Billie Holliday was a popular black jazz singer in the 30s-50s in trouble with the feds over narcotics usage and singing the song “Strange Fruit” they didn’t want sang. The song dealt with a lynching. Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) – Hulu
Disney isn’t done with their premium streaming experiment (see: The Disney+ Mulan Premium Digital Launch Fiasco). Raya and the Last Dragon will also cost $29.99 like Mulan, eventually to appear later with no premium charge to Disney+ subscribers. Raya and the Last Dragon, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest theatrical feature, will cost the same $29.99 Premier … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Raya and The Last Dragon
Another day and date release in both theaters and on HBO Max is coming featuring animated characters from the past. I rarely watched Tom and Jerry, so don’t know that much about the history of the cartoon. One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Tom and Jerry (2021)
Kara adamantly stated she doesn’t want to see this movie. We caught preview for it when seeing The Marksman. I’ll admit it looks a little slow and not in our normal area of interest, but these are the kinds of films I sort of enjoy taking a chance on. I’ve been surprised by films that … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Land (2021)
An intriguing and awkward to spell title — based on the North African country Mauritania — this movie has an all-too-common 2+ hour run time, so nervously wondering if this will be yet another way too long movie. Then again, it starts Jodie Foster. I haven’t seen anything with her in it recently, so looking … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: The Mauritanian (2021)
Here comes #3 of 17 in the Warner Bros. strategy to release movies in both theaters and on HBO Max for the first month. Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal, William O’Neal, to betray him and the Black Panther Party. In 1968, … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Judas And The Black Messiah Movie (2021)
Owen Wilson films have been hit or miss with me. Some I’ve liked, some not, most are just OK. The idea for Bliss sounds encouraging. Present day fantasy involving Twilight Zone like happenings are stories that are right up my alley. Centers on a recently divorced man (Wilson) who meets a woman (Hayek) who lives … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Bliss (2021) – Amazon Prime Video
Do you like movies based on true stories and real places? How about movies about excavating? I was sooo there when Geraldo dug into Al Capone’s vault looking for treasure. This one sounds like the digging reveals something real. An excavator and his team discover a wooden ship from the Dark Ages while digging up … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: The Dig (2021) – Netflix
#2 of 17 movies WarnerMedia plans to release simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon (Washington) is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: The Little Things
Nothing like the forest and animal kingdom to be both adversary and friend in a catch, escape and pursuit horror tale. This Shudder original has a fitting title. Eve meets what she thinks is a charming guy in a bar. Yet things go terribly wrong once she realizes she has come across a psychopath and … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Hunted (2020) – Shudder
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