Tag: Netflix

Red Eye–A Terrifying Flight

Written by Diana Paul on July 29, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

Directed by horror superstar Wes Craven, Red Eye (2005) is more of the genre “Snakes in the Plane” than horror, which is not one of this reviewer’s favorite forms of entertainment. However, this is a solid thriller which builds tension. Lisa ( Rachel McAdams of “The Notebook”) is a hotel manager who has booked a flight back home to...

Secrets We Keep–Lies and Privilege?

Written by Diana Paul on June 22, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

The Danish “Nordic noir” series, Secrets We Keep (2025), centers around the disappearance of an attractive Filipino au pair, Ruby (Donna Levkovski), from a wealthy Copenhagen home. An investigation is requested by Ruby’s wealthy neighbor, Cecilie (Marie Bach Hansen). No one else in the affluent neighborhood seems to care enough to...

Dept. Q–”Slow Horses” Wannabe?

Written by Diana Paul on June 10, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. 2 Comments on Dept. Q–”Slow Horses” Wannabe?

Written and directed by American Scott Frank (of “Queen’s Gambit”), the Netflix series Dept Q in nine episodes is based on Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s crime thriller The Keeper of Lost Causes. Filmed in Edinburgh, Dept. Q opens with a terrifying misfiring (literally) of a crime scene gone wrong. Detective Morck...

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A Complete Unknown–Like a Rolling Stone

Written by Diana Paul on May 28, 2025. Posted in movie reviews.

This biopic of the iconic singer, Bob Dylan, immerses the viewer in the musical genius, turbulence of the sixties, and the drama of personal relationships of one of the most influential artists of our time. A Complete Unknown is poetry in motion. A spellbinding time capsule that rewinds life in the early days of Bob Dylan and the...

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The Gardener–Root Rot??

Written by Diana Paul on April 28, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

In this six-episode Spanish psychological thriller (now #3 on Netflix), we see two mother-son pairs who are cold-blooded killers. The Gardener (Spanish: El Jardinero) showcases a quiet studious young gardener, Elmer, who lives with his mother, China, owner of a nursery. He has frontal lobe damage from a car accident. Avoiding a...

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Zero Day–Weaponizing Cyberspace

Written by Diana Paul on March 24, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

In this Netflix mini-series starring Robert DeNiro, a national security cyber-crisis challenges the US government and its citizenry to face unseen cyber terrorists. Are they domestic or Russian? Zero Day explores both possibilities. A “zero-day” vulnerability is a flaw in software or hardware that is unknown to...

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