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Category: Based on a book or true story
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Sundance Festival Movie Review – Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presented his anticipated directorial debut on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival. ย The movie documents the Harlem Cultural Festival that took place over six weekends in the summer of 1969. ย This was the same summer as Woodstock. The Harlem Cultural Festival featured performances that were just as amazing and significant. ย The…
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Children’s Book Review – Bunnicula
I’ve been doing a little light yoga reading routine each morning. I put my legs in the air for 10 minutes, before I even get out of bed, to take me from sleepy to wakey in a gentler fashion. Hey, it’s Doctor Approved! I decided to take this daily time to read through some kiddie…
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Movie Rewatch Review – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
My favorite of all the Harry Potter films — and books for that matter — this is just an A+ good time. If you like a quest-type adventure story, Goblet of Fire is a fine addition to the ranks of high fantasy. Unfortunately, I can’t speak for how well this tale holds together if you…
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Movie Review – Chaos Walking
Let me start off by saying I had not heard of this movie at all until RunPee Dan asked me to see it. I also didn’t know it was based on a book. That said, I don’t know how the movie stacked up to the book. I’m wondering if the book was more detailed with…
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Indie Movie Review – Werewolf (Wilkoลak)
Iโm ashamed to say that I know very little about Poland. I know nothing about the arts, the culture, the history, or the people. I once knew a woman of Polish descent, but that would be a bit like me saying Iโm of German descentโฆ theoretically true, but practically pointless. All I know for sure…
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Movie Review – Judas and the Black Messiah
Woohoo! It’s been a while Peeps, and I was happy to mask up and visit my local theatre to see one of my favorite genres: biopics. While the Black Panther Party was an official national political party, this biopic sheds light on one of many stories about the Party within its Chicago headquarters. I am…
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Indie Documentary Review – Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Sacred Cowย orย Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat, to give it its Sunday name, is a documentary about meat. Eating it, preparing it, cooking it, raising itย — from semen collection to serving upโฆ almost. Perhaps not so much of the semen end of the process; that was a different time…
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All the Bands and Albums featured in Vinyl Generation
The new documentary Vinyl Generation features a ton of bands and record albums, including many Czechoslovakian rock bands.ย Didn’t get a glimpse of that one album when it flashed on the screen?ย Trying to figure out what that song was you liked?ย I’ve got you covered. Below is a list of every band, song, and…
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Indie Review – Vinyl Generation
In 1980s Czechoslovakia, rock ‘n roll was basically outlawed.ย The documentary Vinyl Generation starts with two survivors from that time comparing record albums and telling stories about how they used to have to go to the woods to trade records.ย Even then, they might get busted by police informers in disguise.ย People would get…
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New Years Movie Rewatch Review – Bridget Jonesโs Diary
Back in the mid to late nineties there was a publishing phenomenonโฆ Helen Fielding had written a faux diary about a thirty-something singleton called Bridget Jones. Bridget Jonesโs Diaryย wentย on to become what The Guardian named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century. Inevitably, it was snapped up to become the…