Tag: Michael Stuhlbarg

The Amateur–A Nerd Thriller

Written by Diana Paul on August 6, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

In the Hulu spy drama, The Amateur, released June 11, we see Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a brilliant, but underappreciated CIA programmer communicating with an unidentified programmer about code that doesn’t seem legit. Charlie’s life soon becomes tragic as he watches the news of a London terrorist attack in...

“The Staircase”—Entryway into Murder?

Written by Diana Paul on July 11, 2022. Posted in Television reviews.

The Staircase (HBO Max released May 2022), loosely based on the 2004 French documentary by the same name, (see my October 2017 review of the Netflix documentary mini-series) dramatizes the death of wife Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), and the subsequent indictment and conviction for her murder by her husband, the novelist...

“Your Honor”–Judge Me Not

Written by Diana Paul on March 22, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Your Honor”–Judge Me Not

Unconditional love–are there limits? In Your Honor, a ShowTime mini-series, a highly respected recently widowed New Orleans judge, Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad”) is known for his fair and impartial sentencing of young criminals. But the judge gets personal to protect...

Tag: Michael Stuhlbarg

The Amateur–A Nerd Thriller

“The Staircase”—Entryway into Murder?

“Your Honor”–Judge Me Not

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