American History July. This month I will be featuring films that feature American History. There is a lot of them. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
05:25 PM - Jul 01, 2023
Prey (2022 US) A Comanchee warrior and her brother defend their village against The Predator. Prey is another installment in the Predator franchise. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
06:48 PM - Jul 31, 2023
The Big Red One (1980 US) A battle hardened Sergeant (Lee Marvin) leads a team of soldiers including a pacifist (Mark Hamill) through WWII. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
09:46 PM - Jul 27, 2023
Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 US) Spielberg brings us this WWII film starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. Hanks has orders to retrieve Private Ryan and send him home cuz he is the surviving child of his mother and his three brothers were kia. https://hottakesonfilm.sub...
09:53 PM - Jul 26, 2023
Full Metal Jacket (1987 UK, US) Stanley Kubrick directs this masterpiece about the Vietnam war. Based on The Short-Timers, this story follows “Joker” from basic training to deployment. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies #TCMParty
03:30 PM - Jul 25, 2023
Hi! I just joined Spoutible (Twitter refugee). Looks like a fun place so far - how is everyone liking it?
07:16 PM - Jul 24, 2023
Greyhound (2020 US) Based on the WWII novel The Good Shepard. Tom Hanks stars as a Navy Captain in charge of an allied destroyer group escorting cargo ships through an area of the Atlantic without air support https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
04:25 PM - Jul 24, 2023
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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyderIt feels like at least once a year, a genre movie gets dropped on streaming despite deserving not only a full theatrical run but serious awards consideration.01:15 AM - Jul 23, 2023
This year, that movie is They Cloned Tyrone.
This movie RULES. It's on Netflix right now - go watch it.
01:20 AM - Jul 23, 2023
Hurt Locker (2008 US) It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and todays entry is this war drama by Kathryn Bigelow. Two Bomb disposal unit soldiers played by Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie clash in the Iraq war. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
05:21 PM - Jul 21, 2023
Apollo 13 (1995 US) Ron Howard directs this story about the successful failure of Nasa’s Apollo 13 starring a young Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon. I have learned in my time here on Earth not to travel with Tom Hanks. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
08:19 PM - Jul 20, 2023
All The Way (2016 US) Bryan Cranston and Anthony Mackie star as LBJ and MLK respectively and depicts events from the assassination of JFK to the passing of the Civil Rights Act. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
05:51 PM - Jul 19, 2023
Alice’s Restaurant (1969 US) Based on the song by Arlo Guthrie this film tells the story of events surrounding his visit to Alice’s Restaurant including reporting for the draft. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies #TCMParty
04:21 PM - Jul 18, 2023
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020 US) Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman star in this biopic of the mother of Blues, Ma Rainey. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
10:04 PM - Jul 17, 2023
Passing (2021 US) It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and todays entry is this historical drama from Rebecca Hall. Two women, one black and one white-passing rekindle their childhood friendship. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
04:50 PM - Jul 14, 2023
The Banker (2020 US) The Banker follows the true story of two black entrepreneurs Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris played by Anthony Mackie and Samuel L Jackson, as they navigate segregated America in the 1950’s and 60’s. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
04:11 PM - Jul 13, 2023
Greased Lightning (1977 US) Richard Pryor stars as Wendell Scott, the first black Nascar winner. Technically this was billed as comedy , being a Richard Pryor film and all. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies #TCMParty
06:35 PM - Jul 12, 2023
Best Years of Our Lives (1946 US) Three soldiers return to civilian life after the end of WWII. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies #TCMParty
06:03 PM - Jul 11, 2023
Mudbound (2017 US) It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and todays entry is this historical drama by the insanely talented Dee Rees. Two families grapple with civil rights in the WWII era, one black and one white. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
03:34 PM - Jul 07, 2023
Sleepy Hollow (1999 US) Tim Burton brings us his take on the classic horror tale by Washington Irving. Set in 1799 Sleepy Hollow, NY the headless horseman here is a Hessian soldier who’s head was lopped off by a cannon ball. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film
05:17 PM - Jul 06, 2023
Hidden Figures (2015 US) Three black women working at segregated Langley, VA Research Center (NASA) work to prove their engineering capabilities to a very white, very male work force.https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
05:29 PM - Jul 05, 2023
The Crossing (2000 US) This historical drama depicts the events surrounding General Washington’s crossing of the Delaware river on Christmas day 1776. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
03:14 PM - Jul 04, 2023
Hamilton (2020 US) This isn’t a movie per se it’s a taped version of the Broadway Musical with Lin Manuel Miranda about the life of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Musicals
09:12 PM - Jul 03, 2023
I was just on the bird site and Spoutible is trending. So much hate towards @cbouzy and the platform. I have no idea what the storyline is here. What’s going on?
08:58 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Hamilton (2020 US) This isn’t a movie per se it’s a taped version of the Broadway Musical with Lin Manuel Miranda about the life of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Musicals
06:59 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012 US) It’s #FondueSunday and todays entry is this revisionist (obviously) historical action flick. It’s pretty much in the name so not much to explain here. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
10:41 PM - Jul 02, 2023
Nimona (2023 US) A delayed entry into Fantasy June. A smart ass shape shifter befriends a Knight accused of murdering the queen. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies #lgbtq
05:50 PM - Jul 02, 2023
American History July. This month I will be featuring films that feature American History. There is a lot of them. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
05:25 PM - Jul 01, 2023
She Never Died (2019 CA) It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and todays entry is this fantasy/horror from Audrey Cummings. An immortal cannibal woman hunts down bad people. It’s more complex than that but you get the drift. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
07:19 PM - Jun 30, 2023
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021 US) In honor of the new season of The Witcher on Netflix I present this origin story of some of the characters in the series. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
11:30 PM - Jun 29, 2023
Secret of Roan Inish (1994 US IE) We go from the Scottish Highlands to the shores of Ireland in this charming fantasy about Selkies. A girl searches for her missing brother only to find he is a child of the sea. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
04:52 PM - Jun 28, 2023
Highlander (1986 US) A group of immortals battle it out because…..wait for it…..There can be only one. https://hottakesonfilm.sub... #film #Movies
10:23 PM - Jun 27, 2023
