Athlete A
Athlete A (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Netflix: A documentary following the Indianapolis Star reporters who broke the story about Larry Nassar, doctor for the US Gymnastics team and brutal sex offender.
Irresistible
Irresistible (Movie Reviews, Last Update Sep 2020)
Digital on Demand: A video of a retired Marine standing up for undocumented workers in Wisconsin has grabbed the attention of the Democrat and Republican parties. Now the small town mayoral election becomes a hotly contested barometer for both sides.
Dads
Dads (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Apple TV+: Director Bryce Dallas Howard interviews her father, Ron Howard, and other famous fathers to explore their approaches to parenting.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (Movie Reviews, Last Update Sep 2021)
Digital on Demand: Gareth Jones, an ambitious young journalist, has developed a name for himself following an interview with Adolph Hitler. But his ambition doesn't end there: he intends to travel to the Soviet Union and interview Joseph Stalin. But while there, he discovers one of the USSR's worst atrocities: the Holodomor. Attempting to publish his findings may be the hardest part...
7500
7500 (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Amazon Prime: On a flight from Berlin to Paris, pilot Tobias Ellis is expecting nothing more than the usual routine. But when a group of young men try to storm the cockpit, the flight becomes anything but routine.
Wasp Network
Wasp Network (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Netflix: In the 1990s, a group of Cuban spies are tasked with infiltrating exile groups in the United States. Rene Gonzalez is in exile in Miami, with a wife and daughter left behind in Cuba.
The King of Staten Island
The King of Staten Island (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Scott has struggled to get his life together following the death of his father and his battles with mental illness, drug use, and interpersonal problems with his family. But now that his sister has moved out and his mother starts dating again, Scott finds that he's being left behind...
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jun 2020)
This documentary examines voter suppression in Georgia during the 2018 elections.
No Small Matter
No Small Matter (Movie Reviews, Last Update Oct 2021)
Digital on Demand: This documentary examines early childhood education in the USA through interviews with parents and experts in child development.
Think Like a Dog
Think Like a Dog (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2020)
Digital on Demand: A 12 year old inventor designs a device that allows him to hear what his dog is thinking. The pair then take on government agents and an evil tech billionaire.
Parkland Rising
Parkland Rising (Movie Reviews, Last Update Oct 2021)
This documentary examines the political activism of survivors of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Social Distancing Movies: Week 12 (News and Views, Last Update Jun 2020)
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jun 2020)
Three young civil rights workers have disappeared in Jessup County, Mississippi. The two FBI agents assigned to the case soon find that they might be at risk of a similar "disappearance" as they face stiff resistance from the local police, residents, and even the KKK.
Abe
Abe (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jan 2022)
Digital on Demand: Abe, a 12 year old from Brooklyn, tries to reconcile both sides of his family - one half Palestinian; the other Israeli - through food.
Social DIstancing Movies: Week 11 (News and Views, Last Update Jun 2020)