Tag: History
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A Tale of Three Cities – Review
When you next watch a Jackie Chan film, just remember that his parents – Charles and Lee-Lee Chan – went through hell so the groundbreaking movie star could exist in the first place. A Tale of Three Cities, directed by Mabel Cheung, is a romantic epic set in China’s not-too-distant past; a turbulent time beset… Read More >
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Bridge of Spies – Review
We’ve seen movies about the Cold War before. What’s so absorbing about Bridge of Spies, though, is how screenwriters Matt Charman and the Coen brothers observe matters from a middle-of-the-road perspective. Read More >
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Race – Trailer Tease
Track and field star Jesse Owens overcomes adversity to win four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Read More >
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Bridge of Spies – Trailer 2
An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Read More >
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Spotlight – Trailer
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Read More >
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The 33 – Trailer
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. Read More >
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Bridge of Spies – Trailer
An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Read More >
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Suffragette – Trailer
The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. Read More >
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Phoenix – Review
The thing you’ve been searching for your whole life has been staring you straight in the face. Or at least, there’s a similar lesson to be taken from Phoenix, the astonishing new film from Christian Petzold that frequently makes jaw-dropping observations on human nature. The Second World War has come to an end, but not… Read More >
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Phoenix – Trailer
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Nina Hoss), unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis. Read More >
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