Month: April 2023

The Last of Us–An Apocalypse?

Written by Diana Paul on April 25, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

In a fictional America presented as 2023, not in the future, The Last of Us opens with the country under siege from a pandemic caused by a deadly fungus (cordyceps.) Based on the insanely popular video game (over 20 million copies sold) by the same name, the screen adaptation takes the viewer into a toxic world with more...

The Good Nurse–Compromising Bedside Manner

Written by Diana Paul on April 17, 2023. Posted in movie reviews.

Inspired by a true story ripped from the headlines, The Good Nurse, a medical thriller, takes the viewer on a nightmare ride of the ICU unit at Parkfield Memorial Hospital, in New Jersey. The year is 2003. Charlie Cullens (the incomparable Eddie Redmayne) is hired to help Amy Loughren (the always dazzling Jessica...

Narvik–A Forgotten Battle

Written by Diana Paul on April 10, 2023. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on Narvik–A Forgotten Battle

In Narvik, a war drama inspired by historical events, we witness Hitler’s first defeat: in a small town in Norway called Narvik. Although sparsely populated, Narvik is strategically situated as a northern Norwegian coastal port that supplies iron ore to both Germany and the Allies. In April 1940, at the start of two...

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Written by Diana Paul on April 2, 2023. Posted in movie reviews.

For fans of the BBC series, Luther (2010-2019), there is now a movie, “Luther: The Fallen Sun”, which continues the crime-solving by a London cop–John Luther (the magnetic Idris Elba) who is more troubled and morally conflicted than anyone else on the police force. Needless to say, he is also a genius in comprehending the most heinous...

Month: April 2023

The Last of Us–An Apocalypse?

The Good Nurse–Compromising Bedside Manner

Narvik–A Forgotten Battle

Luther: The Fallen Sun

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