Tag: Racism

HELL OR HIGH WATER: Desperation and Death in the Dirty South

On By C.H. NewellIn Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Film, Jeff Bridges, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzw4wkHtEt4 Hell or High Water. 2016. Directed by David Mackenzie. Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, William Sterchi, Gil Birmingham, Buck Taylor, Kristin Berg, & Katy Mixon. Film 44/OddLot Entertainment/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Rated 14A. 102 minutes. Crime/Drama/Western ★★★★★ Disclaimer: This review may contain several spoilers concerning the film's …

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Quarry – Season 1, Episode 2: “Figure Four”

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Damon Herriman, Drama, Greg Yaitanes, Jodi Balfour, Logan Marshall-Green, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Peter Mullan, Quarry, Season 1, Thriller, Vietnam WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfdmHqWRMV4 Cinemax's Quarry Season 1, Episode 2: "Figure Four" Directed by Greg Yaitanes Written by Michael D. Fuller & Graham Gordy * For a review of the premiere, "You Don't Miss Your Water" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "A Mouthful of Splinters" - click here Mac 'Quarry' Conway (Logan …

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IMPERIUM: Look Into an Abyss of White Terror

On By C.H. NewellIn Chris Sullivan, Crime, Daniel Radcliffe, Drama, Film, Michael German, neo-Nazi, Nestor Carbonell, Sam Trammell, Thriller, Toni Collette, Tracy LettsLeave a comment

Before 9/11, terrorists were also white. Since then many forget the dangers of white nationalists, which is maybe why we are where we are at the end of 2016.

TAXI DRIVER Rides Through the Moral Soup of Murder

On By C.H. NewellIn Albert Brooks, Crime, Cybill Shepherd, Drama, Film, Martin Scorsese, Peter Boyle, Rated R, Robert De NiroLeave a comment

This Martin Scorsese classic is the barometer for movies dealing with PTSD - not an overt military movie, but one that examines the effects of war and isolation and the lack of help for those who come home.

Borat: Exposing the Truth in American Culture

On By C.H. NewellIn Comedy, Film, Ken Davitian, Larry Charles, Luenell, Pamela Anderson, Patton Oswalt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Seth RogenLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfeANSBff8 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. 2006. Directed by Larry Charles. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; uncredited writing by Seth Rogen & Patton Oswalt. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, & Pamela Anderson. Four by Two/Everyman Pictures/Dune Entertainment. Rated 14A. …

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Spike Lee’s Malcolm X: Has Anything Really Changed?

On By C.H. NewellIn 1992, Angela Bassett, Arnold Perl, Biography, Civil Rights, Delroy Lindo, Denzel Washington, Drama, Film, History, Malcolm X, Racism, Spike LeeLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4sEvhYeVE Malcolm X. 1992. Directed by Spike Lee. Screenplay by Lee & Arnold Perl. Starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette MCKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, & Larry McCoy. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Largo International …

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American History X and the Consequences of White Hot Hatred

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Drama, Edward Furlong, Film, neo-Nazism, Stacy Keach, Tony Kaye1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsPW6Fj3BUI American History X. 1998. Directed by Tony Kaye. Screenplay by David McKenna. Starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, William Russ, Guy Torry, Joe Cortese, Jason Bose Smith, Antonio David Lyons, & Alex Sol. New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/The Turman-Morrissey Company. Rated 18A. …

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Menace II Society and Visions of a 1990s Clinton Nightmare

On By C.H. NewellIn Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Crime, Drama, Film, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hughes Brothers, Thriller, Tyrin Turner2 Comments

A searing vision of life on the streets from the Hughes Brothers.