Month: November 2021

Impeachment: American Crime Story

Written by Diana Paul on November 29, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on Impeachment: American Crime Story

We revisit former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment from the point of view of Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein of Booksmart). This Hulu mini-series begins with a naive twenty-two years old intern’s infatuation with a charismatic president. There are more than several awful and illegal actions taken against Monica:...

“American Rust”(2021)–Corrosion and Decay

Written by Diana Paul on November 23, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “American Rust”(2021)–Corrosion and Decay

American Rust is based on Philipp Meyer’s titular novel. This is a Showtime’s original series in which we watch police chief Del Harris (Jeff Daniels), struggle with his past. He is an Army combat veteran with PTSD, investigating the murder of a fellow police officer. Billy Poe, son of the woman he loves ,...

“Blackbird” (2019)–The Final Flight

Written by Diana Paul on November 15, 2021. Posted in movie reviews.

In this timely and sensitive film, three generations get together for Christmas dinner–instead of Thanksgiving, even though it actually is Thanksgiving. As often happens in real-life family gatherings as well as in Blackbird, there will be dysfunction, a farrago scattered within warm laughter about shared memories and...

“The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” (2019)

Written by Diana Paul on November 7, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” (2019)

This 2019 HBO documentary, directed and produced by Alex Gibney (of “Enron: The Smartest Men in the Room” and “Taxi to the Dark Side”) opens in 2014 with Theranos, a startup in blood-testing technology. The Inventor is filmed at Theranos’s spectacular Silicon Valley chic...

“Supernova”(2021) –Nebulous?

Written by Diana Paul on November 1, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Supernova”(2021) –Nebulous?

“A person dies when he loses his memories.” In Supernova we see Sam (Colin Firth), a concert pianist, and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), a novelist, traveling across England’s Lake District, in their RV van to visit friends, family and places from their past. Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years...