Month: April 2025

The Gardener–Root Rot??

Written by Diana Paul on April 28, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

In this six-episode Spanish psychological thriller (now #3 on Netflix), we see two mother-son pairs who are cold-blooded killers. The Gardener (Spanish: El Jardinero) showcases a quiet studious young gardener, Elmer, who lives with his mother, China, owner of a nursery. He has frontal lobe damage from a car accident. Avoiding a...

Jewel in the Palace–Shining Through

Written by Diana Paul on April 15, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

Based on a true story about the first woman physician in Korea, Jewel in the Palace (2003) takes the viewer on a 54-episode journey. Part melodrama, part court-intrigue, part-Shakespearean. An orphaned little girl, Jang Geum, born of aristocratic parents who were betrayed at eighteenth century court, finds herself homeless and...

Bad Sisters (Season 2)–Not a Bad Season

Written by Diana Paul on April 7, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

The sophomore season of a much-adored and praised debut always seems like a Sisyphean task. Usually, the return is the dreaded sequel. But there are exceptions, of course. In the case of Bad Sisters’ second season, the writing (by Sharon Hogan) and narrative surpass the first.. The four Garvey sisters are still being hounded by...

Month: April 2025

The Gardener–Root Rot??

Jewel in the Palace–Shining Through

Bad Sisters (Season 2)–Not a Bad Season

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