Category: Film & TV

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Ox-Bow Incident’: A Sobering Look at Mob Rule

Not Rated| 1h 15min | Drama, Western | 1942 Director William A. Wellman (“Yellow Sky,” “Battleground”) based this thought-provoking Western, “The Ox-Box Incident,” on a book about mob justice (of the same name) authored by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. Coming in at a mere 75 minutes, this tautly-paced film was adapted for the screen by…


The Flying Deuces (1939)

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he finds out she’s married, he attempts to kill himself. Of course, the suicide is stopped and the boys join the Foreign Legion to get out of their trouble. Eventually, they are arrested for trying to escape the legion and escape the firing squad by stealing a…


Popeye the Sailor: Spree Lunch (1957)

Popeye opens a restaurant; Bluto opens a restaurant across the street. Wimpy shows up and they compete for his business. 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…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Bourne Legacy’: Jeremy Renner Was the Perfect Replacement for Matt Damon

PG-13 | 2h 15m | Action, Thriller, Drama | July 30, 2012 Rotten Tomatoes now has “The Bourne Legacy” (2012) at critics: 55, audience: 58. This is very surprising, considering this is a rip-roaring actioner with crackling tension throughout, very well made, and highly entertaining. Normally, a film like this would rate at least in the mid-80s with…


Film Review: ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’: A Faithful Adaptation of the Mammoth Best-Seller

 PG-13 | 2h 5min | Drama, Crime, Thriller | 15 July 2022 (USA) A movie one might expect to see released in the late fall awards-bait season, “Where the Crawdads Sing” [WTCS] is nonetheless dropping in mid-summer where superhero, animation, and action fare rule the multiplexes. However, if the larger-than-expected audience at the pre-release screening of this film is any kind of…


Popeye: Ancient Fistory (1953)

It’s the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto’s Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye’s fairy godpappy appears and it’s a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach. Credit: Public Domain Movies * Click the “Save” button below the…


At War With the Army (1950)

Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II. 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…


Selling Cars in America | Documentary

This film is only available in North America, UK, Australia and Europe because of territorial licensing. “Selling Cars in America” journeys through the history of the American car dealership and takes a look at the players who set the tone in the modern-day showrooms. Directed by Gary Licker – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 15–21

This week, we feature an Indian drama about criminals who rehabilitate through hard work and a stirring sports drama about Olympic athletes. New Release ‘The Gray Man’ Top CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling) uncovers the agency’s most incriminating secret and is forced to go on the run as an international fugitive. His psychopathic former…


The Big Trees (1952)

A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron. 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…