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Daily Archives: April 16, 2021
Movie Preview: An All-star Cast brings a Depression era Football Tale to the screen — “12 Mighty Orphans”
It’s one of those pieces of early football history, like the legends of Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe and Knute Rockne and “The Gipper.” “12 Mighty Orphans” recalls a Depression Era football team of over-achievers from a Texas orphanage. Like … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Biting, bittersweet and Swiss — “My Wonderful Wanda”
The dark Swiss chocolate analogy fits the Swiss comedy “My Wonderful Wanda” to a T, a bitter, wincing farce with an aftertaste that leaves you with a smile. Death and new life, cultural prejudices and that Swiss obsession with money … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A haunted British house in need of “The Banishing”
Today on “Escape to Horror Country,” we visit a haunted parsonage in Essex, a manor house that in a prior life, was home to a burned-out Christian sect, and the period perfect setting for “The Banishing,” a pre-war British period … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Barry Jenkins take on “The Underground Railroad”
It’s coming to Amazon Prime in mid May. Perhaps Amazon will have stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson’s racist, treasonous TV show ny then.
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