Category: Film & TV

Online Series Review: ‘The Spectacular’: Fanataticsm of the IRA Fully Exposed

NR | 4 episodes | thriller | Dec. 15, 2022 The Provisional IRA had a weak grasp of economics, basically adopting the Marxism of their international sponsors, but they understood geography, especially the Limburg region of the Netherlands as the center for their foreign operations, because it bordered Belgium and Germany. As it was in…


‘7th Heaven’ From 1928: A Silent Film Comes to Life

Commentary Classic movies are an amazing way to visit past eras. Although films from the 1930s to 50s often need to be remastered after all these years, they can basically be watched just as they were upon first release once restored to their former glory. It’s not so simple with movies made before the late…


The Freshman (1925)

The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on…


Not on This Night

A chance encounter on Christmas Eve of 1944 forces a German and an American soldier to see each other as human beings rather than enemies. Circumstances require humanity to prevail, even in the bloody deaths of war. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films:…


Golden Globe Noms Led by ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’

NEW YORK—After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on the black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and the multiverse mash-up “Everything Everywhere all at Once.” Nominations were…


Golden Globes Announce Nominations

NEW YORK—After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on the black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and the multiverse mash-up “Everything Everywhere all at Once.” In…


Film Review: ‘Dragon Eats Eagle’: Connecting COVID-19 and the 2020 Election With Biting Humor

PG-13 | 1h 26min | Comedy, Satire, Parody, Lampoon, Politics | 13 December 2022 (USA) Of the many branches of comedy, satire, parody, and lampoon are the only ones which require the audience to have a rudimentary understanding of the subject matter going in. Farce or slapstick, and situational, observational, dark or  blue humor, and even knock-knock jokes succeed or fail…


Film Review: ‘The Swimmers’: True Story of Two Heroic Syrian Swimmer Sisters

PG-13 | 2h 14m | Sports, Docudrama | November 23, 2022 ”The Swimmers,” directed by Sally El Hosaini for Netflix, recreates the heroic real-life story of two young sisters from war-torn Syria, who arduously hero’s-journeyed—yes I made up a verb—to freedom in Germany. They are sisters Sarah Mardini and Yusra Mardini, played by sisters Manal Issa and Nathalie…


Go West (1925)

A drifter identified only as “Friendless” (Buster Keaton) sells the last of his possessions, keeping only a few trinkets and a picture of his mother. The money buys him only some bread and a sausage, then is gone. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films…


Operation Jaywick: Sinking Japan | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. This documentary is the remarkable story of a daring attack by 14 British and Australian commandos on Japanese ships anchored in a Singapore harbor during World War II. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later…