Movie Review

‘Attica’ Film Review (1980)
What is justice? The perennial query into the self-examination of human goodness arrives at such a cinematic climax with the splendorous depiction of inmates which stage a civil protest while interned with the historical portrayal in the film Attica. It is in this emphasis of their ability to affirm their basic human rights, of being
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Film Review
What people will do for money. What people will do for power.   It is the unfortunate inadvertence of the protagonist, Mr. Easy Rawlins, portrayed by Mr. Denzel Washington to find work in a vulnerable position of needing to keep up with the mortgage on his home in a distinctly African-American Los Angeles neighborhood –
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‘Made in Britain’ Film Review
What is a society supposed to do with the unruly? Those who, before reaching the age of peak maturity, are already down a dark road of constant rebellion? To the point where the society is healthier if they were quarantined. Indeed, is this not the precept of penitentiary?   And yet, how unfortunate for a
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‘Broke’ (2016) Film Review
What does it mean to be a has-been? Does it necessarily imply one is no longer needed in humanity, especially once the body’s wear and tear become that noticeable in making one obsolete in one’s trade? Where is the humanity in giving someone the dignity of being human after they are no longer useful towards
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Marie Antoinette Movie Review
Luxury or decadence? Is there a difference? When the choices for more become overbearing, how is an aristocratic woman supposed to respond?   When it is possible to be self-contained in an isolated world, beyond the wood shoed touches on cobblestone which have constant needs for feeding, there is danger lurking.   So then it
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‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ Film Review
In what is an otherwise wonderful historical period piece, the hot contest for right action or rightful conduct among men ignites with a sea voyage of moral turmoil in Mutiny on the Bounty. It is in the requirement of obeying commands, to maintain order, to persist with lawful conduct which has graced the Oceans with
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