Author: Diana Paul

The Task–Stay Focused: “Monk” meets “Slow Horses”

Written by Diana Paul on November 10, 2025. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. No Comments on The Task–Stay Focused: “Monk” meets “Slow Horses”

In the opening scene of The Task, a lost soul named Robbie (Tom Pelphrey of “Ozark”), leads two equally incompetent friends Cliff (Raul Castillo) and Peaches (Owen Teague), on a mission to rob drug houses. Not exactly “Breaking Bad” but the target is a ruthless drug cartel, aptly named the Dark Hearts. What could go...

Néro the Assassin (2025)–A Slayer and Hero

Written by Diana Paul on November 3, 2025. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on Néro the Assassin (2025)–A Slayer and Hero

Néro the Assassin, set in the 16th century southern French town of Lamartine, opens with an assassin for hire–Nero– bemoaning the fact that: “If you want old age and a peaceful life, don’t have kids.” For years southern France has suffered a devastating drought and famine. The archbishop of the...

The Girlfriend–Really?

Written by Diana Paul on October 27, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. No Comments on The Girlfriend–Really?

In this melodramatic thriller, based on Michelle Frances’ 2017 novel The Girlfriend, Laura (Robin Wright) has it all: a highly successful career as a gallery owner, tremendous wealth, a loving husband, and her prized son, Daniel (Laurie Davidson), a doctor. When Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), his current girlfriend, the...

The Last Showgirl–Las Vegas or Bust?

Written by Diana Paul on October 19, 2025. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on The Last Showgirl–Las Vegas or Bust?

The Last Showgirl (2024) opens with the once-popular Las Vegas Razzle Dazzle show struggling to remain in business. Shelly Gardner (the Academy Award nominated Pamela Anderson of “Baywatch”) still has delusions that the Razzle Dazzle, where she has danced for over thirty years, will survive. This delusion is due to a ...

A Different Man–Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

Written by Diana Paul on October 13, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

In A Different Man (written and directed by Aaron Schimberg) a struggling actor, Edward (Sebastian Stan) has a genetic disorder, neurofibromatosis, that has given him disfiguring tumors all over his face and body. Moreover, the tumors will eventually lead to blindness and death. Hardly the ideal look for someone who desires to...

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Doctor Foster–”Fatal Attraction” or, A Woman Scorned

Written by Diana Paul on October 5, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Doctor Foster–”Fatal Attraction” or, A Woman Scorned

Doctor Foster (season 1) opens with a loving scene of husband and wife enjoying a routine morning with their teenage son, Tom (Tom Taylor). Seems like the perfect life… until it isn’t. A trusted GP in London, Dr. Gemma Foster (Suranne Jones of “Hostage”) starts to wonder why her husband, Simon (Bertie Carvel), a real-estate...

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