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The Circle– A Cautionary Tale

Written by diana on May 7, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on The Circle– A Cautionary Tale

[David Spiselman is guest blogger for this review and author of CypherGhost, Book 7 of the Spies Lie series, an Amazon bestseller, under his pen name D.S. Kane]. The Circle, based upon the 2013 bestselling novel by Dave Eggers, is a flawed movie but an important one. The Circle is the first movie to explore the balance between openness...

“Thirteen Reasons Why”–The Amber of the Moment

Written by diana on April 30, 2017. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Thirteen Reasons Why”–The Amber of the Moment

Thirteen Reasons Why: A Netflix Original TV mini-series about teen suicide

13th –Not a Lucky Number

Written by diana on April 23, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on 13th –Not a Lucky Number

13th The Academy award-nominated documentary by director Ava DuVernay (Selma) opens with the deeply disturbing fact that, even though the U.S. has only 5 percent of the world’s population, it has 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. This is mass incarceration and it is deeply ingrained with race and our judicial system. The beginning of...

“Land of Mine” (2015)–Made for You and Me

Written by diana on April 17, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Land of Mine” (2015)–Made for You and Me

"Land of Mine"--a harrowing depiction of what many consider Denmark's worst war crime

“Pure”–A Torn Soul

Written by diana on April 9, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Pure”–A Torn Soul

"Pure" is a portrait of a 20-year-old girl who is determined to flee her dreary grungy life, bullied by tormenters at school and neglected by her alcoholic prostitute mother. Everything changes when she hears a performance of Mozart's Requiem, opening up a new world to a soul aching for an intellectual life.

“The Accountant” – A Hidden Asset

Written by diana on April 3, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “The Accountant” – A Hidden Asset

The Accountant is a 2016 action thriller starring Ben Affleck