Category: Film & TV

New Movie ‘Washington’s Armor’ Brings to Life America’s Forgotten History

Unlike many historical movies portraying George Washington’s life and accomplishments that start with the American Revolutionary War, the new movie “Washington’s Armor” focuses on the untold story about young Washington that starts 20 years prior to the Revolutionary War. “Washington’s Armor” is the heroic tale of George Washington at a young age trying to establish…


Red Reign

Red Reign exposes forced organ harvesting in China of prisoners of conscience, Falun Gong, who’s tenets are truth compassion and tolerance as told by Nobel Prize nominee, David Matas. The film explores the involvement of the Western World , and the courageous doctors, politicians and lawyers around the world combating this atrocity which effects us…


Netflix Joins List of Tech Giants Blocking Content Linked to Russia

U.S. streaming giant Netflix Inc. confirmed it will not add 20 free-to-air Russian TV channels to its platform, which the streaming service could be obligated to carry out under Russian law. “Given the current situation, we have no plans to add these channels to our service,” a Netflix spokesman said in a statement on Monday, referring…


Cinema Film Review ‘Crescendo’

PG | 13 min | Drama, Short | 2011 Short films can be very tricky to pull off successfully. While in feature films there is plenty of time to delve into numerous characters and their histories, as well as gradually let narratives unfold, with shorts you only have a limited time to pack in as…


TV Review: ‘Special Episode: Hermitage Piano Trio | Piano Talks’

24 min | TV Music Series | 2022 Just as with food, literature, and visual art, music can be a unifying force that transcends borders and ideologies. Music can also be something that people engage in debates about, not just from the perspectives of music critics, but also the very musicians themselves. This very careful…


Angels Will Rise

Jeffrey Harmon may be the most unlikely person to become a key player in the television industry. “We grew up on a potato farm in Idaho,” he told American Essence. “We had a tube TV that got three channels. We could get PBS with an antenna.” Harmon didn’t watch a lot of TV growing up….


Film Review: ‘Against the Ice’: Arctic Adventure Found Wanting

Ejnar Mikkelsen was like the Ernest Shackleton of Denmark. He was celebrated throughout the Scandinavian nation for exploring and mapping Greenland. It was a matter of Danish national interest, to preserve their hegemony over Greenland, to debunk potential American claims. Of course, explorers often died while on expeditions, as was the case with Shackleton (sort…


Anti-Coronavirus

After Bruce and Laura Gunther return from their anniversary trip to Italy, Bruce realizes he is Patient Zero in bringing the Coronavirus to the ones he cares about most – his own family. Suffering from all the effects of his actions, Bruce must come to terms with this devastation before it consumes him and his…


‘Two Smart People’ from 1946: Masks, Mystery, and Mardi Gras

It has many names: Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day.  As the day before Ash Wednesday—the first day of Lent for Christians—this holiday has a rich tradition. Italy has its masked Carnevale and Brazil its colorful Carnival, but in the United States it is mainly celebrated in Louisiana, where Mardi Gras is the event of…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’: Always Think 7 Generations Ahead

The place beyond the pines. The Native American word for this phrase is “Schenectady,” a small city in upstate New York.