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BRIAN BANKS

August 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment

BRIAN BANKS

BRIAN BANKS is an earnest film that hits all the necessary and expected plot points as it makes its cogent indictment of the criminal justice system. It never becomes a screed, though the based-on-a-true story of 16-year-old who ended up serving time for a rape he didn’t commit certainly has all the elements to support… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, California Innocence Project, Enlightenment, football, justice system, parole office, plea bargain, rape

A THOUSAND WORDS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

A THOUSAND WORDS

There is something almost poignant in the way Eddie Murphy so palpably desires to make a meaningful film about enlightenment. The almost comes from the difference between that aspiration and the painfully ill-conceived follow-through in A THOUSAND WORD. This is not Murphy’’s first attempt to explore the spiritual side of the human experience. There was… Read More »

Tagged With: bodhi tree, book editor, Enlightenment, guru, spirituality

Nicolaj Arcel Reveals A ROYAL AFFAIR

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Nicolaj Arcel Reveals A ROYAL AFFAIR

Nikolaj Arcel’s big break, internationally that is, came when he was tapped to co-writer the screenplay for the Swedish version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. When I spoke with him by phone on October 22, 2012, it was inevitable that we would get to that film after discussing A ROYAL AFFAIR. And when we… Read More »

Tagged With: 18th-century history, A ROYAL AFFAIR, adultery, based on a true story, Bodil Steensen-Leth, book to screen, Danish royal family, Denmark, En kongelig affære, Enlightenment, Nikolaj Arcel, Prinsesse af blodet, scandal, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

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