by moviemoxie | Mar 2, 2022 | Action, Adventure, drama, Events, Historical, horror, Independent, Movies, suspense
Review Rating: 7.5 Based on a book written by a black freedman kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his experiences in the late 1800’s. Solomon Northup is a fine upstanding black gentleman in upstate New York, with a pretty about-town wife and two fine free children....
by moviemoxie | Mar 2, 2022 | Action, Adventure, comedy, drama, Foreign, Historical, horror, Romance, suspense, TV Reviews
A quick recap of time and location: when we are seems to be approximately the late 1700’s, and where seems to jump around, but focus mostly on Fort James in Canada. The Fort is the main route for the massive fur trade going on ‘round these parts, and that trade is the...
by moviemoxie | Mar 2, 2022 | Action, Adventure, comedy, drama, Historical, horror, Romance, suspense, TV Reviews
Review Rating: 8 The story of a bitter blood feud between two families over the West Virginia and Kentucky river borders after the civil war ended. This is actually a long-standing story that was referred to in a lot of older cartoons I watched when I was younger –...
by moviemoxie | Mar 2, 2022 | Action, Adventure, comedy, drama, Fantasy, Historical, horror, Movies, Romance, suspense
Review Rating: 7 Spoilers are wicked! A fresh take on the origin story of Maleficent, the villainess who lays the curse upon Aurora in the epic story Sleeping Beauty. So we have here two kingdoms – one of Man in all his cruelty and desire to conquer, and the other of...
by moviemoxie | Mar 1, 2022 | Action, Adventure, Book-based Movie, drama, Foreign, Historical, Independent, Movies, Romance, suspense
Review Rating: 8 The story of a 9th Century English-German woman who disguises herself as a man and rises through the ranks of the Vatican. I’m a history buff, I enjoy those dark ages tales of wars and royalty and such. So when I heard that the legend of the only...
by moviemoxie | Mar 1, 2022 | Action, Adventure, comedy, drama, Fantasy, Historical, suspense, TV Reviews
Review Rating: 8 In turn of the century London, Peter and his pals are pickpockets surviving under the mastery of Jimmy, who convinces them to steal a magical treasure that transports them all to Neverland. It’s actually not a bad premise at all, for SyFy. Everyone...
