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Detective Hole (2026)–Burrowng Underneath

Written by Diana Paul on April 13, 2026. Posted in Series. No Comments on Detective Hole (2026)–Burrowng Underneath

The Netflix Scandi-noir series, Detective Hole, is adapted from master Norwegian detective author, Jo Nesbø’s The Devil’s Star. A dual plot unfolds with a gruesome serial killer as one crime and a drug/weapons smuggling network of heists as the second. In the opening scene, set in Oslo, a disastrous car crash...

Occupied–No Time Left

Written by Diana Paul on April 6, 2026. Posted in Series. No Comments on Occupied–No Time Left

In Occupied, a complicated three-season Norwegian series (Okkupert: 2015-2019) inspired by the masterful author of thrillers, Jo Nesbø, no one wins. In the near future, there is a pending crisis: climate change may be at the point of no return. Norwegian Prime Minister, Jasper Berg (Henrik Mestad) of the Green...

The Roses–Scenes from a Marriage

Written by Diana Paul on March 30, 2026. Posted in movie reviews. No Comments on The Roses–Scenes from a Marriage

An adaptation of Warren Adler’s novel The War of the Roses, The Roses, produced by Danny DeVito, is the first remake since the 1989 film starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. The main theme chronicles the dissolution of a marriage once felt to be idyllic, now transmuting into poison. The Roses opens with a consultation in the...

Tehran– Foreshadowing Today’s US Headlines

Written by Diana Paul on March 26, 2026. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on Tehran– Foreshadowing Today’s US Headlines

In this exciting edge-of-your-seat spy thriller, we see the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) and Mossad in a fierce, white-knuckle fight-to-the-death, cat-and-mouse battle. Tehran’s main character is Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), a death-defying martial-arts skilled undercover Mossad spy who enters Tehran to neutralize...

Hamnet–“The rest is silence.”

Written by Diana Paul on March 15, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Hamnet, is multiple Academy-Award nominated eponymous film from bestselling Irish novelist Maggie O’Farrell. Directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”), Hamnet is Zhao’s additional interpretation over and above O’Farrell’s speculative invention.. A young William Shakespeare’s love for Agnes (=Anne Hathaway) and her...

“Don’t Bother” Movies

Written by Diana Paul on March 11, 2026. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Although I usually review movies that have some rationale for investing one or two hours viewing time or much more in case of mini-series, this week I am giving you a heads-up on what not to watch. Read a good book instead of wasting your time on any of these ten, although they all have A-list actors. 1.”Seven Dials”...