Television reviews – Page 11

Lupin (2021)–The Gentleman Thief

Written by Diana Paul on November 13, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

Based upon a popular 1905 collection of short stories about a gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, written by the French mystery writer, Maurice Leblanc, the three-season blockbuster Netflix Lupin series (2021) is a reimagining of the legendary thief in present-day Paris. Lupin is the equivalent of a French Sherlock Holmes with some...

Fall of the House of Usher–Poe on Steroids

Written by Diana Paul on November 7, 2023. Posted in Television reviews. 3 Comments on Fall of the House of Usher–Poe on Steroids

This Halloween-esque Netflix eight-episode mini-series (released in time for Trick or Treat on October 12) is a not-so-loyal but brilliant riff on Edgar Allan Poe’s 1840 collection of short stories, “The Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque”. Embroidered with many literary references to some of these tales, each...

Fauda–Crisis after Crisis

Written by Diana Paul on October 9, 2023. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Based upon their experiences serving in the Israel Defense Force (IDF), Lior Raz (who also stars as Doron) and Avi Issacharoff have developed a Netflix international sensation, Fauda. Produced from 2015 through 2022 as a four season series, each season features a Palestinian terrorist or terrorist cell that...

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart– Planting Seeds of Power

Written by Diana Paul on September 10, 2023. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart– Planting Seeds of Power

This seven-episode mini-series, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, is based upon Holly Ringland’s novel of the same name. Little Alice Hart (Alyla Brown), a nine-year old girl, suffers a very violent set of family circumstances living in the outback of Australia. Her father is abusive , especially when Alice wants to feel somewhat safe...

Full Circle–Around and Around

Written by Diana Paul on August 28, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

The title, Full Circle, represents a belief in Guyana ritual and magic to break a family curse. Savitri Mahabir (CCH Pounder), a Guyana racketeer, has had a curse placed on her family, resulting in the murder of her beloved brother-in-law. Intent on breaking the curse, Mahabir creates a circle of...

Paradise–Time is Money?

Written by Diana Paul on August 21, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

In Paradise, a German dystopian sci-fi thriller, Aeon has become a multi-billion dollar big-pharma conglomerate, founded by Olivia Theissen (Iris Berben) and her team of scientists. The biotech corporation has developed a revolutionary genetic tool that can reverse the aging process and presumably delay...