Tag: Laura Linney

“Ozark” (Season 3): Narcos in Missouri

Written by Diana Paul on April 6, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Ozark” (Season 3): Narcos in Missouri

Ozark has set itself apart as one of Netflix’s most popular original series, and this season, in my humble opinion, is the best. (See my reviews of Season 1 -September 2017) and Season 2-October 2018) In this third season, Ozark has book-ended the journey that began with Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) inventing a plan...

The Dinner–Food for Thought

Written by diana on March 31, 2019. Posted in movie reviews.

This darkly suspenseful tale of two privileged families is based upon the Dutch author Herman Koch's bestselling 2013 novel. The families struggle to make the most consequential decision of their lives, all over the course of dinner at an exclusive Manhattan restaurant. Upper class privilege and sibling rivalry are at the heart of The...

“Ozark” (Season 2): “Dexter” Meets “Breaking Bad”

Written by diana on October 16, 2018. Posted in Television reviews.

Marty Byrde (played by Jason Bateman), his wife Wendy (Laura Linney), teenage daughter Charlotte and son Jacob continue as criminal minds laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel with roots in Chicago. The introduction of Helen Pierce ( the stunning Janet McTeer) as the attorney for the drug cartel ratchets up the ruthless and...

Ozark–A Stark, Dark Thriller

Written by diana on September 20, 2017. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on Ozark–A Stark, Dark Thriller

Ozark is so good it approaches the standard set by "Breaking Bad".

“Mr. Holmes”—Not the Sherlock We All Know

Written by diana on December 1, 2015. Posted in movie reviews. 5 Comments on “Mr. Holmes”—Not the Sherlock We All Know

“Mr. Holmes” is an imaginary and revisionist take on Sherlock Holmes as a 93-year old dispirited and retired detective, featuring the incomparable Ian McKellen in the title role. This 2015 British-American film , based on Mitch Cullin’s 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, takes place in Sussex two years after the end of the...

“The Big C”– Memento Mori or “Remember You Shall Die”

Written by diana on June 12, 2013. Posted in Television reviews.

The last stages in the cycle of life and death have finally attracted film and movie producers. I am talking about the formerly taboo twin topics of aging and death. Perhaps as we baby boomers and our children, the “echo boomers”, see that the inevitability of death needs to be part of our cultural conscience, movies that...