When a fundamentalist preacher is elected as the 45th president of the United States, the country is torn apart by a new set of laws called the Family Values Acts of 2012. Abortion, homosexuality, pornography, paganism, and free speech are some of the practices which are made illegal in this new America. As the war between the Red and Blue states looms, this black comedy follows the lives of seven characters who are affected by the chaos of the new laws. These characters include Matthew the comedian, Douglass the homeless screenwriter, Jane the exotic dancer, Ruby the feminist artist, Lola the coffee party organizer, Rachael the Wiccan, and Jack the drunk mentor.
Escape The Field is a serviceable horror thriller. The characters are easier to remember as horror character tropes. As I wrote this review, I only remembered the characters by their tropes: #FinalGirl, #Everyman, #Badass, #MeanB*/SexyGirl, #Realist/BlackLesbian, and #TheNerd.
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.
Two Korean sisters must save their family after a ghost tears the family apart.
Growing up without a dad, I got a lot of my fatherly advice from the prototypes I saw on the silver screen. It’s these characters and films that gave me a glimpse into a dynamic I had never known but also made me realize that I was missing out. Here are my top 10 paternal films.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
This Comedy-Drama set in Nazi Germany, shows a young boy, Jojo who wants to be Hitler's personal guard and even conjures up Hitler to be his imaginary friend. His nationalism and prejudices of Jews change when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his attic.
