In a series of letters to her young son, a mother, soldier and filmmaker documents her thoughts from the Ukrainian frontline.
The power to function. As people, we are richly blessed to have the wide ranging scope of what we can accomplish…physically and mentally…that aid in everything we desire to strive for and, ideally, accomplish. However, what if someone was experiencing daily life with these elements….only in a more muted manner?
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.
An apocalyptic tale captivates the nation as it teaches us to love even in the hardest situations.
This film is based off of The Diary of a Young Girl, which was written during the Holocaust period.
The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.
This HBO mini-series asks why a young white man turned to violence and finds no easy answers. But why do we only ask questions about certain kinds of killers?
