Tag: Film

Film Review: ‘Final: The Rapture’

July 27, 2013 | PG-13 | 1h 30min Out of all of director Timothy A. Chey’s excellent and engrossing films, “Final: The Rapture” could be his most impactful one that I’ve watched to date. Speaking of dates, although this seminal film had its world premiere back on July 27 of 2013 and was heralded as…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada’

R | 2h 25min | Drama, History, War | 20 April 2012 History, as far as it is taught in the public schools of the United States, is a very politically correct subject and often omits or otherwise ignores unpopular or shameful aspects that have happened at different points in time. One inconveniently true stain…


Film Review: ‘American Underdog’: A Biopic About the Miraculous NFL Career of Quarterback Kurt Warner

PG| 1hr 52min | Sports, Drama, Biopic |December 25, 2021 The life and times of Kurt Warner, the retired NFL quarterback, is already known to most football fans. Warner is considered the NFL’s greatest undrafted player, and he is the only undrafted player to be named NFL Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP. He…


The Gift of Christmas

Christmas time at the Kentucky home of George and Denise Barnett, the decorations are up and the kids are smiling, but all is not well. George is worried about his friend Don Ford while choir director Denise is fretting over the Christmas Eve concert at their church. Meanwhile, George’s brother Allen is working as a…


The Shift

Danny Glover stars in The Shift, a dramatic thriller that unfolds over 12 tense hours as the nurses of a hospital emergency room clash over ethics and discover there may be a killer among them. With a young girl’s life at stake, a supervising nurse mentors his nurses through what turns out to be the…


Film Review: ‘The Islands’

PG-13 | 1h 29min | 2019 I’ve always thought Hawaii was a fascinating place, but by and large, it was glossed over in the history books presented by our American educational system. More recently, a friend of mine who is part Hawaiian and familiar with the culture, history, and traditions, enlightened me as to some…


Hong Kong’s New Film Law Threatens Independent Auteurs Most of All, Observers Say

The film censorship law passed by Hong Kong’s legislature last week is ostensibly aimed at promoting national security, but observers of the deteriorating state of intellectual and creative freedom in the city are calling it one of the more blatant attempts to yoke Hong Kong more closely to the machinery of authoritarian rule in Beijing….


EpochTV Film Review: ‘Journey to Hell’

I’ve been binging on a multitude of faith-based films by director Timothy A. Chey recently, including “20 Minutes,” “Slamma Jamma,” and the oh-so-timely “Interview with the Antichrist.” But I must say, after watching one of his most recent productions, “Journey to Hell,” this may be one of the most impactful. It’s based on the best-selling…


EpochTV Film Review: ‘Live Fast, Die Young’

When I first read the description for the 2008 drama, “Live Fast, Die Young,” I thought it sounded interesting, to say the least. But as soon as I discovered that Timothy A. Chey had produced and directed it (as well as having a small acting role as well), I just knew I had to see…


EpochTV Film Review: ‘Suing the Devil’

“The world is a lost place.” So says has-been salesman—turned aspiring attorney, Luke O’Brien (played by Bart Bronson). He’s waxing melancholic about the state of affairs surrounding the modern world of 2011 (if he thought that was bad, glad he didn’t see 2020 or 2021!). Everywhere he turns, things seem to be going down the…