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Five Cool Things and Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole

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I always seem to forget to post these things shortly after they go up at Cinema Sentries. I don’t know why other than that they don’t go up the moment I send them to that site. They go past an editor and then they decide when they want to actually publish it. By the time that happens I think I just forget all about it.

But here we are, a week after it did get published. This week I’m talking about Bob Weir, the excellent Australian series The Newsreader, the final season of Stranger Things, The Vast of the Night, Send Help, and the trailer for a new TV series based on Jo Nesbos’ popular crime novels. You can read all about it here.

Watch A New Trailer For Stranger Things: Season 5

When Stranger Things first came out (back in 2016!) I was an immediate fan. It was such a wonderful amalgamation of all the things I loved growing up in the 1980s: Stephen King (or more importantly, movies based on Stephen King books), John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, and a million other things. But it wasn’t just nostalgia-baiting either, the Duffer Brothers had created a wonderful story, one that was clearly influenced by all those things, but was also its own, new thing.

I’ve enjoyed the subsequent seasons, especially the addition of several new cast members, but I also have to admit that none of them have quite had the magic of the first one. If I’m being honest, I am ready for it to be over. This is especially true since it has taken them so long to make each season. Those kids aren’t kids anymore. Millie Bobby Brown is married, for Pete’s sake!

When I learned that Season 5, the final season, consisted of several movie-length episodes, I was a little irritated. I don’t need that much more Stranger Things. I hate it when TV shows act like movies.

But apparently, there are only going to be three episodes, so I can dig that. This teaser trailer is basically just an announcement of that fact. It mostly consists of clips from previous episodes and announces the dates of these three episodes/movies. There are a few new bits and I have to admit that it did get me excited.