Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising. Director: Nate Parker Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller Rated R for disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity The release of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” is aptly timed, tapping into the racial tensions that have […]
A dramatization of the April 2010 disaster when the offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich Rated PG-13 for prolonged intense disaster sequences and related disturbing images In what appears to be director Peter Berg’s new conquest […]
The Kid (1921) The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. “The Kid” feels real. There’s no other film quite like it. Watching the interactions between actor and director Charlie Chaplin’s character the Tramp and Jackie Coogan as the Child is like watching something genuinely sad, funny and frightening […]
Seven gunmen in the Old West gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Rated PG-13 for extended and intense sequences of Western violence and for historical smoking, some language and suggestive material “The Magnificent Seven” is a remake of the 1960 […]
The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press. Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity “Snowden” is quite possibly the most conventional Oliver […]