Captain Phillips Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Billy Ray The U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama was taken hostage in 2009 by Somali pirates, the ship was on route to sail through the Gulf of Aden and around the Horn of Africa. Commanding Officer, Captain Richard Phillips was in the thick of it all andContinue reading “Captain Phillips (2013)”
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Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013) Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler I got to see this movie on my recent trip to Hawaii; the new Boeings are pretty sweet in that they have personal television sets for each passenger with new movies and HBO. Feeling excited on my way there, I decided to dive in and catchContinue reading “Fruitvale Station (2013)”
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013) Directed by Steve McQueen Written by John Ridley 12 Years a Slave is the harrowing true story, of an African American man who was once free, but was kidnapped and sold into slavery. What makes this different from other stories about slavery is that this one gives us the viewpointContinue reading “12 Years a Slave (2013)”
Orange is the New Black (2013)
OK, OK I am totally late on this bandwagon. I didn’t have a Netflix subscription for a while because I had switched back to Blockbuster. Now that our local Blockbuster has been sent away to movie heaven I needed my rental fix. I started using the streaming Netflix option and have been watching random showsContinue reading “Orange is the New Black (2013)”
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