https://www.micah.soy/tags/movie-review/ Recent content in Movie Review on Micah Henning Hugo en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:52:20 +0000 https://www.micah.soy/posts/on-the-film-the-birth-of-a-nation/ Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:52:20 +0000 https://www.micah.soy/posts/on-the-film-the-birth-of-a-nation/ Recently, Netflix added “The Birth of a Nation,” a 1915 silent film about the Civil War and the dramatized reconstruction thereafter. The film is known for many innovative film techniques that undoubtedly inspired many producers for years to come. However, that is about all the good I have to say regarding this film, for it is obscenely racist. Any black character not involved in a crowd or backdrop is represented by a white person in blackface, and the film sympathizes with the creation of the Ku Klux Klan as being necessary to restore order after freedmen apparently ran amok, raping and pillaging. https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-97-bringing-up-baby-1938/ Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-97-bringing-up-baby-1938/ Have you ever had one of those days where no matter what you do, you do it wrong? You tear your coat. You lose the back of your dress. You steal a car. You cause the skeleton of a very large prehistoric dinosaur to fall to its second doom. Yes, yes, we all have those days. All we need to do is remember that it could be worse! For example, you could be chased by an untamed leopard in Connecticut on the day of your wedding. https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-98-unforgiven-1992/ Mon, 10 May 2010 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-98-unforgiven-1992/ You open your eyes. Your mind recollects the image of your dear, departed wife with her face covered in worms. And the Angel of Death hovers over the waters. “This is what happens to assassins in the town of Little Whiskey!” The effulgent moonlight peering through the window dims as your pupils adjust to the surroundings. You receive another blow to the ribs by the foot of the notorious Little Bill, a brilliant carpenter with a dim-witted pistol. https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-99-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-1967/ Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-99-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-1967/ Guess who’s coming to dinner! The local meat delivery man? Nope. The manager of your mom’s San Fransisco art gallery? Guess again. How about the President of the United States and his colorful administration? Well, you’re getting warmer… We’ll settle for Secretary of State. This movie depicted a black man and a white woman who fell in love in just ten days. Mind you, this is happening during some particularly uncertain times for racial integration. https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-100-yankee-doodle-dandy-1942/ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/movie-100-yankee-doodle-dandy-1942/ My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you. What a fantastic flick! I find I am not at all surprised to see this movie on AFI’s list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. This movie is about the life of actor, dancer, songwriter, and director George M Cohan, from birth until he received the Congressional Gold Medal late in his life.