The Last Letter From Your Lover spans both past and present in the Augustine Frizzell-directed film adaptation of JoJo Moyes’s novel. It’s hard to believe that this film was directed by Augustine Frizzell because it’s nothing like her debut feature, Never Goin’ Back! Frizzell’s own history with her husband, filmmaker David Lowery, is why she’s directing the film. Because of her background, she is the perfect director for the film! Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is…
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Broken Diamonds utilizes humor in how it seeks to tell a story about mental illness on screen with a main focus on schizophrenia. Scott Weaver (Ben Platt) is planning to upend his life and move to France when life changes in an instant. He gets a call from his dad only stepmom Cookie (Yvette Nicole Brown) informing him that he’s father just died. Cookie asks Scott to pick up his sister, Cindy (Lola Kirke), so…
"Broken Diamonds Finds Humor In Mental Illness"
Of Animals and Men is a brief documentary and goes into the true story behind the Warsaw Zoo and what we saw in The Zookeeper’s Wife. I said it before upon reviewing The Zookeeper’s Wife the other day but Dr. Jan Żabiński and Antonina Żabińska were named to the Righteous Among the Nations. That they would risk their own lives in an effort to save some 300 Jews in Poland during the Shoah speaks to…
"Of Animals and Men: Behind The Zookeeper’s Wife"
Exodus puts the epic into epic film with a three and a half hour run time but remains notable for helping end the Hollywood blacklist. I must first confess that I have not read the novel by Leon Uris. Trumbo bases his script on the international bestseller, which retells the the founding of the modern state of Israel in a way that only historical fiction can. That being said, it took a brief online search…
"Exodus: An Epic Film About Israel’s Founding"
The Dwayne Johnson-produced Stuntman follows Eddie Braun in his attempt to recreate Evel Knievel’s jump over Snake River Canyon. Johnson introduces the film–his clip also makes mention of the upcoming Jungle Cruise and acknowledges his stunt double. The star of this particular film–a mix of documentary and action–is Eddie Braun. Unless you followed the 2014 attempts, there’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of him. Stunt performers rarely get the credit they deserve. Even…
"Stuntman: Eddie Braun Recreates Epic Stunt"
Defiance depicts an epic tail of survival in Eastern Europe during the Shoah where the Bielski brothers choose between fighting or surviving It’s summer 1941 and the Bielskis turned to the woods in what is now Belarus. But at the time, Stankevich was under Soviet control. They don’t really have much of a choice here. It’s either fight to survive in the woods or otherwise be doomed to certain death. Tuvia (Daniel Craig) is the…
"Defiance: The Bielskis’ Epic Fight For Survival"
The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the story of the heroic efforts by Dr. Jan Żabiński and Antonina Żabińska to save Warsaw’s Jews from the Nazis. When we first meet Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh) and Antonina Żabińska (Jessica Chastain) in 1939, the two are caretakers for the Warsaw Zoo. They go through their daily routine until the Nazis begin their occupation of Poland. It’s not long thereafter when the Reich’s chief zoologist Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl)…
"The Zookeeper’s Wife: How A Zoo Saved Jews"
Space Jam: A New Legacy replaces Michael Jordan with LeBron James while also taking advantage of today’s advances in technology. The only other difference between this and the original film is a father vs. son storyline. But aside from that, there’s really not much of a difference. Well, I mean Warner Bros. pulls a Ralph Breaks The Internet but taking advantage of all of the studio’s IP in the Server-verse. Some fun parts include Bugs…
"Space Jam: A New Legacy Is More Of The Same"
Gunpowder Milkshake is a stylish female-driven Tarantino-esque genre-blending thriller that provides a new approach to the assassin genre. Sam (Karen Gillan) has known nothing but life with The Firm since her elite assassin mother, Scarlet (Lena Headey) abandoned her when she was 12 years old. To no surprise, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and she’s become something of an assassin in her own right. Trust me when I say that you do not…
"Gunpowder Milkshake: A Stylish Genre-Blender"
FIN, the new documentary directed by Eli Roth and executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, launches on discovery+. In a lot of ways, this is a horror film. No, not because of sharks taking the big focus. It’s because of what fishermen are doing to sharks in general. It is a global shanda that we are not doing enough! Listen, I’ve been scared of sharks since before I watched Jaws for the first time.…
"FIN: Eli Roth Shark Doc Is A Global Warning"