No one wants to be defeated in this solid MJ biopic. My earliest Michael Jackson memory was on my late grandmother’s “Free Willy” VHS tape, which had his music video “Will You […]
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Get a peak at this series continuation on film. The Netflix crime series “Peaky Blinders” focused on the Peaky Blinders crime family, who were inspired by a real life urban street gang […]
Magellan
Bernal transforms, the weather changes, and the journey is beautifully presented. We know that Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer, whose expedition was to sail around the world, but he died before […]
The Choral
Ralph Fiennes owns this movie and the choir. “The Choral” is a period drama that seeks to win us over with its depiction of people caught in the middle of the First […]
Song Sung Blue
They got the way to groove you. I mostly heard the trailers for “Song Sung Blue,” and I thought it would be a Neil Diamond biopic. But I was wrong. It’s not […]
The Testament of Ann Lee
Amanda Seyfried has plenty of faith in a game changing performance. Ann Lee, also known as Mother Ann, was the founding leader of the millenarian restorationist Christian sect, known as the Shakers. […]
Dead Man’s Wire
The entertaining story of a man vowing revenge on a mortgage company. Gus Van Sant’s latest film “Dead Man’s Wire” is inspired by the true story of how Tony Kiristsis (1932-2005) came […]
Hamnet
Madness in great performances must not let unwatched go. Hamnet was the only son of William Shakespeare and a fraternal twin to his sister Judith. His cause of death is unknown, but […]
Nuremberg
One of the most important trials dramatized nicely here by Malek and Crowe. Just the other day, I watched and admired “Judgment at Nuremberg,” which had an all-star cast of Spencer Tracey, […]
Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater delights us with the making of a French classic. Richard Linklater has directed two delightful movies about celebrities this season. The first was “Blue Moon,” which had the camera angles […]
