Tag: Arts & Culture

TV Series Review: ‘My Life as a Rolling Stone’: A Long Run in a Band

TV-MA | 5 episodes | Documentary | Aug. 7, 2022 Their first goal was to become the best blues band in London. Then their manager positioned them as the “anti-Beatles.” That worked so well, the Rolling Stones might actually be the only rock band to arguably achieve greater popularity than the Fab Four. Their longevity would…


Popeye the Sailor: Floor Flusher (1954)

Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive’s plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks. Popeye needs some help from the goldfish to get to his spinach. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com…


Superman: The Mummy Strikes (1943)

While investigating an egyptologist’s mysterious death, Superman must battle dangerous mummies. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV…


Film Review: ‘Thirteen Lives’: Director Ron Howard’s Inspirational But Slightly Languid Survival Drama

PG-13 | 2h 29min | Drama | 29 July 2022 (USA) Ron Howard is one of the rarest persons of his type in the movie business. Very few child actors make the successful transition to teen roles, and even fewer make it to professional adulthood. Howard went from Opie in “The Andy Griffith Show” to Richie in “Happy Days” seemingly overnight…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for Aug. 5–11

This week, we look at an ’80s classic about a friendly alien and a hilarious, offbeat comedy about an aging stuntman and his younger rival. New Release ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog and his motley crew of fellow super-pets harness their collective…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Aug. 5–Aug. 11

This week, we look at a lively overview of England’s formative years and their impact, and a biography of a U.S. frontiersman and peacemaker. Fiction Revisiting the Glory Days ‘Bleachers’ By John Grisham This is a different book than what we might expect from the law-drama king. Grisham takes readers on a walk down memory…


Book Review: ‘Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead’

The Abraham Accords were truly some of the most important Middle East peace negotiations since Israel became a nation in 1948. With a mainstream media that is anything but conservative and blatantly against the now former Trump Administration, it is little surprise that the epochal 2020 treaties between the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco, and…


One Week (1920)

A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit’s component numbering. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow…


The Front Page (1931)

A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV…


TV Series Review: ‘Red Election’: Scottish Question of Independence

PG-15 | 10 episodes | Spy Thriller, Drama | Aug. 6, 2022 (USA) The Solomon Islands rarely made the news reports until the Chinese Communist regime signed a strategic pact with the current government and announced plans for a permanent military base there. Lately, naïve or corrupt small nations have increasingly fallen under the sway of…