Posts Tagged ‘Forest Whitaker’
Episode 148 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
This week, television writer Alec Engerson joins us to discuss the Hollywood guild strikes and their demands. We also review the new animated feature, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. And for our streaming homework, Alec leads the conversation about Jim Jarmusch‘s 1999 crime film,…
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Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Second Take)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is Disney’s first foray away from the Star Wars’ Episode films. It is coined as a standalone Star Wars film, but the term is misleading. Rogue One is set timeline-wise after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and before…
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Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
“A long, long, long, long time ago…in a galaxy far far away…” The last time we saw our heroes we found out where Luke Skywalker was hiding away, Kylo Ren betrayed his father and a new nemesis is plotting (yet again) to rule the galaxy.…
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Film Review – Arrival (Spoiler Free)
Arrival is an alien invasion film, but not in that blockbuster, explosion-ridden sense. Director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners) has taken the topic and made it into a beautiful film. Of course, Arrival is based on the story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, but…
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Film Review – Southpaw
One last fight… One final chance to redeem himself… The need to battle inner demons in the ring… A brutal test of stamina to see if he can go the distance…All of these boxing cliches and more are very present in the new sports drama…
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Film Review – Dope
Dope can mean three things: 1) a drug, 2) something that is cool, or 3) a nerd or dork. By the end of the film, Dope uses all three of those meanings. The most apparent at the beginning is in reference to the main character,…
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Film Review – Black Nativity
With the holiday season kicking into high gear, we can expect our fair share of holiday-themed movies. If you’re not the type who enjoys this kind of fare, it may be best for you to turn away now. Black Nativity is unabashedly a Christmas musical,…
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Film Review – Lee Daniels’ The Butler
There is a fine line between sentiment and sentimentality, and for the greater part of its running time, Lee Daniels’ The Butler performs a stunning balancing act. This was a relief for me, because seeing the words “Based on the True Story” appear before the…
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