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“The English Game”–From Provincial to International

Written by Diana Paul on May 26, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews.

The English Game, Netflix Original The English Game, created by Julian Fellowes (of “Downton Abbey”), is a Netflix Original period drama based upon a true story. Set in 1880’s England, The English Game is a notable example of class divisions exhibited in the early evolution of football aka soccer....

“Hillary”–Unmasked

Written by Diana Paul on May 19, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Hillary”–Unmasked

Hillary, an intimate and candid four-part series about former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton– one of the most admired and vilified women in the world–features never-before-seen footage of her life from birth in a close-knit family in Chicago, Illinois. The mission of this documentary...

“Baptiste”–After The Missing

Written by Diana Paul on May 11, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Baptiste”–After The Missing

In this spinoff of the BBC popular series “The Missing”, detective Baptiste is now retired and recovering from brain surgery. The six-part crime procedural, Baptiste, is an intense crime thriller. Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo) is called in by Amsterdam’s Chief of Police and former lover to investigate the...

“Contagion”–Infects Us All

Written by Diana Paul on May 4, 2020. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Contagion”–Infects Us All

Contagion With the tagline: “Don’t talk to anyone. Don’t touch anyone”, this B-rated movie “Contagion” (2011), directed by Stephen Soderbergh, is eerily prescient nine years later. A pandemic–“a novel virus”– is about to create havoc, beginning with the opening scene where Beth...

“Little Fires Everywhere”–Incendiary at Its Best

Written by Diana Paul on April 27, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 3 Comments on “Little Fires Everywhere”–Incendiary at Its Best

Set in Shaker Heights, Ohio during the late 1990s, Little Fires Everywhere is based on Celeste Ng’s best-selling novel by the same name. Reese Witherspoon (Elena)and Kerry Washington (Mia) steal the show as mothers from vastly different socioeconomic backgrounds. This is a suburban saga with a painfully close...

“Blow the Man Down”–Maine Down Under

Written by Diana Paul on April 19, 2020. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Blow the Man Down”–Maine Down Under

Premiering at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Blow the Man Down is a film debut by writer-directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. It opens in Easter Cove, a small parochial fishing village along the coast of Maine, in a somewhat clichéd but contemporary riff on “Murder She Wrote”. We see a...