Tag: Laura Linney
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
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”
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
Ozark is so good it approaches the standard set by "Breaking Bad".
“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”
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...