The classic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood are noted for their glamour, black-and-white cinematography, and wholesomeness. Movies made during the 1930s to the ’50s share another feature: patriotism. The flag-waving was not just restricted to propaganda movies made during World War II. From the mid-1930s onward, films took every opportunity to promote the…
Inspiration and Popcorn: ‘Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella)’: A Masterpiece as Joyful as It Is Deeply Touching
PG-13 | 1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1997 Comedies that feature sensitive topics such as the Holocaust used to be more common. When done right, filmmakers with their hearts in the right place (and the talent to pull it off) have always known that comedy is a great way to not only break…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Night Moves’: Trying to Make Some Front-Page Eco-Terrorism News
2013 | R | 1h 52min Pre-rap Nuyorican (New York-born Puerto Rican) poet Gil Scott Heron said in 1971, “The Revolution will not be televised.” The fact that current “revolutions” arrive largely via social media rather than mainstream media prove Heron a minor urban prophet. What he didn’t see coming was that all that revolution was going to…
Film Review: ‘The Courier’: The Story of the Two Men Who Stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Courier | 2020 | PG-13 | 1h 52min In today’s revolutionary climate, now’s a good time to have a look at “The Courier” and remember (or learn about for the first time) the 1960’s Cuban missile crisis. Where the insane, Hitler-like USSR Chairman Nikita Khrushchev—he, who used to bang his shoe on podiums during political speeches—tried to escalate the Cold…
Film Review: The Documentary ‘Chasing Childhood’ Explores the Dangers of Helicopter Parenting
NR | 1h 18min | Documentary | 25 June 2021 (USA) It is an unwritten but widely-subscribed-to belief that parents want their children to be more financially successful, better-educated, healthier, and happier than themselves. Perhaps this is merely something imprinted on human DNA by a higher power, or, maybe it’s a mission taken on by many parents to prove their…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Paths of Glory’: Young Director Stanley Kubrick’s Scathing Indictment of War
Not Rated| 1h 28min | Drama, War | 1957 “Full Metal Jacket” (1987) is a modern-day war classic by all accounts. It covers the Vietnam War: Everything from the stressful weeks that men spent in boot camp, all the way to the brutal carnage during the soldiers’ climactic street and jungle battles. But it wasn’t…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’: Bittersweet, Heartwarming, Hilarious
PG-13 | 1h 58min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 29 July 2011 (USA) In “Crazy Stupid Love,” the movie opens, and the camera is examining … feet. Feet under tables. Not so much feet—but “footsie.” Upscale shoes; people on dates—feet playing footsie. All of a sudden, there’s an upscale pair of women’s shoes, paired with,…
Film Review: The Bio-Documentary ‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’
R | 1h 30min | Biography, Documentary | 18 June 2021 (USA) As plum and deserving as any entertainer living or dead for their own biographical documentary, the now 89-year-old Rita Moreno is an undeniable national treasure both in her native Puerto Rico and in the United States. She is the only person to ever win competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and…
Film Review: ‘12 Mighty Orphans’: A Period-Piece Football Flick With a Lot of Heart
PG-13 | 1h 58min | Sports, Drama, Historical | 11 June 2021 (USA) In the space of 100 years or so, there have been over 200 feature and made-for-TV movies released that have a connection to American football. The majority of these films are, for the most part, forgettable. Some notable exceptions include “The Longest Yard” (1974), “Heaven Can Wait” (1978), “Rudy” (1993),…
11 First-Time Appearances of Attention-Grabbing Things in Action Movies
June 9, 2021
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