Tag: Apple+

Tehran– Foreshadowing Today’s US Headlines

Written by Diana Paul on March 26, 2026. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on Tehran– Foreshadowing Today’s US Headlines

In this exciting edge-of-your-seat spy thriller, we see the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) and Mossad in a fierce, white-knuckle fight-to-the-death, cat-and-mouse battle. Tehran’s main character is Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), a death-defying martial-arts skilled undercover Mossad spy who enters Tehran to neutralize...

Arctic Circle–Shivering with Fear

Written by Diana Paul on April 22, 2024. Posted in Television reviews.

Set in the Lapland region of Finland, the Finnish-German three-season thriller, Arctic Circle, Nina Kautsalo (Iina Kuustonen), is determined to solve three multiple murder cases, one in each season. Nina is a single mom with a Down syndrome daughter, Venla, who is cared for by her devoted grandmother. Nina, in turn, is supported by an...

Hijack–Unfriendly Skies?

Written by Diana Paul on August 11, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

In this seven-episode miniseries, released June 29, we see Sam Nelson (Idris Elba), a professional business consultant and expert negotiator, attempt to persuade four terrorists to peacefully land a Dubai-London flight. Each one-hour episode simulates an hour of the seven-hour flight. The panicky passengers, mostly from Dubai and...

The Last Thing He Told Me—Things Unsaid

Written by Diana Paul on July 9, 2023. Posted in Television reviews.

Based on the popular novel by Laura Dave, The Last Thing He Told Me is an Apple+ mini-series in eight episodes. It tells the story of Hannah, a newly married second wife (Jennifer Garner) and her teenage stepdaughter, Bailey (Angourie Rice), who go in search of the suddenly gone-missing husband and...

Bad Sisters—Saving Grace

Written by Diana Paul on October 18, 2022. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Bad Sisters—Saving Grace

In this Apple+ Irish comedic mini-series, we see four of the five Garvey sisters—Eva (Sharon Hogan who is also the creator and producer), Ursula (Eva Birthistle of “Last Kingdom”), Bibi (Sarah Greene) and Becka (Eve Hewson of “Behind Her Eyes”)—in the difficult position of wanting to save their sister Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) from her...

“Roar”–Hear My Voice

Written by Diana Paul on May 10, 2022. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “Roar”–Hear My Voice

Roar is a new Apple mini-series, a show-and-tell of eight feminist vignettes based upon Cecelia Ahern’s 2018 short story anthology. Highlighting the unexpected onslaught of devastating events from family, friends, corporations, and community, Roar attempts to address what women are trying to express about...