Year: 2016

Remember–This is the Year of the Monkey

Written by diana on November 10, 2016. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on Remember–This is the Year of the Monkey

For those of you who didn’t get a chance to read my Chinese New Year’s post on The Year of the Monkey–Anything Can Happen, here it is again! This has been a crazy year — the most volatile in the Chinese twelve-year Zodiac cycle and who can argue with that after this Tuesday’s election. Inauguration Day 2017 is...

“Bates Motel”–Season Four: A Masterpiece

Written by diana on November 1, 2016. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “Bates Motel”–Season Four: A Masterpiece

“Bates Motel” continues to be A&E’s number one drama of all time. I think it is a modern masterpiece! I’ve reviewed the first three seasons earlier this year (see my June 13, 2016 review, Bates Motel, Seasons 1-3: A Mother-Son Obsession) and thought there was nowhere else to go with the plot except to the classic...

“Goliath” — A New Amazon Prime Winner

Written by diana on October 23, 2016. Posted in Television reviews. 3 Comments on “Goliath” — A New Amazon Prime Winner

This is a binge–worthy new eight-episode series from Amazon. “Goliath” characters are deeply flawed and yet vividly human and at least, to some extent, understandable. “Goliath” is extraordinary television. Part film noir, part legal drama similar to “Good Wife” or “Law and Order”,...

“Bron”—The Original “Bridge”

Written by diana on October 16, 2016. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on “Bron”—The Original “Bridge”

“Bron”—the original “Bridge” is a well written, well balanced story in which every episode is riveting, complexly plotted, and occasionally funny. The Bridge has earned the honor of two versions being produced: an American/Mexican and a British/French one (renamed “The Tunnel”–see my August 7, 2016 review). With three seasons now...

“Snowden”—A Companion Piece to “Citizenfour”

Written by diana on October 9, 2016. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on “Snowden”—A Companion Piece to “Citizenfour”

In Oliver Stone’s new biopic thriller, “Snowden”, we see the humanization of a young 20-something US software engineer who is self-taught and brilliant in his deciphering the surveillance agenda of the CIA and the NSA in 2013. In what is now the most well-known disclosure of US intelligence and surveillance practices, Snowden has opened...