Movie Review: Schindler’s List
The Holocaust is one of the worst showcases of the depths of unconscionable behavior in the history of the human race. You get a sickness …
Biopic
Movie Review: Lion
Harvey Weinstein has his heart in the right place, I really think so. The guy wants to make prestige films, so badly, and like you …
Movie Review: Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures boasts a fantastic story. While I enjoy a great story about overcoming the odds playing a sport, Hidden Figures posits a more realistic, …
Movie Review: Jackie
The Kennedys are American Royalty. Their goings on have been discuss ad nauseum by the country since John’s presidential campaign. Jackie is about the first …
Movie Review: The Birth of a Nation
The original Birth of a Nation was America’s first film blockbuster; however, it is now best remembered as a film that romanticized the Ku Klux …
Movie Review: Queen of Katwe
Disney has a very disconcerting history when it comes to racial understanding. Their past movies about such non-white groups heavily relied on stereotyping and a …
Movie Review: Sully
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is a professional pilot. Tom Hanks is a professional actor. And Clint Eastwood is a professional director. It’s pretty obvious then that …
Movie Review: Straight Outta Compton
One of NWA’s members says during a critical moment of Straight Outta Compton: “Yo….I got something to say” in front of strict opposition. That statement …
Movie Review: American Sniper
Clint Eastwood is back…sort of. His American Sniper is a gripping study of a modern military man, Chris Kyle, in action in our modern military. But …
Movie Review: Selma
2014 was the year of attempting biopics of larger than life people. Frankie Valli’s was terrible. Stephen Hawking’s and James Brown’s were ok. Alan Turing’s …