All posts tagged "historical drama"
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ZONE OF INTEREST – Review
The “zone of interest” is the euphemism the Nazis used to describe the area around Auschwitz, which included...
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FREUD’S LAST SESSION – Review
Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) debate their opposing views on religion verses reason on...
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RUSTIN – Review
Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech at the landmark 1963 March on...
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MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR – Review
Once again the years encompassing the Second World War prove to be a fertile ground for filmmakers, and...
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12 MIGHTY ORPHANS – Review
This true-story film is a feel-good lesson in brains over brawn and the value of persistence, a Depression-era...
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI – Review
At the dawning of 2021, one of the first big new releases harkens back to a movie trope...
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ROBERT THE BRUCE – Review
ROBERT THE BRUCE is a historical drama that follows up on BRAVEHEART, Mel Gibson’s epic about William Wallace,...
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THE CURRENT WAR – Review
Two technology titans battle for supremacy in THE CURRENT WAR, a showdown between Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and...
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THE CHAPERONE – Review
The prospect of a film about the iconic silent film star Louise Brooks was so tantalizing. The star...
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COLETTE – Review
Keira Knightley stars as French novelist Colette in director Wash Westmoreland’s gorgeous and gripping period biopic COLETTE. What...
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THE POST – Review
In THE POST, director Steven Spielberg delivers a remarkable and timely film about freedom of the press, a...
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SLIFF 2017 Review – 1945
1945 will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, MO 63131) as part of...
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JACKIE – Review
JACKIE focuses on First Lady Jackie Kennedy in the days following the assassination of John F. Kennedy....
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COME WHAT MAY – Review
In an unusual take on the World War II movie, French director Christian Carion focuses on a group...
