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Spotlight – A Movie Review

December 10, 2015 B. John 299 Views 0 Comments Biography, catholic church, Drama, History, Josh Singer, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Newspaper, Rachel McAdams, Tom McCarthy

Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James and Stanley Tucci, SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT is a tense investigative dramatic-thriller, tracing the steps to one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times.

Culture Movies

Birdman – A Movie Review

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 B. John 226 Views 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, Comedy, Drama, Emma Stone, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Kenny Chin, Michael Keaton

We watched this nearly a month ago, and I’m just getting to writing the review. A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. It was an interesting movie, but frankly got a bit tiring. The setting, a theater, must have been the largest theater backstage ever.

Culture Movies

Birdman – A Movie Review

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014 B. John 248 Views 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, Comedy, Drama, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Kenny Chin, Michael Keaton

Riggan Thomas, once known quite well to movie theater goers as an iconic super hero called “The Birdman” had recently turned down a third installment of the franchise. Now washed up, he attempts to reinvent himself as a director by staging a new retelling of a classic Broadway dramatic play called “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”. We saw this last weekend, and it was an interesting movie..