Television reviews – Page 26

“Valhalla Murders”—The House of the Dead

Written by Diana Paul on March 30, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Valhalla Murders”—The House of the Dead

Kudos to Netflix for another great Nordic noir production. In this eight-episode series, Netflix’s first Icelandic co-production, we have a crime thriller about a gruesome serial killer whose murders go back over thirty-five years. Valhalla Murders is actually based upon a series of murders that took place in Reykjavik. There is some...

Queen of the South (La Reina del Sur)–Reigning Supreme

Written by diana on October 20, 2019. Posted in Television reviews.

Based on the global best-selling novel “La Reina Del Sur,” by internationally-acclaimed author Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Queen of the South, a bilingual telenovela crime drama, has become one of the most popular series of all time for USA and its sister network, Telemundo. Queen of the South, now in its fifth season, is a...

Infamy–The Terror (Season 2)

Written by diana on September 24, 2019. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Infamy–The Terror (Season 2)

The Terror: Infamy is the second and current season (ten episodes) of AMC’s historical drama/horror series. Infamy takes a dark and infamous chapter in US history and attempts to give this shameful period both a humanizing and ghostly touch. The often overlooked or little-known story of Japanese American...

Chernobyl–An Ignominious Reaction

Written by diana on July 16, 2019. Posted in Television reviews. 2 Comments on Chernobyl–An Ignominious Reaction

Chernobyl is an HBO historical drama miniseries depicting the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the unprecedented coverup that followed. The flawed reactor design operated by inadequately trained technicians is jaw-clenching and chilling. That lack of transparency and flagrant disregard for human life depicts greed, lack of moral...

“House of Cards” (Final Season)–A Different Shuffle

Written by diana on November 20, 2018. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 3 Comments on “House of Cards” (Final Season)–A Different Shuffle

In the earlier five seasons of House of Cards, Frank Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey) represented the Machiavellian Chief Whip then Vice President, and then President. As he manipulated his fellow party colleagues, foreign prime ministers (principally Russia), we witnessed the dark truths of American politics by a despotic megalomaniac....

“Ozark” (Season 2): “Dexter” Meets “Breaking Bad”

Written by diana on October 16, 2018. Posted in Television reviews.

Marty Byrde (played by Jason Bateman), his wife Wendy (Laura Linney), teenage daughter Charlotte and son Jacob continue as criminal minds laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel with roots in Chicago. The introduction of Helen Pierce ( the stunning Janet McTeer) as the attorney for the drug cartel ratchets up the ruthless and...