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The Beast in Me–Animal Instincts?

Written by Diana Paul on December 22, 2025. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews.

The Beast in Me (2025), a psychological whodunit, is set in Oyster Bay, an affluent suburb in Long Island, where the uber-wealthy play with impunity from law and order. In this drama focused on the dark side of privilege, Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes), a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and affluent resident, is still riding the success...

Frankenstein (2025) – – Beauty and the Beast?

Written by Diana Paul on November 30, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

In this artistic retelling of Mary Shelley’s 1818 masterpiece, Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus by Academy-Award winning director Guillermo del Toro (of “The Shape of Water”, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, “The Devil’s Backbone” and “Hellboy”), we see his trademark signature of portraying ...

Angry Squad: Civil Servant and Seven Swindlers

Written by Diana Paul on November 17, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

Wealthy real estate developer, Tachibana, is a tax cheat. Jiro Kumazawa is a dedicated tax collector. After his good friend mysteriously dies, easy-going, moping civil servant, Jiro, suspects Tachibana and wants to collect taxes of over 1Billion yen from the real estate mogul and solve his friend’s murder. An Angry...

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...

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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The Stolen Girl—An Unexpected Thief

Written by Diana Paul on August 25, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

In this surprising whodunit, The Stolen Girl, we see a very realistic scenario: A young daughter, Lucia, finds a new friend, Josie, at school and begs her mother to let her sleepover. The mother doesn’t want to, hesitant about not knowing anything about the new family in town. But with persistent pleading from her daughter, she...

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The Beast in Me–Animal Instincts?

Frankenstein (2025) – – Beauty and the Beast?

Angry Squad: Civil Servant and Seven Swindlers

Néro the Assassin (2025)–A Slayer and Hero

A Different Man–Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

The Stolen Girl—An Unexpected Thief

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