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Oct 14, 2022 · Powered by JustWatch. “Till” tells the story of the murder of Emmett Till and the activism of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. It is the second retelling of this story in 2022, after the January ABC miniseries “ Women of the Movement .”. One may think that two filmed versions of the same story in such a short amount of time may be overkill.
Nov 1, 2019 · He rides a roller coaster, just for the hell of it, agog at the blinking lights, at the sheer heady freedom of it. There are a couple of other incidents along the way, things that happen to Russell, but "Adopt a Highway" never coalesces into a whole. It jump-starts itself from "bit" to "bit", more like an old television episodic.
Apr 11, 2014 · Powered by JustWatch. Austere and old-fashioned almost to a fault, "The Railway Man" offers tastefully safe treatment of a horrific subject: the torture of a British Army officer at a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. Director Jonathan Teplitzky ’s film remains respectable and restrained until the very end—but the ...
Mar 25, 2021 · Nobody. Bob Odenkirk takes an unexpected turn in Ilya Naishuller ’s “Nobody,” a clever action flick that repositions the star of “Better Call Saul” as someone closer to Liam Neeson ’s action heroes. While imagining one of the brilliant minds behind “Mr. Show” as an action hero may seem like a stretch, it turns out to be a stroke ...
Dec 25, 2019 · Taking place over the course of a couple of days, "Uncut Gems," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, hurtles along a narrow track over a yawning abyss, following Howard as he attempts to pay down his huge gambling debts by, of course, placing increasingly risky bets. There's the hope that once he pays it all off, he'll wipe the slate clean, and ...
Apr 12, 2019 · Powered by JustWatch. Robert Budreau ’s “Stockholm” opens with the words “Based on an absurd but true story,” and then what follows isn’t really that absurd and maybe not that true. Budreau takes a very unusual approach to the hostage thriller by making a movie that’s not really that thrilling. This is no “ Dog Day Afternoon ...
Mar 15, 2019 · A man of few words in a rural Nevada prison, convict Roman Coleman is unable to keep his temper in check in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre ’s sober and humanistic character study “The Mustang.”. It is that severe lack of anger management that got Roman incarcerated over a decade ago, with half of his sentence for a tragic case of domestic ...
