Category: Film & TV

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

An episodic biography of the 16th president of the United States. Director: D.W. Griffith Writers: Stephen Vincent Benet, adaptation for the screen John W. Considine Jr., story Gerrit J. Lloyd, continuity and dialogue Starring: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne Credit: Public Domain Movie: publicdomainmovie.net * Click the “Save” button below the video to access…


‘The Harvey Girls’ (1946): Taming the Wild West of Hollywood

Commentary What do you get when you combine cowboys and waitresses in a 1940s musical? In 1946, this combination created a musical Western, “The Harvey Girls.” This MGM production was the first movie I watched while attending the Turner Classic Movie Film Festival in Hollywood this April. Starring Judy Garland, John Hodiak, and Angela Lansbury,…


Film Review: ‘Jerry and Marge go Large’: Gaming the Lottery for the Greater Good

PG-13 | 1h 30m | Comedy | June 17, 2022 Actor Bryan Cranston broke big in HBO’s “Breaking Bad.” He was already well known as the zany dad from TV’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” but “Bad” put him on Hollywood’s A-list, playing a New Mexico high school chemistry teacher who starts cooking crystal meth to supplement his paltry…


Charlie Chaplin—His New Profession (1914)

His New Profession is a 1914 U.S. silent comedy film made at Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film, also known as “The Good for Nothing,” involves Chaplin taking care of a man in a wheelchair. Credit: Public Domain Movie – publicdomainmovie.net/ * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


[PREMIERING at 6:15 PM ET] The Wedding Gift | The Chosen Episode 5

Nicodemus interrogates John the Baptizer while Jesus and his students make their way to a wedding celebration in Cana. When the wine runs low, Mary asks her son to intervene on behalf of the bridegroom’s family. About The Chosen Series: A charismatic fisherman struggling with debt. A troubled woman wrestling with demons. A gifted accountant ostracised…


Film Review: ‘The Man From Toronto’: Hart and Harrelson Are Hit and Miss

PG-13 | 1h 52min | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime | 24 June 2022 Trying way harder than it needed to, “The Man From Toronto” (TMFT) is a mixed-bag, broad, mismatched buddy comedy cut from kinda-sorta the same cloth as the “48 Hrs.,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Bad Boys,” “Men in Black,” and “Austin Powers” franchises. Also containing elements of “John Wick,” “Midnight Run,” and…


Apollo 11 | Documentary

“Apollo 11: We Must Be Bold” is an amazing journey that takes us behind the scenes of the Lundeen Sculptors out of Loveland, Colorado. This band of brothers are some of the greatest American sculptors this country has ever produced and have now become the leaders in building astronaut monuments around the world. A collaboration…


New Drama Looks at End-of-Life Care From Nurse’s Point of View

In the classic tragedy “Hamlet,” William Shakespeare refers to the afterlife as “The undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveler returns.” The new, scripted drama “Going Home” looks at travelers who are about to embark on this journey through the eyes of an end-of-life hospice worker. The series on the PureFlix streaming service stars Cynthia…


Film Review: ‘The Long Rider’: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

NR | 1h 36min | Documentary | 24 June 2022 (USA) The opening scene in director Sean Cisterna’s new documentary “The Long Rider” shows narrator and co-photographer Filipe Masetti Leite atop one of his three horses heading towards a stadium on the distant Brazilian horizon. Filipe Masetti Leite at a stop in “The Long Rider.” (Prime Video) He’s wearing an ornate,…


[PREMIERING 6/20, 6:15 PM ET] The Rock on Which It Is Built | The Chosen Episode 4

With his life and family under threat from Rome, Simon spends one last night fishing in a desperate attempt to square his debts. Andrew spots a familiar face waiting for them on the shores of Galilee. About The Chosen Series: A charismatic fisherman struggling with debt. A troubled woman wrestling with demons. A gifted accountant ostracised…