Finished season 1 of this Netflix/German co-production last night. Very “Lost”-ish in theme with “Twin Peaks”-ish characters. This must have been fun to write but a nightmare when it came to keeping the character relationships straight. As with any time-travel story (that’s not a spoiler — you know early on), the plot has holes and paradoxes. One warning: Although deliberately paced (read: “slow” — could have been compressed to 8 episodes instead of 10 with no loss of story or character), you must pay attention. This is not a series to watch while reading a book or playing a game on your phone. I know because I didn’t pay close attention to the early episodes and had a helluva time keeping the characters straight at their varying ages later on. I hope the director gets over his love affair with his rain machine for the next season. Do I recommend it? Depends on your patience and your ability to suspend disbelief. You might love it or your screen might be damaged by the shoes you toss at it.  FF=1

Finally saw this after a long search (it was on Amazon all the time). I love the deep-focus look of these old (1949) films. Quite enjoyable, with Alec Guinness playing 8 parts. It might be described as a cozy serial killer film, if you can imagine that. Well paced with a couple of nice twists at the end.  FF=0

If you’re in the mood for a British black comedy about a serial-killer couple (and who isn’t?), this is your dish. It’s wacky and uneven, but offers some laugh-aloud parts. Lots of driving through beautiful countryside and even a little leyline mythology. Def worth the 90 minutes.

A horror comedy made in Ireland that puts an Irish twist on all the monster movie tropes. You have to hand it to the Irish: They can laugh at themselves. An isolated island village is besieged by tentacled, blood-sucking monsters who are allergic to alcohol in the blood. If you’re Irish, the solution is as natural as it is obvious. If any other ethnic group had been skewered thus, the outrage monkeys would be hopping all over the place. A fun flick.