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A Mother’s Son–Parental Doom?

Written by Diana Paul on December 8, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

In this two-part psychological thriller, A Mother’s Son,(2012) a teenage girl is found brutally stabbed to death in a small town in Suffolk, England. On the night of her murder, newlyweds Ben (Martin Clunes of “Doc Martin”) and Rosie (Hermione Norris), are grappling with their four teenage children’s ...

My Top 19 Netflix/Amazon Movies and Series for 2016

Written by diana on January 3, 2017. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 4 Comments on My Top 19 Netflix/Amazon Movies and Series for 2016

Here are the reviews I wrote this year with the criteria that they were available online and were not widely distributed through movie theaters. Of the 43, here are my favorites. It was much more difficult than in past years, since this year was absolutely stunning. Both television and cinema have continued to produce phenomenal...

“Bates Motel”–Season Four: A Masterpiece

Written by diana on November 1, 2016. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “Bates Motel”–Season Four: A Masterpiece

“Bates Motel” continues to be A&E’s number one drama of all time. I think it is a modern masterpiece! I’ve reviewed the first three seasons earlier this year (see my June 13, 2016 review, Bates Motel, Seasons 1-3: A Mother-Son Obsession) and thought there was nowhere else to go with the plot except to the classic...

Tag: Bates Motel series

A Mother’s Son–Parental Doom?

My Top 19 Netflix/Amazon Movies and Series for 2016

“Bates Motel”–Season Four: A Masterpiece

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