Film Review: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
PG-13 | 2h 43m | Action, Adventure, Thriller | July 12, 2023 Tom Cruise adapted the original 1960s–1970s “Mission Impossible” television series for cinema usage in 1996, and since then the franchise’s popularity ...
07-10-2023
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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Cop and the Anthem’
NR | 16 min 55 sec | Drama, Comedy | 1952 In a rare on-camera appearance as narrator, John Steinbeck introduces the film, "The Cop and the Anthem," one ...
07-19-2023
Film Review: ‘The Deepest Breath’
PG | 1h 48m | Documentary, Biography, Sports | 19 July 2023 (USA) Before watching the new documentary “The Deepest Breath,” I’d never heard of “freediving,” and I would consider myself reasonably well-informed when ...
07-18-2023
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Operation Pacific’
1951 | Not Rated | 1h 51m | Drama, Romance, War When it comes to war movies, submarine warfare films can be some of the most intense ones ...
07-17-2023
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story’
PG-13 | 2 hrs | Drama, Biopic | May 7, 1993 The year 2023 marks the 50th death anniversary of San Francisco-born martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. ...
07-14-2023
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 14–20
This week, we feature the latest “Mission: Impossible” thriller, with its breathtaking action, and a drama showcasing legendary star Errol Flynn. New Release ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning ...
07-14-2023
Film Review: ‘Warhorse One’
R | 2h | War | June 30, 2023 There’s a trend in war movies lately, like Guy Ritchie's "The Covenant" and "Kandahar," about one special operations soldier or sailor getting stranded ...
07-13-2023
TV Docuseries Review: ‘Quarterback’
TV-MA | 8 episodes | Documentary, Sports | 12 July 2023 (USA) The fifth Netflix-produced sports docuseries, “Quarterback,” is an eight-episode, 334-minute mixed-bag marathon that will certainly appeal to fans of the three ...
07-12-2023
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘The Conversation’
PG | 1h 53min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7 April 1974 (USA) Produced and released in between the first two installments of “The Godfather,” director Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” is arguably one ...
07-10-2023
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Lion’
2016 | PG-13 | 1h 58m | Biography, Drama “Lion,” which made its U.S. debut in 2017, is a deeply moving film about the trials and tribulations of ...
07-9-2023
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Strike up the Band’ From 1940
Nothing puts one in a patriotic mood like hearing a brass band play a rousing march. There’s nothing quite as American as that proud, militaristic sound with perfectly ...
07-8-2023
Documentary Review: ‘Angels of the Sky’
PG |1 hr 30m | Documentary | 2023 They have been called the “Greatest Generation,” but only a few of the young American men (and they were almost entirely ...
07-7-2023
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 7–13
This week, we feature an Akira Kurosawa epic set in feudal Japan and a rousing lesser-known World War II drama about the Canadian Air Force. New Release ‘The ...
07-7-2023
Film Review: ‘The Lesson’
R | 1h 43m | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7 July 2023 (USA) Observing the most basic rules of mystery thrillers (keep the plot simple and don’t cheat the audience), director Alice Troughton’s “The Lesson” ...
07-6-2023
Film Review: ‘Here. Is. Better.’
Not Rated | 1h 35m | Health, Documentary | June 23, 2023 Although the term “shell-shocked”—the now-archaic term for combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—is not that far in the ...
07-4-2023
1942’s ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’
NR | 2h 6m | Biography, Family, Drama | June 6, 1942 As I researched classic musicals, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” popped up. The rather odd thing was that ...
07-3-2023
Film Review: ‘Asteroid City’
PG-13 | 1h 45m | Comedy | June 23, 2023 I’ve never understood the attraction to bird-watching; the massive binoculars, the idiosyncratic hat—it leaves me as cold as a Wes Anderson ...
07-2-2023
Top 5 Civil War Movies
In what will likely be my last in a series of Top 5 war-movie lists, I’ve taken on the unenviable task of paring over two dozen truly excellent ...
07-1-2023
A Classic MGM Musical: ‘Two Weeks With Love’ (1950)
NR | 1 hr 32 min | musical, comedy, romance| 1950 School is now out across the country, so many American families are using this time to take ...
06-30-2023
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for June 30–July 6
This week, we feature a hilarious whodunit from the '80s and a deeply moving romance about two souls who seem destined to be together. New Release ‘Past Lives’ ...
06-30-2023
1956’s ‘The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit’
NR | 2 h 33 min | Drama | 1956 Tom Rath (Gregory Peck), wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones), and their three children get by on his barely adequate ...
06-29-2023
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Age of Innocence’
PG | 2h 19m | Drama, Romance | 1 October 1993 (USA) During a 1976 magazine interview, Jimmy Carter (without being asked) voluntarily stated that he “looked on a lot of women with lust” and ...
06-29-2023
Michael Curtiz Film Shows Men of Character in ‘Dodge City’
NR | 1 h 44 min | Drama, Western | 1939 Director Michael Curtiz’s film is set in 1866 Kansas, after the Civil War has ended. Armies have ...
06-28-2023
TV Series Review: A Taut Airline Drama ‘Hijack’
TV-MA | 7 episodes | thriller | June 28, 2023 Sam Nelson is flying Kingdom Airways, a fictional airline more like British Airways than Etihad or Emirates, but its first-class section should ...
06-28-2023
Film Review: ‘Nefarious’
R | 1h 37m | Thriller, Horror | April 14, 2023 The Epoch Times typically doesn't cover the horror film genre, but the buzz around “Nefarious,” which was released in April, ...
06-26-2023
Film Review: ‘No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care’
NR | 1h 30min | Documentary, Medical, Health | 21 June 2023 (canceled) (USA) Following in the wake of “2000 Mules,” “My Son Hunter,” and “Died Suddenly,” “No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming ...
06-26-2023
Film Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’
R | 1h 43m | Comedy | June 23, 2023 Why on God's green earth did Jennifer Lawrence choose the low, low bar R-rated sex farce “No Hard Feelings” to do ...
06-25-2023