Month: May 2024

Prisoner–Trapped with No Escape

Written by Diana Paul on May 28, 2024. Posted in Television reviews.

In this six-episode Danish prison drama (2024), Prisoner, the action pops in the opening scene. Miriam (Sofie Gråbøl) is a veteran prison guard with some compassion for the inmates, perhaps the only one with human feelings for the incarcerated. Until Sammi (Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt), of Danish-Arab ethnicity: a new...

Lawman: Bass Reeves–A Truthful Western

Written by Diana Paul on May 19, 2024. Posted in Television reviews.

This true untold story about the first Black US Marshall highlights Lawman Bass Reeves responsibilities for law enforcement in the Oklahoma Territories including Native lands. One of the most legendary lawmen in the Old West, Lawman: Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) opens with Reeves heroically fighting in the Confederate army alongside...

Marsh King’s Daughter–A Companion Piece to Where the Crawdads Sing?

Written by Diana Paul on May 14, 2024. Posted in movie reviews.

In this mystery thriller based on Karen Dionne’s novel of the same name, we see a story taking place in a swamp with a young girl and her mother trapped by an abusive father. The Marsh King’s Daughter opens with the ten-year old Helena [Brooklyn Prince of “Florida” (November 7, 2017 review )] in the...

Poor Things–The Lucky Devils

Written by Diana Paul on May 6, 2024. Posted in movie reviews.

Poor Things, starring Emma Stone in her 2024 Academy Award-winning role, is a feminist Frankenstein-like tale based upon Alasdair’s 1992 eponymous novel. Opening with emotionally and physically scarred mad scientist Godwin (“God”) Baxter (Willem Defoe) admiring his creation, Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) on the...

Month: May 2024

Prisoner–Trapped with No Escape

Lawman: Bass Reeves–A Truthful Western

Marsh King’s Daughter–A Companion Piece to Where the Crawdads Sing?

Poor Things–The Lucky Devils

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