Month: May 2018

“In Secret”–Family Casualties

Written by diana on May 28, 2018. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “In Secret”–Family Casualties

In Secret depicts the desperate life of an orphaned girl as she becomes a sexually repressed young woman. This 2013 American erotic thriller (previously titled Thérèse), is based on Émile Zola’s classic novel, Thérèse Raquin. In 1860s Paris, Thérèse Raquin (Elizabeth Olsen) is trapped in a loveless and sexless marriage to her sickly...

RBG–Truth to Power

Written by diana on May 21, 2018. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on RBG–Truth to Power

RBG movie poster Regardless of your political tastes, the documentary RBG offers an insightful peek into the life and work of a lifelong advocate for equal rights for women and minorities. As one of three female Supreme Court justices serving on the nine-judge bench, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a cultural icon and something of a...

The Terror–A Chilling Northwest Passage Nightmare

Written by diana on May 13, 2018. Posted in Television reviews. 3 Comments on The Terror–A Chilling Northwest Passage Nightmare

Inspired by a true story and the novel by Dan Simmons, The Terror, a new AMC television series, takes the viewer into perilous territory as a 19th century Royal Navy crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Circle. A holy grail for intrepid explorers dating back to the 1700’s, the Northwest Passage is now...

Lean On Pete

Written by diana on May 7, 2018. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on Lean On Pete

Review written by contributing blogger extraordinaire, Bill Clark Lean on Pete, British director Andrew Haigh’s first American- made film, opens with the camera following behind 15-year-old Charley Thompson as he does his morning run through an impoverished Portland neighborhood under overcast summer skies. Charlie Plummer (no relation to...

Month: May 2018

“In Secret”–Family Casualties

RBG–Truth to Power

The Terror–A Chilling Northwest Passage Nightmare

Lean On Pete

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