Month: December 2016
Hacksaw Ridge’s Accurate Portrayal of the Battlefield Cannot Overcome Its Plainness
Hacksaw Ridge is a film based on the true story of Desmond T. Doss, a Christian army medic during WWII who, despite refusing to even touch weapons, saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa without firing a…
Read More »Rogue One Catapults into Star Wars Lore
Following the announcement of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise and subsequent announcement of Star Wars anthology films to accompany sequels to the main saga, there was much speculation over whether there existed an audience…
Read More »Fences: A Glance Toward the Past
For me, Fences is an interesting delve into how the Greatest Generation raised their children and families, particularly black families. Fences follows Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Troy is a former star baseball…
Read More »Natalie Portman Shines in Jackie
Jackie is a peek through the looking glass of a woman struggling to juggle keeping her composure through the sudden and tragic death of her husband for the sake those around her and dealing with her own grief…
Read More »The Dreamers in La La Land
“Here’s to the ones who dream Foolish as they may seem” – Emma Stone La La Land entered its opening weekend to much hype and expectations. The film seems headed to a showdown with the equally hyped Moonlight…
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