Category: Film & TV

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Dark Victory’: Learning to Live With Death

PG | 1 h 44 min | Drama | 1939 “We all have to die. The tragic difference is that you know when, and we don’t. But the important thing is … to live our lives so that we can meet death whenever it comes, beautifully, finely.” If only all doctors could speak as firmly…


Film Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Is This the Best of the Lot? That Depends on What You’re Looking For

R | 2h 49min | Drama, Action, Thriller | 24 March 2023 (USA) The first installment in the “John Wick” (2014) franchise resuscitated the career of Keanu Reeves who hadn’t had a bona-fide hit since “The Matrix Revelations” 11 years prior. It was a simple story about a retired assassin who sought revenge for the murder of his dog (given to him…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for March 24–30

This week, we feature family-friendly films that focus on friendship: one about magical animals and the other about curious sea monsters. New Release ‘School of Magical Animals’ When Ida Kronenberg (Emilia Maier) transfers to a new school, she finds it difficult to make new friends. However, Ida’s teacher, Miss Mary Cornfield (Nadja Uhl), introduces her…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’

PG | 2 h 59 min | Drama | 1961 Stanley Kramer’s courtroom drama is set in Nuremberg, Germany in 1948. One of America’s several post-World War II trials is underway; together, the tribunals will charge German military officers, Nazi party leaders, doctors, industrialists, and judges for war crimes. In this trial, Chief Judge Haywood…


The War Stories of George Kaleel | Documentary

At the age of 100, World War II veteran George Kaleel tells his war stories in this documentary. Dustin Bass, co-founder of The Sons of History, and Jarred Trapp, co-founder of BassTrapp Media, spent time with Kaleel to get his story about his World War II experience that began on D-Day and extended into the…


‘Winnie the Pooh’ Film Pulled From Hong Kong Cinemas

HONG KONG—Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the release of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” on Thursday had been canceled with “great regret” in…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Big Lebowski’: Celebrating 25 Years of the Dude

R | 1h 57m | Noir, Western, Comedy | March 6, 199 It’s the 25th year anniversary of “The Big Lebowski.” I’m pretty sure you’ve seen it already, but this noir/stoner comedy/western has the following premise: There are two Jeff Lebowskis living in Los Angeles: First, a wealthy guy in a wheelchair living in a Pasadena mansion (David…


‘The Romance of Rosy Ridge’ From 1947: After the Civil War

Commentary Many movies have been made about the American Civil War, since it was one of the most strife-filled times in U.S. history. Arguably, the most famous Civil War movie from Hollywood’s Golden Era is “Gone with the Wind” from 1939, but this Academy Award-winner paved the way for more movies set in the Old…


Topple or Kneel to the Patriarchy?

On the Drew Barrymore Show, Drew knelt to transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, a biological male who decided during the pandemic that he was a girl. Now media and entertainment are on a mission not simply to advocate for acceptance of this facade but to normalize it in our culture. Since Dylan Mulvaney’s video series…


Film Review: ‘Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York’: Saving America’s Biggest City From Itself

NR | 2h 5min | Documentary, Government, History | 21 March 2023 (USA) Covering the tenures of six New York City mayors between the years 1966 through 2013, director Matthew Taylor’s “Gotham: The Rise and Fall of New York” is an atypical rags-to-riches story that proves even the worst deeds of inept leaders can be rectified by people who actually know…