Charles Dickens romances a young, would-be actress who becomes his last great love in The Invisible Woman. In the second half of the 19th Century, Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) was the toast of England (and the world) as its most successful living author. For all the good his fame brought, what it couldn’t elevate was […]

Slavery has been addressed by so many movies and television shows over the years. Many of those stories have their origin in books, as in Roots, while others are entirely fictional and original, as in the recent Django Unchained. It’s rare for a seemingly new story to be unearthed and adapted into a movie. Such […]

A free black man from New York is kidnapped and sold into slavery in 12 Years a Slave. Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an avid violinist, is living with his wife and young children in 1841 when he’s offered a compelling musical opportunity in Washington, DC. Eager for any chance to better their position in life, […]

One of the worst three-day periods in the history of our country is recounted when a local hospital gets the unbelievable call to treat a mortally wounded president in Parkland. A part of our country died along with a fallen president in November of 1963. It left an indelible mark on our history and anyone […]

Morgan Neville takes the warts-and-all approach to this subject.

An absolutely chilling film that leaves you feeling entirely powerless to do anything about it.

Unfortunately, history almost always loses out to creativity when money’s on the line. That appears to be the case here.

It prompts a larger discussion on immigration and then doesn’t contribute any solutions.

As a foundation for a more informed discussion, this is a wonderful film

…at times, mesmerizing, touching, funny, informative and even astonishingly moving.

…goes far beyond the bias that’s typical of a documentarian to almost acting as a mouthpiece for the subject.

The story is told from both sides but with a heavy bias on the positives.