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Seed of the Sacred Fig–Growing Dissension

Written by Diana Paul on August 25, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Nominated for the 2025 Best International Film (Academy Awards), and the 2024 Festival Special Jury Prize (Cannes), Seed of the Sacred Fig is an Iranian thriller by the Iranian writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof. “The Ficus Religiosa is a tree with an unusual life cycle. Its seeds, contained in bird droppings, fall on other...

Rabbit Hole – A World of Paranoia and Conspiracy

Written by Diana Paul on August 17, 2026. Posted in Series.

In the espionage thriller, Rabbit Hole, corporate intelligence expert John Weir (Keifer Sutherland, the “Jack Bauer” character in “24”) is a mastermind at manipulating stock prices to benefit his uber-rich, above-the-law clients. Soon he is on the run, however, implicated in a murder he didn’t commit, purportedly due to his best...

The Count of Monte Cristo–Can Revenge Become Addictive?

Written by Diana Paul on August 12, 2026. Posted in Series.

This 2024 English-language French-Italian adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece, The Count of Monte Cristo, is directed by Palme d’Or-winning Danish director Bille August. He retells the dramatic prison-to-riches story of Edmond Dantès, a nineteen-year-old sailor falsely accused of treason by an ambitious fellow shipmate...

The King–Royal Turpitude?

Written by Diana Paul on August 2, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

In this very loosely interpreted adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Henriad”, The King (2019) focuses on Prince Hal (Timothée Chalamet) and his reluctant acceptance of the crown, becoming Henry V, King of England. Hal’s defiance is due to his difficult relationship with his dying father, King Henry IV (Ben...

Prisoners’ Wives–Collateral Damage?

Written by Diana Paul on July 27, 2026. Posted in Series, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on Prisoners’ Wives–Collateral Damage?

The BBC drama series Prisoners’ Wives focuses on the wives, children and other family members and friends living in the “outside” world while their husbands or partners are incarcerated. A highly original narrative of the collateral damage that imprisonment inflicts on the innocent and sometimes the...

Project Hail Mary–A 2026 Version of E.T.

Written by Diana Paul on July 21, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

In this crowd-pleasing sci-fi adaptation of Andy Weir’s book by the same name, Project Hail Mary opens with Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) waking up on a spacecraft, unable to remember who he is or how he got there. Floating in his astronaut suit, he hovers above the bodies of his two dead colleagues. He doesn’t quite remember...