So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Directed and produced by Mark Sandrich, So Proudly We Hail (1943) is a fictional depiction of the Angels of Bataan, a group of nurses during...
Weinstein Investigative Procedural ‘SHE SAID’ Puts the Whole System on Trial
Nasty Women Unite An effective tribute to the institution of the free press, Maria Schrader’s She Said traces the roots of the #MeToo movement back to a high-stakes investigation into Miramax’s super-producer, the now-incarcerated Harvey Weinstein. Told through the lens of an old-school investigative procedural, Schrader’s film is an examination of individual injustices against specific…
THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A Spooky And Ooky Success
They are spooky and they are kooky – they are all together ooky, but there is something more to the Addams Family than meets the...
BP Movie Journal 11/17/22
In BP Movie Journal 11/17/22, David discusses the movies he’s been watching, including The Thing, Old Man, Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, Armageddon Time, Please Baby Please, Holy Spider, Dream Life, The Inspection, Something in the Dirt, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, La…
‘THE MENU’ Deliciously Satirizes the Cult of Kitchen
Margot Mills (Anya Taylor-Joy) is not supposed to be dining out at Hawthorne. After all, a table at Hawthorne is amongst the most difficult reservations to land on the planet, held solely for the affluent, celebrities, and those with their own gravitational sphere of influence. From the moment she arrives at the esteemed remote island…
MICKEY: THE STORY OF A MOUSE – A Review of the new Disney+ Documentary
Introduction Mickey: The Story of A Mouse is a documentary that covers the entire existence of the Mickey Mouse character from its inception through today. Produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville’s (20 Feet From Stardom) Tremelo Productions and directed by Jeff Malmberg (who edited Tremelo’s acclaimed Mister Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?), […]