Regina King flexes her incredible directorial skills for the first time in a feature film by bringing Kemp Powers’ stage play, One Night in Miami to the big screen (or little screen, as it were). One Night in Miami is a fictional take on a meeting between real life friends, Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius…
The ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes is credited with saying, ?Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.? Those of us who drink may recognize that concept. A touch of alcohol can make us just a bit more outgoing, more witty, more entertaining. Of course, too…
After a season of self-exploration and dynamic worlding building in Part 2, Disenchantment has finally returned to Netflix. With the release of Part 3, the story picks up immediately after Bean, Luci and Elfo have fallen underground. After confronting her evil mother Dagmar and her army of Trogs. Bean and her crew must somehow escape and clear her name…
One of the strangest popular sub-genres in the last decade has to be the ?teen cancer? genre. Having risen to prominence in recent years, there appears to be an ongoing interest for learning to experience one?s life when faced with an often-deadly disease. From the good (The Fault in Our Stars,?Me and Earl and the…
Switzerland?s entry for Best International Feature, My Little Sister (Schweterlein), from directors St?phanie Chuat and V?ronica Reymond, is the story of a bond between siblings. It also asks the existential question of what is life if we cannot live it out? Lisa (Nina Hoss) is a playwright who has not been writing. Originally from Berlin,…
Set in the year 2036,?Outside the Wire?tells the story of Lt. Thomas Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot with a commitment to weighing the odds. When Harp engages his drone in an active war zone in the face of a direct order from his commanding officer, he is transferred to the Ukraine under the command…
To an extent, the Marvel Cinematic Universe reminds me of the old song that says, ?How Can I Miss You If You Won?t Go Away?? It goes without saying that, after?22?movies (including the highest grossing film of all time) that have dominated the box office to the tune of over $22 billion, the MCU has…
Two films from Paramount share different viewpoints of pursuing dreams, and figuring out how to move forward. Jungleland and Dreamland both tackle the angst of a community or specific character in dealing with their frustrations. In Jungleland, Jack O’Connell and Charlie Hunnam play brothers Walter ?Lion? Kaminski and Stanley Kaminski. Lion has significant fighting skills,…
Latvia?s official entry for the Best Foreign Feature Oscar is Blizzard of Souls from director Dzintars Dreiberg. The film is based on a book by Aleksandrs Grins, which was banned in the Soviet Union. The film has been the most watched film in the history Latvian cinema. The story follows Arturs (Oto Brantevics), a young…
Films have to ability to take us into unknown worlds?maybe through science fiction, or a setting in a different culture or time period. When I?m in a theater (ah, those were the days!) and the lights go down I feel a bit of excitement about where we will travel to today. The Reason I Jump,…
