The New Pope, Sky Atlantic, review: John Malkovich takes charge as Paolo Sorrentino's unholy treat returnsHis other-worldly British theologian is as charismatic a character as Jude Law's Young Pope as the Vatican scheming continues apaceThe New Pope, Sky Atlantic, ★★★★The Vatican hierarchy in The New Pope has PR problems that make a pontiff who slaps the hand of an over-enthusiastic pilgrim seem like very small beer. Jude Law’s Pope Lenny – the buff, Diet Cherry Coke-swilling, radically conservative incumbent of St Peter’s throne who made The Young Pope such a gloriously OTT television experience – is still in a coma over a year after his heart attack and building up a somewhat idolatrous personality cult. Sign up to our newsletter i's TV newsletter: what you should watch next Thanks for signing up! He plays Sir John Brannox, an aristocratic English theologian representing a possible “middle way” between doctrine and idealism. Brannox was still pondering his decision at the end of the episode, but I’ve a sneaking feeling he’ll go for it.

Source: The Star January 12, 2020 23:15 UTC