Category: Film & TV

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Proud Rebel’: A Meditation on Masculinity in the Wild West

PG | 1 h 43 min | Drama, Western | 1958 Weary from the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldier John Chandler (Alan Ladd) rides into an Illinois town. His 10-year-old son, David (David Ladd), so tiny he’s barely seen, sits back to back with his father and grins at his dog, Lance (King, a real-life champion…


Film Review: ‘Sanctuary’: A Clever Commentary on Today’s Gender Power Balance

R | 1h 36m | Thriller, Rom-Com | May 19, 2023 So here’s the dilemma: Our publication would like to offer uplifting fare—my particular beat being cinema. And yet The Epoch Times is also a legitimate bastion of traditional journalism; we need to be able to report on all kinds of stuff. However, we live in time…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Quiet Girl’ (‘An Cailin Ciuin’): A Quiet Triumph

PG-13 | 1h 35m | October 16, 2022 (United States) Irish director’s Colm Bairead’s “An Cailin Ciuin” (“The Quiet Girl”) is the first Irish language film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. It’s a triumph in many ways. It has the audacity to show Irish men and women as real human beings, not…


Fox News Is Struggling: Is Tucker Carlson’s Exit the Beginning of the End?

With Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News, what will become of the network? Fox’s numbers have dipped significantly since Carlson left, not just in his former timeslot but in every primetime hour. The 25–54 age viewership has declined by over 60 percent. This means that over half of younger people are no longer watching Fox…


Film Review: ‘Fool’s Paradise’: Day’s Fish-Out-of-Water Filmmaking Debut is an Interesting Misstep

R | 1h 38min | Comedy, Satire, Drama | 12 May 2023 (USA) As inflated and full of itself as it frequently is, Hollywood isn’t beyond occasionally looking into a mirror, realizes just how phony and shallow it appears to the world, and indulges in some hearty self-mocking. Well over 100 movies fit this description and there are only a handful…


Film Review: ‘BlackBerry’: How BlackBerry’s Hubris Paved Way for iPhone Dominance

R | 1h 59m | Biopic, Dramedy | May 12, 2023 The biopic “BlackBerry” is the story of the rise and fall of the BlackBerry smart phone and it’s titular company, without which you would not be reading this review on your iPhone or Android phone. Doug Fregin played by director Matt Johnson in the tech biopic “BlackBerry.”…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for May 12–18

This week, we feature a surprisingly hopeful film about a burned-out wrestler and a ’50s disaster film that set the template for the genre. New Release ‘Master Gardener’ Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) is a man with a mysterious past who steadfastly looks after the sprawling environs of well-off dowager Norma Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). When he…


Film Review: ‘STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie’: A Profile of Courage

R | 1h 35min | Documentary, Docudrama, Biography | 12 May 2023 (USA) In 1991 while shooting “Doc Hollywood,” actor Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a currently incurable degenerative chronic nerve disorder which results in physical tremors, slowness of movement, rigidity, difficulty with speech, and, eventually dementia. It is an ugly, cruel, and relentless disorder that generally starts…


‘General Hospital’ Star Jacklyn Zeman Dies at 70

Jacklyn Zeman, an actress best known for her role as nurse Bobbie Spencer on the daytime soap opera “General Hospital,” has died of cancer, her family confirmed on Wednesday. She was 70. Frank Valentini, the executive producer of what is America’s longest-running soap opera currently in production, confirmed Zeman’s death Wednesday night in a statement…


Disney to Combine Hulu, Disney+ Content Into ‘One-App Experience’: Bob Iger

Disney plans to combine content from Hulu with Disney+ to form a single streaming app available across the United States by the end of the year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said on May 10. Iger announced the plans during Disney’s second-quarter earnings call, describing it as a “significant step toward creating a growth business,” and…