The Beast in Me

I haven't blogged about a series in a good long while, mostly because I tend to focus my attention on films but partially because most of the series I have watched recently aren't worth your time. Welcome to The Beast in Me - a high paced thriller starring Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs, a grieving, recently divorced, Pulitzer prize-winning writer who is living in a wealthy neighbourhood somewhere in New Jersey. Her house is in decline as is her attempt to write a follow-up work to her wildly successful first book. Wiggs is a mess. Along comes a brash, new neighbour who has just moved into the giant house next door - a famous real-estate developer, Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) who is rumoured to have killed his former wife - disappeared without a trace. Aggie and Nile clash, at first but then. . . could Nile be the inspiration Aggie needs for her new book? This is a wild ride of FBI agents, city developers, and artist exhibitions. Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are fabulous in this. It's so well done and so fast-paced and it sticks the landing. It's not Pulitzer Prize winning stuff, it's bestseller trash, and I loved it all. Catch the page-turner now streaming on Netflix or go rent it from Movies 'N Stuff here in Ottawa when available.