All posts tagged "Historical"
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“Babylon Berlin” Seasons 2 & 3 TV Series Review
As promised in last month’s review of the German historical thriller “Babylon Berlin: Season One” (https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2024/04/babylon-berlin-season-one-review/), May bestows...
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ONE LIFE – Review
The moving ONE LIFE throws a spotlight on a British man, Nicholas Winton, who has been called the...
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EYE FOR AN EYE: BLIND SWORDSMAN – Review
Chinese martial arts films have a long tradition of including quite an array of masterful fighters with significant...
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NAPOLEON (2023) – Review
The end-of-the-year awards contenders naturally include several biographical films, usually, they’re intimate tales of triumph and tragedy, such...
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Review
In the 1920s, the people of the Osage Nation became the richest people on earth after oil was...
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YOUNG IP MAN: CRISIS TIME – Review
I’ve enjoyed many of the films based on Ip Man, the eponymous actual Chinese martial arts hero of...
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GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU – Review
For fans of Chinese martial arts movies, THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU offers a variation on a very...
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AMSTERDAM – Review
Director/writer David O. Russell’s AMSTERDAM features a dazzling cast in a period mystery/adventure tale in which three friends,...
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ALIENOID – Review
ALIENOID is a fairly light-hearted Korean fantasy about an alien race using Earth to house its evil-doers. The...
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MY NAME IS SARA – Review
How many 13-year-olds have the self-discipline to pretend to be someone else for two years, without once revealing...
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DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA – Review
The saga of the aristocratic Crawley family continues with DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA, the second movie inspired...
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MOTHERING SUNDAY – Review
What looks at first like period drama, a steamy “Downton Abbey,” set in England in the wake of...
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BELFAST – Review
Kenneth Branagh gives us one of his best films, and his most personal, with BELFAST, a partly autobiographical...
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RESISTANCE – Review
Who knew legendary mime Marcel Marceau was a member of the French Resistance as a very young man?...
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DOWNTON ABBEY – Review
Fans of the highly-praised British historical TV series will welcome the return of DOWNTON ABBEY but this return...
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THE NIGHTINGALE – Review
The writer/director of THE BABADOOK, Jennifer Kent, follows up the chilling horror film with a gripping drama set...
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COLD WAR – Review
The Oscar-nominated COLD WAR is a brilliant, beautiful film about a passionate romance between two mismatched people, set...
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LIZZIE – Review
Lizzie Borden and the gruesome murders of her parents remain in the public imagination, due in part to...
