From Global Screen:
Based on the successful detective novels by Alexandra von Grothe. Mourning his wife’s death, Inspector Maurice LaBréa leaves Marseilles for Paris with his daughter Jenny. But Paris is no respite, for a ghastly copycat killer is imitating a killing spree around the Bastille that went on ten years ago.
From MHz Choice you can stream 3 episodes of this German language detective series set in Paris with English subtitles. Each episode lasts about an hour and a half.
All the crimes are ugly and brutal. Mutilated bodies are par for the course.
However, the central theme running through all the episodes is LaBrea’s loving concern for his daughter Jenny who encourages him to romance his beautiful painter neighbor who often takes care of Jenny when duty so often calls.
- Episode 1: The Beast of the Bastille.
- Episode 2: Murder in the Rue St. Lazare
- Episode 3: Deadly Dreams in Montparnasse.
Somewhat old fashioned, nothing special, but plots consist of a nice contrast between the grim crimes and LaBrea’s personal life.
From IMDB:
Pol Rubio starts to study Philosophy at the University of Barcelona while the relationship between Bruno and him begins to strengthen. Pol will meet new friends, new colleagues and new teachers apart from having to face conflicts in his new student stage, his complicated family and his new relationship with Bruno Bergeron in this way until becoming a Philosophy teacher.
From Netflix you can stream the 8 episodes of the second season of this Spanish (Barcelona) young adult soap opera. Each episode lasts about 45 minutes. Catalan is the original language of the series.
Season one was entitled simply “Merlí” and is not available. Merlí is the name of a favorite teacher who dies at the end of season one. Season two takes up from there with Pol grieving over the loss of his teacher Merlí.
All episodes center on a group of students studying philosophy at a university in Spain. This group of friends quickly formed at the beginning of their studies. Another notable character in particular is one of their teachers María Bolaño who is lonely and struggles with alcoholism. Each student has his or her own story to tell. Relationships, sexual and otherwise, are formed and fought over.
My recommendation for this forgettable series is that it is a light-hearted young adult snapshot of the culture of 21st century Spain.
From IMDB:
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.
From Netflix you can stream this 1 hour 55 minute complete Netflix Original film.
In this B+ sci-fi yarn officer Thomas Lockhart get older and more desperate and determined in each of the portions of the film which are separated by 9 years. As time progresses his relation with his daughter Sarah becomes increasingly difficult, so much so that Sarah eventually lives with Thomas’ brother Holt played by Michael C. Hall (of “Six Feet Under” fame). Holt is also a detective in the police force and never gives up on Thomas’ seemingly crazy quest. Actually Thomas in on the correct “crazy” track because every 9 years the killer returns from the future on her mission.
Expect a plot surprise at the conclusion. While the film is nothing special, the somewhat original plot conceit held my interest.
Films Tony is comfortable recommending.
