his best friend – Luke, Keegan and Max to party for a week and hang out with handsome guys. But when they arrive at Tuna Walk – the house of their friend Erin where the group has its habits – bad news awaits them: this one will soon be forced to sell what was for them like a kind of second home. The group of friends will then have two missions: to save Tuna Walk and also to find the man of their life for Noah.
“Fire Island”, directed by Andrew Ahn, takes place in a real location. Dubbed the first gay and lesbian town in the United States, Fire Island Pines is a hamlet in Brookhaven, Suffolk County. Accessible only by sea, this town is located not far from Long Island (state of New York).
It is in this context that Joel Kim Booster (main screenwriter, but also interpreter of Noah) wanted to write an openly gay and uninhibited romantic comedy, taking up the main lines of Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and prejudice”.