Category: Film & TV

Film Review: ‘The Race to Alaska’: ‘Mad Max’ Meets the Iditarod on Water

May 21, 2022
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NR | 1h 39min | Documentary, Sports | 20 May 2022 (USA) Everyone knows one or, at least, knows someone who knows one (or maybe, it’s you): the people that regularly participate in “extreme” sporting events. Apart from the microscopic number of those who engage in these activities as a profession, the remainder do so for the sheer thrill of it…

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No Time To Run

May 20, 2022
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Due to circumstances beyond her control, a small town daughter, wife and mother must confront threats to herself, her family and her country. Most important, she must overcome her own insecurities to help save America from tyranny. With the help of a time machine, passed down in her family, she is able to travel back…

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‘Star Wars’ vs ‘See No Evil:’ The Code, The Chosen One, and Hollywood’s Fall to the Dark Side

May 20, 2022
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Commentary What is the most epic Hollywood saga of all time? I think many will agree that the “Star Wars” saga, which celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary on May 25, is one of the most dramatic stories ever put to the screen. However, I know a saga which, although less fanciful, is just as dramatic a…

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Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for May 20–26

May 20, 2022
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This week, we recommend a powerful drama about a convict who trains a wild mustang, as well as the critically acclaimed sequel to “Top Gun.” New Release ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is tasked to train a small group of Top Gun graduates for a dangerous mission. But lingering issues from his…

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Cinema Film Review: ‘Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story’

May 20, 2022
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1h 28m | Biography, Documentary | 2022 “Put God first, and the rest will fall into place. Leave God out, and you lose, even if you manage to win once in a while.” Those words crystalize not only legendary football coach Ken Sparks’s coaching philosophy, but also his prescription for a way of living one’s…

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‘My Son Hunter’ Movie Producer Says Hunter Biden’s Attorney Infiltrated His Film Set

May 20, 2022
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Phelim McAleer, a producer of the upcoming independent movie “My Son Hunter” exposing alleged corruption in the Biden family, said he hasn’t “recovered from the shock” after knowing that Hunter Biden’s attorney had infiltrated his movie set in Serbia. “Hunter Biden’s lawyer was on the set of our movie, secretly recording and interviewing people under…

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Spooks, Hoods And The Hidden Elite | Documentary

May 19, 2022
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This video memoir of CIA contract agent and underworld figure Chauncey Marvin Holt chronicles his career in the twilight world of bootlegging, bookmaking, gunrunning, money laundering, espionage, and assassinations. Made one week prior to Holt’s death, this recording provides his account of the evidence of a renegade covert network that has exerted an untold influence…

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Online Series Review: ‘Night Sky’: A Family Walks Into Another World

May 19, 2022
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NA | 8 Episodes | Science Fiction, Drama | May 20, 2022 (USA) Imagine having the portal from the “Stargate” movie in your backyard, but without the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Franklin and Irene York don’t know exactly what they have, but it may be something like that. They did not build the mysterious “Chamber” that takes…

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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Monkey Kingdom’: Disneynature’s Winning Nature Documentary

May 18, 2022
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G | 1h 22min | Documentary, Nature, Family | 17 April 2015 (USA) Are you among the many parents who find it difficult hitting that sweet spot when picking a movie the whole family can enjoy? Your younger preteen still favors animation while those closer to driving age gravitate towards action and comic book extravaganzas. Your spouse likes older action and…

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Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’ Goes On to Win Top Awards Despite Chinese Regime Interference—Q&A With Filmmaker Jason Loftus

May 18, 2022
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Filmmaker Jason Loftus’s animated documentary “Eternal Spring” took two top awards following its North American premiere screening at the Hot Docs 2022 festival earlier this month. Having already won double prizes at its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in March, the film’s success and impact on audiences is a testament to Loftus’s unwavering resolve…

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