Based on the 1926 play CHICAGO, this is the satirical story of how a brash lawyer got a wannabe married dancer freed of the charge of murdering her lover, the lesson being how fickle the press & public are.
Roxie Hart (1942)
Chicago (2012)
Filled with music & sexy dances, Chicago is set in the jazz era when 2 women kill their lovers and a flamboyant lawyer uses the press & theatrics to convince jurors to acquit them, showing the public as fickle & the law as easily manipulated.
Richard Jewell (2019)
Security guard Richard Jewell is falsely accused of making the bomb that killed 2 & injured over 100 people at the 1966 Atlantic Olympics.
Queen & Slim (2019)
The story of an unlikely black couple who, in flight from a cop killing, journey through the South where both blacks & whites consider them folk heroes.
Dark Waters (2019)
The true story of lawyer Robert Bilott who sued DuPont Chemicals on behalf of WV farmer Wilbur Tennant, whose cattle had been poisoned by the company.’s runoff water.
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
What a wonderful film! Click on the title to read my entire review.
RBG (2018)
Rated PG. Running time: 1 hour 38 min. Our content ratings (0-5): Violence 1; Language 1; Sex/Nudity 1. Our star rating (1-5): 4.5 Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 16:20 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right …
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
A superb film! Click the image to read my entire review.
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Don’t miss this powerful drama about the Cold War and American values. Click on the image to read my entire review.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
An Israeli woman seeking her freedom from a stifling marriage runs up against an ancient patriarchal system when she sues for a divorce in a court of rabbis.