Tag: Peacock

Hamnet–“The rest is silence.”

Written by Diana Paul on March 15, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Hamnet, is multiple Academy-Award nominated eponymous film from bestselling Irish novelist Maggie O’Farrell. Directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”), Hamnet is Zhao’s additional interpretation over and above O’Farrell’s speculative invention.. A young William Shakespeare’s love for Agnes (=Anne Hathaway) and her...

Conclave–A Sinful Synod

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

Based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris, Conclave opens with the death of the current pope and the mandate to appoint a successor through the conclave or synod of over one hundred cardinals from all over the globe. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes), the right-hand Brit who is the dean, must supervise the synod. As the...

Day of the Jackal–Hunt or Be Hunted

Written by Diana Paul on December 22, 2024. Posted in Television reviews.

In this Peacock mini-series released November 2024, British assassin-for-hire and super-sniper is known only as the “Jackal” by police and those paying him millions. Of course, he has multiple aliases and disguises. An update of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel and the 1973 movie, Day of the Jackal is a modern high-stakes thriller of...

Tag: Peacock

Hamnet–“The rest is silence.”

Conclave–A Sinful Synod

Day of the Jackal–Hunt or Be Hunted

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