Category: Reviews

‘See How They Run’ plods in place

Jeff Mitchell

“See How They Run” (2022) – “(If) you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.” – Leo Kopernick (Adrien Brody) In Tom George’s first movie, he sends (fictional) Hollywood director Leo Kopernick to London to catch a play, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”, because the blunt-talking, on-screen filmmaker wants to turn the work into a motion picture. The year is 1953, and Mr. Kopernick is a fish out of water while staying across the pond.  This crafty, former New Yorker (judging by his accent) doesn’t exactly mesh with British socialites.  Soon after…

‘Honk for Jesus.  Save Your Soul.’ makes comedic and daring cinematic noise.

Jeff Mitchell

“Honk for Jesus.  Save Your Soul.” (2022) – “Religion f***** a lot of people up.  The m***** f****** ‘(In) God We Trust’ is on the dollar.” – Richard Pryor “Don’t call it a comeback.  I’ve been here for years.” – “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1990), LL Cool J Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown) and his wife, Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall), are planning a revival, a return to their place of worship, the Wander to the Greater Paths Baptist Church, for an Easter Sunday service.  For years, Pastor Lee-Curtis…

‘Breaking’ could test your patience, but this distressing, depressing story is an important one.

Jeff Mitchell

“Breaking” (2022) – Brian Brown-Easley (John Boyega) is fed up. He’s had enough. He’s at his breaking point. Brian’s story is a true one. “I was flabbergasted that I hadn’t read or heard about Brian’s story when it happened,” director Abi Damaris Corbin said in a Jan. 31, 2022 interview with Collider Interviews. Corbin and Kwame Kwei-Armah wrote the screenplay for “Breaking”, a cautionary tale about an injustice that drove a man to an irrational brink, a razor’s edge in the center of an Atlanta Wells Fargo bank in 2017. …