Month: October 2018

“The Invisible Guest”–What You See is Not What You Guess

Written by diana on October 26, 2018. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “The Invisible Guest”–What You See is Not What You Guess

The Invisible Guest (2016) (Spanish: Contratiempo) is a 2016 Spanish crime thriller by director and writer Oriol Paulo. The intricate plot will leave the viewer spellbound . Adrián Doria, a successful business entrepreneur, husband and father, is knocked unconscious, and wakes up in a locked hotel room to find the dead body of Laura...

“Colette”–A Woman Ahead of Her Time

Written by diana on October 22, 2018. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on “Colette”–A Woman Ahead of Her Time

Guest reviewer: Barbara Donsky, author of the memoir, Veronica’s Grave “Colette,” opens in the countryside of rural France as we meet the young Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) at home in Burgundy. In short order, a successful Parisian writer known as “Willy” (Dominic West) pays a visit to...

“Ozark” (Season 2): “Dexter” Meets “Breaking Bad”

Written by diana on October 16, 2018. Posted in Television reviews.

Marty Byrde (played by Jason Bateman), his wife Wendy (Laura Linney), teenage daughter Charlotte and son Jacob continue as criminal minds laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel with roots in Chicago. The introduction of Helen Pierce ( the stunning Janet McTeer) as the attorney for the drug cartel ratchets up the ruthless and...

“The Wife”–The Invisible Woman, or…Stand by My Man

Written by diana on October 6, 2018. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “The Wife”–The Invisible Woman, or…Stand by My Man

The Wife, based upon Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel by the same name, opens with a sixty-something affluent couple, Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) and her husband, Joe (Jonathan Pryce), waiting for the phone to ring in the middle of the night. A perhaps futile hope that the Nobel Prize committee will grant Joe his dream of a...

Month: October 2018

“The Invisible Guest”–What You See is Not What You Guess

“Colette”–A Woman Ahead of Her Time

“Ozark” (Season 2): “Dexter” Meets “Breaking Bad”

“The Wife”–The Invisible Woman, or…Stand by My Man

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