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Siren (2013)
Excellent film with elements of a thriller and science-fiction
As mentioned in other reviews, this film focuses on a woman who has a unique pheromone that causes men to become enraptured with her. It is beautifully and subtly film. The actors come across as authentic people with difficult pasts.
The film requires careful watching in order to understand the complexity of the various plots.
Why the film has an "MA" rating is unclear. Many PG-13 films have more nudity and vulgarity than this one.
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Excellent period murder mystery and psychological thriller
The film moves back and forth in time as it covers the investigation into "The Limehouse Golem" who has committed numerous murders in the Limehouse area of London and the trial of Elizabeth Cree, who is accused of poisoning her husband. It is based on the critically- acclaimed novel "The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, or Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem".
The acting by Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke and Douglas Booth is outstanding. Eddie Marsan, Sam Reid and Daniel Mays all brought depth to their minor but important roles. The costuming, set design and photography fully created the atmosphere of this period in London. Much of the film takes place in a music hall, where risqué melodramas are performed: those scenes are fully realized recreations of the period.
As with any thriller and mystery, it is not possible to provide any details on the plot. It is not a spoiler to say that there are multiple threads that are seamlessly woven together.
Overall, it is an excellent film.
Blood Drive (2017)
Fantastic parody of the grind-house films of the 1970s-1980s.
This series is written "as if" it was produced in the 1970s-1980s about a dystopian future in 1999.
Each episode is a homage to a different type of grind-house film, and part of the fun is figuring out which genre is parodied in each episode.
The actors are fresh and exciting. The script is full of sex - the series uses small black boxes to cover what cannot be shown on cable TV. And blood. Lots of blood. As it is a written as if it was made in the 1970s, the characters show little fear of HIV/AIDS or other pathogens that could be in all of the blood (or other bodily fluids) that splatter about.
There is a phone number which you can call and register a complaint about the series.
The series also has parody advertising.
It is one of the most creative and boundary-breaking science fiction TV shows in a long time.