[yasr_overall_rating] Creating a biopic is always tricky: there are too many of them being released and there’s the inevitable criticism that comes about the accuracy of events, especially if the person depicted has many fans […]
Journalists that go to war zones have always amazed me. It takes a lot of courage to voluntarily put yourself in harm’s way to accurately tell a story to strangers, especially considering the trauma a […]
2017 has been a year of many movies discussing the origin or “behind the story” of many books/characters. For example, Rebel in the Rye (about J.D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye), Goodbye Christopher […]
Women getting paid less than man for the same job is still a very current problem and far from being over. This demand, however, started many decades ago and the discrepancies were even bigger than […]
People being discriminated, segregated and humiliated because they’re considered different and inferior from the others. This could be happening anywhere in the world at any given time in history, unfortunately. But in Race, it focuses […]
As a Brazilian who’s not that into sports, I must confess that I’m never up-to-date on the news about scores, tournaments, etc. However, I do remember when the news are about injuries or, sometimes, unfortunately, […]
If you enjoy stories about underdogs chasing after their dreams, no matter what, then you’ll love this movie! I must say that watching Eddie the Eagle at an advance screening was a very pleasant surprised. […]
In a year when transsexuals were in the spotlight both in real life (Caitlyn Jenner) and in TV shows (Transparent), it’s no surprise to see that topic in movies too. And the story chosen to […]
If you’ve already seen Philadelphia (1993, with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington), you’ll watch Freeheld and have a feeling of déjà vu. Written by the same screenwriter, Ron Nyswaner, Freeheld has all the elements of […]
I’ve read and liked the book on which the movie is based, I like Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter, who also wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, and I like director Danny Boyle (from Slumdog […]