Hate crime is an ugly phrase. It’s an even uglier action. Welcome to Marwen is the theatrical version of disturbing and heartbreaking story of Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell). Mark suffers from PTSD due to a violent attack outside of a bar one night. A group of men didn’t like what Mark had to say and …
Tag: Biography
Time for a Reel THE FAVOURITE review
In a time long before television programs such as Geraldo or The Jerry Springer Show and centuries before National Enquirer or TMZ, there existed a platform that was as scandalous as they come. If you were royalty, there was a 50/50 chance that skeletons and dark secrets were a daily occurrence. Rather than facing public …
Time for a Reel MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS review
The battle for the crown has always been a bloodthirsty ordeal. No matter the era or countries involved, people die in droves as the wheels of dominance of one race, creed or religion wants to rise to the top. Sometimes those with the crown are only pawns in a more dastardly scheme where those in …
Time for a Reel THE FRONT RUNNER review
The words politics and scandals go together like peanut butter and jelly. And like PB & J, if you’re not careful, things can get messy in an instant. U.S. Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) seemingly had it all. He was a man on the rise, and after failing to get a presidential nomination for the …
Time for a Reel BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY review
More often than not, stories of musicians pale in comparison to their real-life counterparts. The same cannot be said with Bohemian Rhapsody, and its lead singer, Freddie Mercury in particular. Everything he did in his lifetime was grand and this new biopic directed by Bryan Singer aims to not sell that idea short. There have …
Time for a Reel FIRST MAN review
Damien Chazelle dazzled audiences with a pair of musical masterpieces in Whiplash (2014) and La La Land (2016). He was on fire and fans were eager to hear what musical melancholy he’d be putting out next. With his previous works hitting hard emotionally while still making us tap our feet in joy and celebration, Chazelle …
Time for a Reel OPERATION FINALE review
Throughout the history of time where man has walked the earth, there have been plenty of unspeakable acts committed against one another that defies rational explanation. Ripping a small portion from the history books is the biographical drama of the manhunt for the architect of the Jewish people’s darkest era in history. Operation Finale goes …
Time for a Reel BLACKkKLANSMAN review
Over a directorial career which has lasted over 30 years, Spike Lee has adhered to his own way of doing things. Often it works out well, but on some occasions his projects leads to divisiveness among those that have seen the movies. Through his creativity, controversy often follows. Not being one to beat around the …
Time for a Reel DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT review
With movies such as Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Good Will Hunting (1997), Finding Forrester (2000), and Milk (2008) under his belt, there’s no denying the talent that director Gus Van Sant has shown over the decades. He also has an uncanny ability to get the most out of his actors. Many …
Time for a Reel WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? review
For more than three decades, Fred Rogers captured the minds and hearts of Americans from the age of 3 to 93. The most charming man in a Cardigan captivated his audiences in a simple childlike manner at first glance, but once you listened, I mean really listened, people began to realize that this was a …