Television reviews – Page 22

The Spanish Princess–An Imperial Royal Highness

Written by Diana Paul on February 8, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews.

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...

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...

“Fargo” (Season 4)—Like No Other

Written by Diana Paul on January 11, 2021. Posted in Television reviews.

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...

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...

“The Undoing”–Deeds Undone

Written by Diana Paul on December 14, 2020. Posted in Television reviews. 4 Comments on “The Undoing”–Deeds Undone

This HBO original mini-series, The Undoing, is a police procedural based upon the novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz. We observe the daily life of a highly successful New York therapist, Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman), a specialist in marriage counseling, as well her...

“Retribution”–Karma is a Beast

Written by Diana Paul on December 7, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Retribution ( a 2016 BBC production originally titled “One of Us”) opens with a horrific double murder, which will tear apart the lives of two families, the Douglases and the Elliots. They are friends who live side-by-side in the isolated Scotland Highlands hamlet of Braeston. The atmospherically...