Author: Diana Paul

“Mare of Easttown”–Living with the Unacceptable

Written by Diana Paul on July 12, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 5 Comments on “Mare of Easttown”–Living with the Unacceptable

Mare of Easttown, a seven-episode HBOMax mini-series, we watch a mother, Mare Sheehan (the remarkable Kate Winslet) attempting to come to terms with her unexpressed and unresolved grief over the death of her young adult son, Kevin. She is also a detective living in Easttown, a working-class suburb of Philadelphia, who is...

“Underground Railroad”–Tracking US History

Written by Diana Paul on July 5, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Underground Railroad”–Tracking US History

Based upon the Pulitzer-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Underground Railroad, is produced and directed by Barry Jenkins (“Moonlighting”). This gripping portrayal is an allegorical account of slavery and the role it has played in American history from colonial times. The Underground Railroad, in the mid-1800s,...

“Tell Me Your Secrets”–Tell Me Your Lies

Written by Diana Paul on June 27, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Tell Me Your Secrets”–Tell Me Your Lies

In this Amazon Prime mini-series of ten episodes, Tell Me Your Secrets has three plots: 1) The main plot involves a woman named Karen Miller (Lily Rabe), who was arrested seven years ago as a presumed accomplice to her boyfriend, Kit (Xavier Samuel) for the brutal murders of nine women. She claims not to remember...

“Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution”

Written by Diana Paul on June 21, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution”

Oscar-nominated for 2020 Best Documentary Feature, Crip Camp is directed and produced by Jim Lebrech, who uses a wheelchair and is partly financed by Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company, Higher Ground. Released by Netflix in March 2020, this little-known story portrays a group of young disabled teenagers ...

Concrete Cowboy

Written by Diana Paul on June 13, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on Concrete Cowboy

Guest Reviewer: Jerry Ludwig, retired Hollywood screenwriter and author of The Black List Concrete Cowboy: Two words that don’t go together. But an apt title for this new movie streaming on Netflix. The words collide because it’s about two wildly different...

“The Morning Show”–Wake Up America

Written by Diana Paul on June 7, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “The Morning Show”–Wake Up America

The Morning Show, an award-winning AppleTV+ mini-series, is inspired by Brian Stelter’s book about Matt Lauer and the Today Show. Dominant themes and subplots focus on the vile, abject humiliation involved in corporate politics, gender roles, and sexual predation. In the opening scene, co-anchor Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) has just...