“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” as a documentary is, in short, a bit too much of a good thing. Toward the film’s end, Cohen suggests with a smile that maybe it’s time people stop singing the song for a while. Then the journey starts…
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In 2011, Gabby Giffords, a promising young Congresswoman from Tucson, Arizona, was shot as she was campaigning at a grocery so her constituents could better get to know her. She was shot in the head, and six others were tragically killed. Among those murdered were a judge and a politically minded nine-year-old girl named Christina-Taylor Green, who was already passionate about democracy.
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Not something usually done, “Don’t Make Me Go” tells us, using voiceover, what we’re going to think about the film. For some reason, Wally, played by young Mia Isaac, says to the audience, “You’re not going to like how this story ends.”
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In 1992, director Anthony Pullen Shaw adapted Paul Gallico’s novel “Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris” into a film starring Angela Lansbury and Omar Sharif. The book was the first in a series about a maid who works for well-to-do clients who treat her as though she owes them something.
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“Where the Crawdads Sing” is based off a very popular novel read in many local book clubs. In fact, one of the early promoters of the book was Reese Witherspoon, who is now one of this movie’s producers. The story seems perfect for a friendly book-club environment, with the strong yet troubled young female character.
Directed by: John Ridley and Carlton Cuse
Adapted by: John Ridley and Carlton Cuse
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Cherry Jones
Genre: TV Series, Drama
Directed by: Maria Schrader
Written by: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Andre Braugher and Patricia Clarkson
Genre: Drama
Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Executive Producers: Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle
Writer/Director: Adamma Ebo
Starring: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown
Run Time: 1h 42m
Genre: Comedy
Producers: Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Daniel Kaluuya, Rowan Riley, Amandla Crichlow, Kara Durrett, Jessamine Burgum,
Matthew Cooper, Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown
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Bowen Hammitt has congenital heart disease (CHD). He was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome or only half a heart. “Bowen’s Heart” is the documentary chronicling what the entire Hammitt family went through and is still going through while Bowen fights this chronic illness. Read more
