On Dec. 4, 1997, Steven Spielberg unveiled historical drama Amistad at its premiere in Washington, D.C. The film went on to gross $44 million and nab four Oscar nominations at the 70th Academy Awards, including for cinematography, score, costume design and supporting actor for Anthony Hopkins’ role. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:
DreamWorks Skg’s Amistad is a holiday feast: Namely it is an ambitious story layout teeming with historical significance, packed with a sterling-set cast and dished up with the finest technical crockery. But like most holiday tables, after everything gets passed around for the first time, nothing much goes together.
Alas, this personal/legalistic story about 53 Africans who broke free of their shackles while aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad keeps afloat mainly on its kind-spirited intentions rather than the narrative craftsmanship of the vessel itself.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this DreamWorks presentation in association with...
DreamWorks Skg’s Amistad is a holiday feast: Namely it is an ambitious story layout teeming with historical significance, packed with a sterling-set cast and dished up with the finest technical crockery. But like most holiday tables, after everything gets passed around for the first time, nothing much goes together.
Alas, this personal/legalistic story about 53 Africans who broke free of their shackles while aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad keeps afloat mainly on its kind-spirited intentions rather than the narrative craftsmanship of the vessel itself.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this DreamWorks presentation in association with...
- 12/3/2023
- by Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Gilded Age” creator Julian Fellowes has never shied away from incorporating real history into his collection of soapy, dramatic costume dramas. The entire conflict of “Downton Abbey” occurs because the agreed-upon heir to the Crawley estate died on the Titanic and “Belgravia’s” events hedge on the documented confusion at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball, famously interrupted by an announcement that called away most of the present men to fight in the Battle of Waterloo. “The Gilded Age,” however, is the first to inject its story with real historical figures whose actions drive the narrative in huge ways. Notably, it makes a real-life person from 19th century New York its secret villain. Or hero, depending on perspective.
That character is Ward McAllister, the mustachioed Southerner with a Benoit Blanc accent and Mrs. Astor’s ear, played to campy perfection by stage and screen legend Nathan Lane. When McAllister...
That character is Ward McAllister, the mustachioed Southerner with a Benoit Blanc accent and Mrs. Astor’s ear, played to campy perfection by stage and screen legend Nathan Lane. When McAllister...
- 11/27/2023
- by Alexis Nedd
- Indiewire
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers.
The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 10
The Simpsons are still on a roll. Season 33 episode 10 “A Made Maggie” is a Christmas football in the groin: it works on so many levels. In short, Fat Tony gets himself an invitation to be godfather to Margaret Simpson, also known as little Maggie. If that sounds like a mob moniker for a street gang, it’s mere hearsay. The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace.
Earlier this season, The Simpsons created a modern classic, “A Serious Flanders,” by skewering the series Fargo. It was so good, not only was it a two-parter, but there is a director’s cut floating around looking for an excuse to be covered. It is a masterpiece of parody. It spoofs the series it honors. “A Made Maggie” is canon. It uses references to a film, The Godfather, but does not do its own take on it.
The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 10
The Simpsons are still on a roll. Season 33 episode 10 “A Made Maggie” is a Christmas football in the groin: it works on so many levels. In short, Fat Tony gets himself an invitation to be godfather to Margaret Simpson, also known as little Maggie. If that sounds like a mob moniker for a street gang, it’s mere hearsay. The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace.
Earlier this season, The Simpsons created a modern classic, “A Serious Flanders,” by skewering the series Fargo. It was so good, not only was it a two-parter, but there is a director’s cut floating around looking for an excuse to be covered. It is a masterpiece of parody. It spoofs the series it honors. “A Made Maggie” is canon. It uses references to a film, The Godfather, but does not do its own take on it.
- 12/20/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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