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OUR CITY Tonight: Spotlight Offers More Home Viewing and a Classic Cocktail

By Richmond Sentinel

Published 2:31 PDT, Wed September 9, 2026

Last Updated: 10:53 PDT, Fri September 11, 2026

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THE VIEW #1 – Knightfall
Knightfall gets moving the second the film starts. MI5 operatives are on a stakeout, monitoring what they believe will be a drop-off of a stolen briefcase containing a man-made biological weapon. Obviously, the stakes are high. But when that stakeout goes badly, one of the MI5 team, Ros Knight (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott), becomes caught up in the aftermath of that botched mission and hunted for the only key to safely unlock the briefcase. The situation becomes more complicated when she discovers there might be a mole in MI5. Unsure of who she can trust, and with mercenaries closing in, she seeks refuge at the remote family home and her father (as well as a former spy) who she hasn’t spoken to in years. Knightfall is an enjoyable, old-school British action-thriller, mixing espionage, family dynamics and plenty of gunplay. The cast also gives genre fans some familiar faces, including Ian Ogilvy as Ros’ father, Charles Knight, Nick Moran, Michael Paré (good to see those two in a film again) and Geoffrey Moore (son of Roger Moore). Knightfall is available for home viewing. www.sabanfilms.com

THE CLASSIC – Grasshopper 2.0
We turn to one of the Our City Tonight “cocktail experts” and a regular wine contributor to this magazine, Richard Goodine. His cocktail recommendation for the month of September is a new take on a classic: Grasshopper. “This neon green drink was quite popular in the late 70s and early 80s,” Richard tells us, “but it disappeared pretty much from the scene over the last 15 to 20 years.” His goal is to bring it back with a modern touch. But in doing so, a re-think is needed as to what should be saved. “First of all, it was a mint-based drink with chocolate, and that and the cream are really the foundations of what this drink was all about,” Richard says as we watch him create the cocktail. Starting from many other different drinks such as a Mai Tais or Piña Colada as inspiration, Richard decides that rum could be the base that gets us kicked off. “We take a nice amber rum mixed with a splash of white crème de cacao, for the chocolate element, which, added to coconut cream, starts us off,” he says, “however, to really capture the integrity of the drink, we still need minty flavour and green elements, so a perfectly made Mint purée converted into a simple syrup does the trick.” The next step, Richard explains, is to place all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake as hard as possible, then strain into a Martini glass or coupe and garnish with a bit of shaved chocolate. “With that, you’ll be enjoying a modernized version of the Grasshopper,” Richard says while we enjoy this delicious cocktail. To keep this 1970’s theme going, we agree that a rerun of The Rockford Files would be perfect!

THE VIEW #2 – Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence
We offer some wonderful programming again from Britain and BritBox. This time it’s the contemporary English language television adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence. Set in present-day London, Tommy and Tuppence, a pair of quirky Millennials, solve crimes, try to figure out their lives, and annoy the local police, all while they fall in love (and there’s some backstory, so we suspect there was love there before between these two). A big part of the enjoyment of this 6-part series is the chemistry between Tommy (Josh Dylan) and Tuppence (Antonia Thomas). They are superb together, with each bringing their strengths and weaknesses to the investigations – and the relationship, often to comical, and at other times, dangerous results. The supporting cast includes the always superb Imelda Staunton as Tommy’s Aunt Ada. If you’re a fan of Agatha Christie’s work – both in book form and TV adaptations (and we are), this new series is worth a watch! Season 1 premieres September 15th with two episodes, with one episode following weekly. www.britbox.com