An everyday New Yorker is dumbstruck by the awe and wonder of the tourists populating his relatively bleak surroundings during a lunch break.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
How closely does an actor need to resemble a character or historical figure in order to portray them on the Silver Screen? Seems to depend on color.
For anyone who is not a cis white woman, a justice-fueled murderous rampage is not framed as liberation. Instead, they contribute to harsh stereotypes that vilify minority women with dangerous consequences.
This 2023 film serves as the final chapter of the Indiana Jones franchise.
