12 Years a Slave is not a movie you just “watch” and walk away from unchanged. It’s one of those few films that sinks into you, deep, making its home somewhere uncomfortable, somewhere you’d rather not dwell but can’t seem to shake. When you start a movie like this, you’re not sitting down to enjoy…
When you sit down to watch Intolerance, D.W. Griffith’s 1916 silent epic, you’re immediately struck by its sheer scope. It’s not just one story; it’s four—spanning centuries, from ancient Babylon to Christ’s crucifixion to medieval France to early 20th-century America. This film is massive, both in terms of its ambition and its execution. The scale…
Watching Is That Black Enough for You?!? feels like sitting down with a friend who’s full of stories you’ve never heard but suddenly need to know. Elvis Mitchell, with his warm, rich baritone, pulls us back through time—not just to watch, but to experience what Black cinema meant in the ‘70s and why it still…
It’s not every day that a film like The Mother of All Lies comes along, a documentary that takes the idea of memory and history and holds it up to the light in such an intimate, almost unsettling way. Director Asmae El Moudir doesn’t spoon-feed her audience; she challenges us to wade through fragmented family…
The tension you feel watching The Goldman Case is palpable. It’s not a movie that offers easy answers or even a comforting narrative arc, but rather a slow, meticulous dive into the moral and political complexities of a famous trial. You sit there, gripped by every courtroom exchange, not because there are dramatic revelations or…
Walking into a film titled “Reagan,” you’re not just walking into any movie. You’re stepping into the larger-than-life shadow of a man who was more than just a president. Ronald Reagan was a figure who loomed large over the 20th century, a man who carried the weight of a nation on his shoulders, and whose…
So, there’s this series called “Shōgun,” right? It’s like stepping into a time machine and landing smack dab in the 17th century, right in the heart of Japan. You’ve got this British guy, John Blackthorne, who’s basically a fish out of water. He’s sailing along, minding his own business, when bam! He finds himself in…
So, let’s talk about “Oppenheimer.” It’s this movie that dives deep into the whole shebang of atomic bombs and the dude behind them, J. Robert Oppenheimer. You know, the brainy scientist guy who was all wrapped up in creating a bomb so powerful it changed the course of history. A Journey Through Time The movie…
“The Crown,” Netflix’s series detailing Queen Elizabeth II’s life and Britain’s pivotal moments in the 20th century, is quite an interesting read, most especially when considered within a Christian perspective. It divests center and front into the personal struggles and public challenges that belong to Queen Elizabeth II, a very young monarch called to lead…
“Band of Brothers” is more than a war story; it is a portrait of the heart and mind of men Co-written by historian Stephen Ambrose and HBO Films, this miniseries tells the story of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division paratroopers from training through to the end of the war. It’s a tale that grabs your…
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