Television reviews – Page 13

“The Accident”–Unexpected Trauma

Written by Diana Paul on February 28, 2021. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on “The Accident”–Unexpected Trauma

The Accident , a four-part British series, plunges into a Welsh community’s fight for justice after an explosion on a construction site kills several local teenagers. The town of Glyngolau, Wales is comparable to many Appalachian coal mine and steel mill towns. Most have lost their main employers, leaving everyone in financial ruin. To the rescue is a large real estate developer, Kallbridge Developments. It swoops in, promising a thousand local jobs, and the residents breath a sigh of relief. Iwan Bevan, head of the town...

Ragnarok–Thor on Steroids

Written by Diana Paul on February 14, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on Ragnarok–Thor on Steroids

Ragnarok, a Norwegian fantasy series, takes place in the fictional town of Edda, in Hordaland, the home of the mythological Norse god of thunder, Thor. This modern day Ragnarök follows the story of the Norse mythology of the god Thor. Ragnarok stands for the end of the world and the twilight of the gods, with natural disasters leading to a battle between the gods (Thor) and giants (Jutuls). In this reimagining of the myth, Ragnarok is environmental disaster due to climate change from corporate giants. Edda is owned and controlled by the Jutul...

The Spanish Princess–An Imperial Royal Highness

Written by Diana Paul on February 8, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. No Comments on The Spanish Princess–An Imperial Royal Highness

The Spanish Princess is a ShowTime limited series based on the novels The Constant Princess (2005) and The King’s Curse (2014) by Philippa Gregory. This is a drama about the teenage Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon (Charlotte Hope who played Ramsay Boulton’s lover Myranda in “Game of Thrones”). She becomes the first queen of England betrothed to King Henry VIII (Ruairi O’Connor). Teenage princess Catherine of Aragon, daughter of the Spanish Queen Isabella and King...

“Bridgerton”–“Downton Abbey” Meets “Pride and Prejudice”

Written by Diana Paul on January 25, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Bridgerton”–“Downton Abbey” Meets “Pride and Prejudice”

Produced by Shonda Rhimes as her first Netflix Original debut, Bridgerton is based on a series of best-selling historical romance novels by Julia Quinn. Set in the Regency era, at the height of London’s aristocratic society, Bridgerton tracks the lives and loves of the sprawling Bridgerton clan. Bridgerton is an amalgamation –part Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and part class snobbery (Downton Abbey).– Queen Charlotte (played with astringent haughtiness by Gilda Rosheuvel) is black. So too is the highly sought after Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page)....

“Fargo” (Season 4)—Like No Other

Written by Diana Paul on January 11, 2021. Posted in Television reviews. No Comments on “Fargo” (Season 4)—Like No Other

An enticing mob story with the texture of a graphic novel, Fargo (Season 4) is dissimilar from the previous three seasons. As much a commentary on social and political justice as a drama about one gang competing to destroy another, this new season is like no other. Fargo’s entire sweep of 1950’s organized crime in Kansas City is brutal and not for the faint-hearted. With the rise of Jewish, Irish and Italian syndicates — whoever was “next off the boat”— three families (Jewish, Irish and Italian) kill each other off in a constant struggle for dominance....

My Top 30 Movies and TV Series for 2020

Written by Diana Paul on January 4, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on My Top 30 Movies and TV Series for 2020

Looking for your next movie to watch? While we all hunker down during this sheltering-in-place, many of us crave new content to watch, some less well-known and under-the-radar. Well, this year I watched more movies and television than ever before, so I have thirty to recommend, instead of the usual 15-20. Here are the reviews I wrote this past year with the criteria that they were available online since movie theaters were either shut down or offered very limited screenings. Of the 52 reviews, here are my favorites. Yet another difficult...