Netflix is our friend

Thanks to the miracle of Netflix, I've been able to watch a number of films and TV series that I'd never have had the time (or patience) to watch otherwise.

A few worth seeing:

"Let the Right One In." A Swedish film, a coming of age story about a tormented nerdly boy (maybe 12 years old) and his new friend. A wonderful, suprising, affecting, and scary film.

"Primeval." This is a series from Britain, which sounds like cheese on rye: holes open in space and time, allowing large and usually hungry visitors from the past into our world, and an intrepid team of scientists work to contain the threat. Fun for the family (AdventureBoy gets to call out the dinosaur names), but engaging, funny, thrilling. Great acting, too. Get the whole series.

"Shackelton" A BBC miniseries about the great Explorer who almost made it to the South Pole just before the first world war. With Kenneth Brannaugh as the ill-fated Shackelton, an amazing, gripping story of how their ship became frozen in the ice, before being ultimately crushed by the moving floes. Yet, Shackelton lead his men across the ice and water to safety and final rescue, and didn't lose a single member of his crew. My retelling does no justice to the tale...well worth your time to rent.