Tag: Vincent D"Onofrio

Echo–Maya Lopez is Back

Written by Diana Paul on March 11, 2024. Posted in movie reviews. No Comments on Echo–Maya Lopez is Back

Guest reviewer: Lora Chilton, author of 1666 : A Novel The character of Maya Lopez was introduced in the Marvel television series, Hawkeye (2021). Now she is back in the spin-off series, Echo. Played by the captivating Alaqua Cox, Maya tells her story in a series of flashbacks involving her childhood and trauma. Maya, of course, has the superpowers of a Marvel hero, but this time, passed down through her matrilineal Choctaw heritage from Chafa, a Choctaw leader. Focusing on the Choctaw nation, Echo is a Marvel series with a fresh and highly original cultural...

The Eyes of Tammy Faye–A New Perspective

Written by Diana Paul on April 12, 2022. Posted in movie reviews.

In the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye, we see Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain in her Academy Award winning role) and her husband Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) as pioneers of televangelism,”sermons on the screen”. Opening in the 1950’s with two young, fervent small-town Christians believing in the mission of spreading the gospel, Tammy Faye and her soon-to-be-husband become traveling preachers. They gain a following with their appeal both to children and their parents by entertaining through stories and music. Tammy Faye is pivotal in...

Godfather of Harlem—Partners in Crime

Written by Diana Paul on January 19, 2020. Posted in movie reviews. No Comments on Godfather of Harlem—Partners in Crime

Inspired by a true story, Godfather of Harlem skillfully interweaves the combative and competing forces of the mafia with the battle for civil rights in the mid-‘60s. In the riveting Epix limited series, Godfather of Harlem, we see the character Bumpy Johnson (the exceptional Forest Whitaker) re-enter the world of organized crime after being released from Alcatraz. Drugs have taken over many of New York’s poor communities, and the Italian mafia runs most of them, now including the crime syndicate of Harlem which had been Bumpy Johnson’s exclusive domain. Not...

Tag: Vincent D"Onofrio

Echo–Maya Lopez is Back

The Eyes of Tammy Faye–A New Perspective

Godfather of Harlem—Partners in Crime

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