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Code of Silence– Read My Lips

Written by Diana Paul on September 1, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis) is a low-paid cafeteria worker in the London police station. One day Detective Sergeant Ashleigh Francis ( Charlotte Ritchie) watches Alison’s remarkable lip reading skills watching two police officers talk about their impending divorce in the cafeteria. Perhaps she could help in...

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...

Under a Dark Sun (Soleil Noir) –No Sunshine and Flowers

Written by Diana Paul on August 17, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

In the opening scene of Under a Dark Sun (2025), a young French woman and her ten-year old son are running out of a house, in the middle of the night, to their packed car, driving off in a panic. Violence has taken place but the viewer does not know what happened. Alba Mazier (Ava Baya) is a single mother who, with her son...

Untamed (2025)–Wild and Dangerous

Written by Diana Paul on August 12, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Untamed (2025)–Wild and Dangerous

Untamed, a Netflix thriller filmed in the backdrop of the stunning Yosemite National Park, opens with a couple of mountain climbing tourists shocked by the sudden hurling past of a young woman’ body. National Parks Service special agent Kyle Turner (Eric Bana) is called in to be the Special Investigator into the death of the young...

The Amateur–A Nerd Thriller

Written by Diana Paul on August 6, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

In the Hulu spy drama, The Amateur, released June 11, we see Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a brilliant, but underappreciated CIA programmer communicating with an unidentified programmer about code that doesn’t seem legit. Charlie’s life soon becomes tragic as he watches the news of a London terrorist attack in...

Red Eye–A Terrifying Flight

Written by Diana Paul on July 29, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

Directed by horror superstar Wes Craven, Red Eye (2005) is more of the genre “Snakes in the Plane” than horror, which is not one of this reviewer’s favorite forms of entertainment. However, this is a solid thriller which builds tension. Lisa ( Rachel McAdams of “The Notebook”) is a hotel manager who has booked a flight back home to...