The Good Lie (2014)
This inspiring story of 3 Christian Sudanese refugees learning how to start over in the US focuses rightly upon the Africans rather than the white helpers.
Good One (2024)
Like so many small independent films, writer-director India Donaldson’s feature-length tale debuted at Sundance this year. It is a simple story of a young girl, on the cusp of adulthood, coming of age during a hike in an upstate New York park. Do not let its slow pace or subtlety lead your attention to wander. Sam …
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Director/co-writer Fede Alvarez’s addition to the Alien space horror series starts out like a science fiction dystopia story, with orphaned Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny) and her android “brother” Andy (David Jonsson) working on a hellish mining colony on a planet where it is always dark, owned by the powerful corporation Weyland-Yutani. When Rain fulfills her …
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
A fairy tale in which two peasant girls are placed in “wrong” schools at School for Good & Evil & face many obstacles as they figure out what to do to escape.
The Good House (2021)
A money-strapped alcoholic woman in a New England town rekindles a romance with an old flame & amidst tragedy faces up to her problem.
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening–A Good Read
I became interested in reading this book while reviewing the documentary film The Book Keepers. The book is a memoir of an unusual friendship between a white Southern woman, Carol Wall, and Giles Owita, a Kenyan holding several jobs, including gardener. Ms. Wall, a writer for 20 years for Southern Living magazine had struggled …
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A Warning & 5 Good Streaming Movies
Last night I did something I’ve almost never done–walked away from a Tubi film CUP OF CHEER after just 6 minutes and 40 seconds. I have been tempted to do this a few times, but usually stay with the movie in the hope that the film will improve. However, when an ad came on about …
The Good Lord Bird (2020)
The story of John Brown & th road that led to his anti-slavery revolt at Harpers Ferry is irreverently told through the eyes of fictitious boy slave posing as a girl.
The Good Lord Bird (2020)
The last 3 bloody years in the life of Abolitionist John Brown are told through the eyes of a young freed slave boy mistaken as a girl.
Dangerous Lies (2020)
A financially-strapped couple come by a windfall when the caretaker wife’s elderly boss dies & unexpectedly leaves his estate to her–but this leads to drastic unintended consequences.