Category: Film & TV

A Family Double Feature: ‘Every Girl Should Be Married’ and ‘Room for One More’

In the 21st century, girls are advised to study STEM courses, go to college, acquire advanced degrees, and pursue high-power careers. Being “just” a housewife and mother is painted as settling for less than reaching her full potential. However, in overlooking the previously revered jobs of wife and mother, women are cheating themselves out of…


Silenced As Mercury Rises

Whether it’s caused by humans or nature, our bodies are getting more and more contaminated by decades of daily pollution. Of all the toxins and heavy metals, we absorb in our lifetime, the second most toxic and deadly for humans on the periodic table chart is; mercury. With that knowledge in hand, one has to…


Film Review: ‘Jockey’: Rookie Director Clint Bentley’s Haunting Character Study

It isn’t often that a person who is 50+ years old and has appeared in over 90 feature films and TV shows delivers what could be considered a “breakthrough performance,” but that is indeed the case with Clifton Collins Jr. in “Jockey.” The third generation member of a Mexican-German-American acting family, Collins has shown up…


Film Review: ‘Breaking Bread:’ Filmmaker Beth Elise Hawk’s Mouthwatering Debut

Before the opening credits start in first-time feature director Beth Elise Hawk’s new documentary “Breaking Bread,” this quote appears in white print on a black title card: “Food may not be the answer to world peace…but it’s a start.” —Anthony Bourdain. This doesn’t tell the audience everything that’s soon to come, but it certainly indicates the…


Film Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’: This One’s for the Kids, and the Kids Are Alright

PG-13 | 2h 4m | Comedy, Drama, Adventure | November 19, 2021 “Ghostbusters: Next Generation” would have been a better title, since “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” features the grandkids of the original Ghostbusters inheriting the legacy. The kids master the decrepit but still functional ghost-gear and save the world that is, yet again, beset by demons and ghosts. Call…


Erasing Family

ERASING FAMILY is a film that helps to reunite families. This important documentary seeks to replicate this on a global scale with community screenings, support for kids and resources for educators and family court professionals. Multiple awards and endorsements. This title is only available in the US. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original…


TV Review: ‘Reacher:’ Fresh Reboot to Popular Franchise

Piedmont bluesman Blind Blake is about to get a small sliver of the fame he always deserved. Fatefully, Lee Child’s signature hero, Jack Reacher, decides to swing through Margrave, Georgia, because he heard Blind Blake died there. That didn’t happen in real life, because Margrave is fictional. Regardless, a whole lot of dead bodies start…


Masculinity in Movies: The Coen Brothers’ Take

The 18 films of Joel and Ethan Coen are remarkable for their range of story content, from gangster tales to Hollywood stories to modern comedy, Westerns, and complex allegories. Through most, if not all of them, run a double thread: the masculine need to counter bad actions with good ones, and the feminine role in…


Served: Harvey Weinstein

Justice is SERVED. Disgraced media mogul, Harvey Weinstein, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual criminal acts. Witness the rise and fall of one of Hollywood’s most powerful men. This title is only available in the US. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on…


A Good Cop [Episode 10: Into the Hornet’s Nest]

Episode 10: All roads converge to a startling conclusion. A Good Cop follows the lives of three cops at different stages of their career and the moral dilemmas they face on a daily basis. Rookie Elizabeth Fox joins the police force against the wishes of her anti-police protester boyfriend, convinced she can change the system…