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Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare–Radioactive Subject Matter

Written by Diana Paul on July 12, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

On March 11, 2011 a double natural disaster–an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a massive tsunami –struck the city of Fukushima along the northeastern coast of Japan. Knocking out the electricity essential for cooling the nuclear reactors, a disaster rivaling Chernobyl was underway. Directed by James Jones (“Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes”), and...

Margo’s Got Money Troubles–Cash is King

Written by Diana Paul on June 16, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Created by David E. Kelley (of “Big Little Lies”, “Nine Perfect Strangers”), Margo’s Got Money Troubles, breaks new ground with quirky, colorful characters . Tackling sex work, sexual predation, addiction, desperate unemployment, and parenting, Margo’s Got Money Troubles is spiced with humor and farce, and bits of...

Sentimental Value –Home Is Where the Heart Is

Written by Diana Paul on April 27, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

The multiple Academy Award -winning film, Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier, opens in Oslo. In their beautiful airy home, sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), are grieving over the death of their beloved mother. They are distressed by the return of their long-estranged father, Gustav (...

The Roses–Scenes from a Marriage

Written by Diana Paul on March 30, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

An adaptation of Warren Adler’s novel The War of the Roses, The Roses, produced by Danny DeVito, is the first remake since the 1989 film starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. The main theme chronicles the dissolution of a marriage once felt to be idyllic, now transmuting into poison. The Roses opens with a consultation in the...

Hamnet–“The rest is silence.”

Written by Diana Paul on March 15, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Hamnet, is multiple Academy-Award nominated eponymous film from bestselling Irish novelist Maggie O’Farrell. Directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”), Hamnet is Zhao’s additional interpretation over and above O’Farrell’s speculative invention.. A young William Shakespeare’s love for Agnes (=Anne Hathaway) and her...

“Don’t Bother” Movies

Written by Diana Paul on March 11, 2026. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Although I usually review movies that have some rationale for investing one or two hours viewing time or much more in case of mini-series, this week I am giving you a heads-up on what not to watch. Read a good book instead of wasting your time on any of these ten, although they all have A-list actors. 1.”Seven Dials”...