I was delayed in seeing this simply because the holiday season was crazy busy but I’m super glad that its been released back into the theaters for a little while because it was one of those I definitely wanted to experience on the big screen. This movie is 100% Taika Waititi and I am 100%…
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“Just Mercy” is a powerful film dealing with timely issues.
For almost thirty years now, Bryan Stevenson, has been aiding inmates throughout the South that are on death row. One of his more prominent cases, and the case dramatized in the film Just Mercy, is that of Walter “Johnny D” McMillian who was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Monroeville, Alabama in 1986. The…
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is a brilliant film much needed for this day and time.
Oh man, I have been looking forward to this movie since I first saw Tom Hanks in costume as the beloved Fred Rogers. I don’t remember being obsessed or watching “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” regularly but I do remember it being on and watching it on many occasion during my childhood as most kids did because…
“Harriet” is a stirring film led by an honest, brilliant Cynthia Erivo.
Shrouded in controversies from the minute it got off the ground (see articles about Julia Roberts and the executive who wanted to cast her in the lead role) it would seem Harriet might have been shelved early on but thankfully the filmmakers prevailed. Seeing as how legendary and important Harriet Tubman and her legacy is one could…
“American Son” is a raw, gut-wrenching story from beginning to end.
Originally running as a Broadway play Netflix’s American Son is a riveting yet poignant jaunt into the sensitive issue of racial inequality. Set in modern day Miami, the story revolves around a mother, Kendra Ellis-Connor, and her estranged husband, Scott Connor, who are stuck in a sort of purgatory waiting for news on their son’s disappearance….