A triumphant tale of a real-life perseverant hero, Jose Hernandez, who overcame many forms of failure to succeed and become the first migrant farmworker to go into space. The film stars Michael Pena (who also plays my favorite MCU character Luis!) as Hernandez, taking us through his discovery of the stars above and how he floated amongst them. A Million Miles
Read MoreOppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite filmmakers. He has consistently pushed the boundaries of large-format filmmaking since shooting several sequences with IMAX cameras with The Dark Knight and is always at the forefront of crafting one-of-a-kind, towering cinematic experiences. Even his weakest movie, 2020’s Tenet, deserves praise for its insane practical action and inverted one-on-one fights. You’ll never see
Read MoreArnold Schwarzenegger has had one of the more interesting careers in all of Hollywood. He is the subject of the new Netflix Limited Series Arnold. The three-episode docuseries divulges the three phases of Arnold. First, it takes a look at the Athlete and how Arnold got his start as a bodybuilder. Then, it looks at Arnold the Actor and his rise
Read MoreStill: A Michael J. Fox Movie is a very powerful and emotional biographical documentary. It chronicles the life and struggles of beloved by many actor Michael J. Fox, as he battles with Parkinson’s disease. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, the film offers an intimate and insightful look at the actor’s life, from his early days as a rising star to his ongoing
Read MoreIn the old wild west times of comic book publishing, one man rose to the top, becoming the face of an entire industry. And he took a publishing company with him, ushering in the world of comics we know today. It’s safe to say that Stan Lee, nee Stanley Lieber, is Marvel and Marvel is Stan Lee in the public’s mind.
Read MoreFor most of his life, Alan Rickman kept diaries. After his untimely passing from pancreatic cancer in 2016, it was decided to edit and publish these journals to allow his fans to see a more intimate side of the beloved actor. With a foreword by his dear friend Emma Thompson and an afterword by his lifelong love and wife Rima Horton,
Read MoreFor those of us who can remember our childhood and adolescence, I think we can all agree that growing up isn’t always sunshine and rainbows. We learn through experience, with the goal to become functional adults, though not every experience is enjoyable. Sometimes the best lessons come from the hardest falls, where we get back up with a scraped knee and
Read MoreYou may be thinking that it’s a little presumptuous for a 33-year-old to be writing their memoirs. However right from the opening of this engaging read, you realize that these memoirs don’t just chronicle the life of Simu Liu but, in true Asian fashion, focus largely on his parents and grandparents. This lays a foundation for Liu’s story and honors his
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