“Tesla” is movie about the influential, but much-lesser known, counterpoint to Thomas Edison – Nikola Tesla. The facts surrounding Tesla’s life and his creative spirit should form the basis of a super-charged jolt of a movie. Alas, this effort proves that the juice can run out – even for a bio-pic of a person well ahead of his time.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska, born in Poland, migrated to France and became the renowned physicist and chemist who pioneered the research into radium and discovered radioactivity. Read more
Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) is someone I’ve never known much about. My knowledge of him extended to an awareness that he was a world-famous French mime who was beloved for his skills in using his body to express himself rather than his words.
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‘A Hidden Life’ is a film everyone in the world should see. There are a few reasons I say that, one of which I’ll highlight right now.
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Ever since the Fairness Doctrine became a thing of the past, individual stations have taken liberties with their freedom to lie.
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This stimulating story brings the stars of ‘The Theory of Everything,’ Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, back together… and their chemistry still works. Read more
