This week, we include two dramas about returning home to confront issues of the past: one about siblings caring for their father, and the other about a disgraced champion who gets a second chance. New Release ‘Montana Story’ Cal (Owen Teague) and his sister Erin (Haley Lu Richardson) return to their childhood home—a sprawling ranch…
White Fire | Film
This film is only available in North America because of territorial licensing. “White Fire” is the true story of a young man’s battle with bone cancer and his family’s fight to carry him through. Written and Directed by the older brother of the story’s main character, this biographical account offers an intimate glimpse into a…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Syriana’: Rookie Director Stephen Gaghan’s Spellbinding Conspiracy Thriller
R | 2h 8min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 23 November 2005 (USA) For the movie “Traffic,” Oscar-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan took what is easily one of the most controversial and divisive of global issues (illegal drugs) and did the near impossible. He wrote a film where no one was innocent, everyone got their hands dirty, and the good guys were just…
D’Souza’s ‘2000 Mules’ Grosses Over $1 Million on Rumble in First 12 Hours
Dinesh D’Souza’s new documentary hauled in over $1 million on a streaming website in just 12 hours. Viewers paid to watch “2000 Mules” on Rumble and its platform Locals after the movie became available to rent on May 7 at noon, Rumble announced. “The success of ‘2000 Mules’ on Rumble is a great sign for…
Film Producers Defend Safety in Alec Baldwin Shooting
SANTA FE, N.M.—A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October, according to filings posted Wednesday by state regulators. Rust Movie Productions is challenging the basis of a $137,000 fine against…
Film Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’: Director John Madden’s Engrossing World War II Spy Thriller
PG-13 | 2h 8min | Drama, War, History, Thriller | 11 May 2022 (USA) Englishman John Madden is known mostly as the director of the Best Picture-winning “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel” franchise, yet his resume includes other titles (“Proof,” “The Debt,” “Miss Sloane”) that indicate there’s more to his talents than churning out mildly pleasant and innocuous…
Rewind, Review and Re-rate: ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’: Blythe Danner Steals Our Hearts
PG-13 | 1h 32min | Drama, Comedy, Romance | 15 May 2015 (USA) As Baby Boomers continue to age, and with their disposable entertainment dollars becoming less likely to support comic book franchises, Hollywood, at its usual glacier’s pace, has reacted by tossing them a bone or two per year. “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (ISYIMD) is a prime example of…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Martian’: Matt Damon’s Merry Mission-to-Mars Movie
PG-13 | 2h 24m | Adventure | October 2, 2015 NASA is still trying to put a man on Mars. Which is a fine endeavor. But when “The Martian” debuted in 2015, I felt we’d be better served if NASA had put its considerable resources toward helping to contain the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. If ever there was…
‘Doctor Strange 2’ Conjures up Biggest Opening of 2022
The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to “ Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.” The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday. Not only did it more than double the opening…
Rewind, Review and Re-Rate: ‘The Bridges at Toko-Ri’
Approved | 1h 42min | Drama, Romance, War | 1954 (Canada) A scene from “The Bridges at Toko-Ri.” ( Paramount Pictures) Numerous war films focus on important military objectives, such as munitions storage plants and bridges that needed to be taken out by allied forces. But usually these movies are set either during World War…
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