You know what to do. So this is about blues legend Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). She has her band coming into a studio to make a record. The Chicago summer heat isn’t the only reason why people are getting hot, … Continue reading Hot Rhythm – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
Western road trip. Meet Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks). He no longer serves, but he makes a living in 1870 traveling between Texan towns and reading the newspapers at gatherings for people willing to pay to listen. He crosses paths with … Continue reading Old School Newscaster – News of the World (2020)
Fresh perspective. So everybody knows Sherlock (Henry Cavill), but how well do you know his family? He has a sister named Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) who has just as much moxie as he. When their mother (Helena Bonham Carter) disappears … Continue reading The Case of the Missing Mother – Enola Holmes (2020)
Off the wagon. So this is about four friends who all are high school teachers in Denmark. Over a 40th birthday dinner, one of them mentions a theory that all humans are born with a .05% alcohol deficiency in their … Continue reading Stay Drunk – Another Round (2020)
No one said it would be easy. So this is about a Korean family. They decide to immigrate to Arkansas of all places. The father (Steven Yeun) has aspirations of becoming a farmer, but the mother (Yeri Han) is a … Continue reading Farming in America – Minari (2020)
Let’s have a discourse. So this is a fictionalized account of four black legends gathering in… well, in one night in Miami. You’ve got activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), boxer Cassius Clay before he took the name Mohammad Ali (Eli … Continue reading Conversations in a Hotel Room – One Night in Miami (2020)
Where do you go from here? So this is about a young couple (Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf). They go through a home birth that ends in tragedy. How do you even begin to cope with a loss like that? Now … Continue reading In the Wake – Pieces of a Woman (2020)
A quick transatlantic flight at the apocalypse. So the world is about to face an extinction-level event. A comet is on a collision course with Earth, and only a select group of people have been chosen to go to a … Continue reading A Comet Named Clarke – Greenland (2020)
Don’t lose your voice. So this is about a teacher/playwright (Radha Blank). She was a hot commodity about a decade ago; she won a 30 Under 30 award, but now she is approaching her 40th birthday with not much to … Continue reading The Rapping Playwright – The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
On the ocean with friends. So this is about a celebrated author (Meryl Streep). She doesn’t want to fly across the sea to pick up a prestigious award in the United Kingdom, so she hops on a luxury cruise line … Continue reading Atlantic Cruise for an Author – Let Them All Talk (2020)
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