Legend of Tarzan – Fight For Freedom

The Legend of Tarzan?is the epic return to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs by?director David Yates (Harry Potter?franchise films 5-8;?Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Interwoven in a story of decades-old revenge and intrigue, Craig Brewer’s (Hustle & Flow) script takes star Alexander Skarsgard through the expected Tarzan-related world with a modern day…

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Birth of a Nation: Race, Power, & the Interpretation of Scripture

This year?s Oscar frontrunner, Nate Parker?s The Birth of a Nation takes its name from D.W. Griffith?s 1915 KKK propaganda film but instead dramatically portrays the historic story of Nat Turner. Through Turner?s story, the audience encounters a powerful struggle over race, humanity, purpose, and Scripture in the film that Parker wrote, directed, and now…

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The Caretaker–Don’t Fret Regret

And you thought driving your Mammaw to the Piggly Wiggly was a pain. Be glad you?re not Mallorie.? She?d kill for a lazy jaunt to the corner market.? That?s because her crazed Gram Gram Birdie seems obsessed with the dead?and bringing them back to the land of the living. Sweet Mallorie (Meegan Warner) is the…

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Constantine (2014 Series): Who Stands Against the Darkness

Based on the graphic novel?Hellblazer, David S. Goyer and Daniel Cerone delivered a short-lived television series about John Constantine, the demon-chasing, chain-smoking supernatural detective. Steering closer to the original material than its 2005 predecessor of the same name,?Constantine?spun a web of introspective soul-searching and external good-versus-evil mojo with Matt Ryan as the lead. In the…

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