Robin Taylor

Three stars for the scenery, Julienne Moore and Kevin Bacon. Megan Fahley’s Devon was an obnoxious homewrecker and how absurd for three men to chase along behind her despite her open disgust with them. I have yet to see Milly Adcock’s appeal; and her Simone came off too “little girly”. Are we supposed to believe that Peter fell in love with Simone in one episode and so much so that he throws over his wife in the last 5 minutes of the series? Was this an allegory that it’s a man’s world to pick and discard women on a whim…Eh - that trope’s been done too much.

Thriller and exciting in the vein of the Audrey Hepburn classic: “Wait Until Dark.” But watch that one instead. Unlike that gem, so-called heroine is not one to root for.

We loved Katla! Excellent apocalyptic drama. Very appealing actors doing great work. Very inventive story that “changelings” appear in a bleak wasteland to provide hope, albeit in a mysterious, creepy way, to an unsuspecting village. The director augments the strangeness of every scene with piles of ash coating everything, a constant, overcast sky; think of a blizzard environment made of ash. The cinematography is stark; black and white, craggy rock formations jutting from a churning sea, and pale muted colors throughout. This story hits you visually and emotionally while you’re continually compelled to see what explanations happen next.

Muddled storyline. Cliche characters. Unexplained powers of a magic lamp and evil villain. The original WW was a blast. This one is a disjointed mess. The stars for Gal Gadot, who is a terrific WW; she deserves better, more coherent storylines. But they gave her a weak story to shine in.