THE VOW AND ENOLA HOLMES
ENOLA HOMES (Netflix) Based on the Young Adult novel series by Nancy Springer, this film finds Sherlock’s younger sister (the titular Enola – played by Stranger Things star Milly Bobby Brown) stirring up trouble, solving mysteries and carving out her own place in wealthy Victorian England. Despite having a famous sibling, she’s very much her own person in the way she goes about playing detective. The director is a chap named Harry Bradbeer – and he brings an infectious energy to the stuffy upper crust setting by having Enola break the fourth wall with amusing asides and comments - a tactic he used frequently on the many episodes of “Fleabag” he directed.
THE VOW (Binge/Foxtel) is a new HBO documentary series about NXIVM, a cult founded by Keith Raniere who originally sold it to his followers as a ‘multi-level marketing’ company that aimed to help and support women in business, with the program's main emphasis being – as Raniere himself said - 'to have people experience more joy in their lives'. Suffice to say, that’s not exactly how things unraveled.