A group of peaceful protestors are placed on trial in the aftermath of riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in The Trial of the Chicago 7. During the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1968, thousands of protestors gather in Chicago to protest the Vietnam War, which turns into a violent clash with the […]
Trial of the Chicago 7
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A woman begins living out of her van after the loss of her job and husband in Nomadland. Following the 2011 closure of the US Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada, along with the death of her husband, Fern (Frances McDormand) decides to adopt the nomad lifestyle, which includes living out of her van and driving cross-country
A man with worsening dementia is taken in by his daughter in The Father. Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is an elderly man suffering from the effects of dementia, who moves in with his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman) after he has a falling out with his live-in nurse. However, the move is not easy on Anthony, who
A happily married couple’s relationship is tested by the arrival of a mysterious stranger in Happily. Tom (Joel McHale) and Janet (Kerry Bishé) have been extremely happily married for 14 years, which includes an extremely active sex life that comes off as an annoyance to their friends, which consist of fellow couples Karen (Natalie Zea) and
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is being reviewed as an independent entity from the theatrical cut. For my original thoughts, you can check out my original review from November 2017. A little background, for the uninformed: In May 2017, while his Justice League film was beginning post-production, Zack Snyder decided to step down as director, following the
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A Korean family struggles to make ends meet after starting a farm in Arkansas in Minari. Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun) is a Korean immigrant, who has just moved from California to Arkansas with his wife Monica (Yeri Han) and young children David (Alan S. Kim) and Anne (Noel Kate Cho). Jacob hopes to make a better
Prince Akeem of Zamunda returns to America after discovering he has a son in Coming 2 America. Three decades after travelling to America and meeting the love of his life Lisa (Shari Headley), Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) is summoned to the deathbed of his father King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), who reveals a secret kept
A young woman has deep struggles with her work and personal life in Anne at 13,000 ft. Anne (Deragh Campbell) is a woman who works at a daycare, who often finds herself at odds with her co-workers since Anne tends to play with the kids more than supervise them. After going skydiving for the bachelorette
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A man has to care for his deeply cruel and homophobic dementia-suffering father in Falling. John Peterson (Viggo Mortensen) is a gay man, who brings his father Willis (Lance Henriksen), who is suffering from the early signs of dementia, to John’s home in California with his husband Eric (Terry Chen) and daughter Monica (Gabby Velis).
A self-taught archeologist is hired by a landowner to excavate large burial mounds in The Dig. Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) is a landowner in 1939 Suffolk, who hires local self-taught excavator Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to take a look at the large burial mounds on her estate in Sutton Hoo. Digging primarily on his own with
