Category: Film & TV

Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 22–28

This week, we look at a quirky comedy about inept crooks, as well as a sobering documentary about the horrors of the Nazi death camps. New Release ‘From Where They Stood’ Nazi prisoners in different death camps risked their lives to snap pictures of their horrible existence, which the world was largely unaware of at…


Film Review: ‘The Gray Man’: Top-Notch Spy Novel Destroyed by Wokeness

PG-13 | 2h 2m | Action, Thriller, Comedy | July 22, 2022 I usually agree with the audience instead of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience rating usually comes from a visceral place—it’s more common sense-based and truthful. However, “The Gray Man” is currently rated at 50 by the critics, and 90 by the audience and, I…


To Breen or Not to Breen: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ from 1951

Commentary “To breen or not to breen? That is the question.” I beg your pardon for beginning this film-based article by misquoting William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Replacing the verb in this quote is a very hackneyed witticism, yet it suits this article’s purpose very nicely. What is the definition of “to breen,” you ask? “Breening” or…


Superman: The Bulleteers (1942)

Superman faces extortionists with a super-powerful rocket car. 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 Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv Facebook:…


Charlie Chaplin: Getting Acquainted, or A Fair Exchange (1914)

A continuous exchange of meetings between husbands and wives of different couples in which a policeman intrudes in daring chase until both couples are found. 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…


Award-Winning ‘Eternal Spring’ Documentary Premieres in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia—The award-winning documentary “Eternal Spring” premiered in Australia on July 20 at the Cinema Nova in Melbourne. “Eternal Spring” was hosted by The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival to a nearly sold-out audience. Audience members watch the Australian premiere of “Eternal Springs” in Melbourne, Australia on July 20, 2022. (Grace Yu/Epoch Times) Meanwhile, adherents from…


Popeye: Fright to the Finish (1954)

Olive is reading ghost stories to the boys. Popeye scoffs; Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ghost). He pins the blame on Popeye and then goes to comfort Olive. Popeye retaliates by turning invisible, thanks to a jar of vanishing cream….


Popeye the Sailor Man: I Don’t Scare (1956)

Bluto bullies Popeye and attempts to sabotage Popeye’s date with Olive. Animation by Tom Johnson and Frank Endres Music by Winston Sharples Produced in 1956 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…


‘I, The Jury’ from 1953: 1950s 3D

Commentary When you visit a big city for a short time, you might try to pack as many activities as possible into your limited schedule. When you go to an amusement park, you try to go on as many rides as possible before closing time. Similarly, I jammed my schedule when I covered the Turner…


Film Review: ‘Bowen’s Heart’: A Physically Challenged Young Boy’s Heart-Rendering and Inspiring Story   

NR | 1h 31min | Documentary, Biography | 14 July 2022 (USA) It would be next to impossible for anyone with even half a soul to sit through a movie such as “Bowen’s Heart” and not get goose bumps or maybe shed a tear or two. Overcoming adversity while providing inspiration to others is a winning combination for any human-interest movie,…