Posts Tagged ‘Amazon Studios’
Film Review – Nanny
Immigration can be a nightmare for those willing to risk coming to the United States. I don’t live in a particularly pro-immigrant state politically, but the talking heads don’t always reflect the majority or all of the opinions. What is evident is the sacrifice that…
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SXSW Review – Master
As a Caucasian woman of European descent, I cannot bring my own experiences into this review. Any insight into the topic of racism is one that I can only talk about as an observer and someone who is firmly against it. I would encourage any…
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Film Review – Being the Ricardos (Second Take)
I would hope that everyone has some connection to I Love Lucy. Mine was watching it after school or on the weekends. It was one of those rare shows that I didn’t mind that it was in black and white. The character of Lucy will…
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TIFF Review – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Louis Wain is not a historical figure that many people would even know, let alone know what Wain is famous for doing. I am one of those people, so The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) was an enjoyable treasure of a film and an…
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TIFF Review – Encounter
The stars above give birth to a meteor that plummets to the Earth. The meteor’s debris carries foreign microorganisms that make their way up the food chain through detailed close-ups of insects to the ultimate host, humans, via biting insects. The opening scenes of Encounter…
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Film Review – The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War (2021) is a perfectly acceptable, albeit forgettable, sci-fi actioner. It doesn’t bring anything new to the genre. It plays with well-worn elements that many of us have become familiar with but does so in an entertaining way. This is one of those instances…
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Film Review – Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (2021) operates as a throwback action thriller. Its biggest weakness is that it plays too much as a throwback. Adapted from Clancy’s novel, the story exists in the same world of espionage as his other famous character, Jack Ryan. We’re brought right…
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Film Review – One Night in Miami
One Night in Miami (2020) sets up a fictional “What If” scenario. What if you took four 20th century Black icons – Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke – and congregated them into one room. What would happen? What would their conversation be like?…
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