Amazing Grace 💒
Amazing Grace 💒
Plus, the trailer for a new movie starring Meek Mill and the Best Picture nominees ranked
🎶 Happy Wednesday!
We’re talking about movie musicals this week! Today’s recommendation is a concert documentary about a legend. Miss Monday’s recommendation? Check out all my recommendations here.
Plus, the trailer for a new movie starring Meek Mill and I rank this year’s Best Picture nominees.
Okay, here’s day two.
Today's movie // Streaming on HuluAmazing Grace
Amazing Grace is a concert documentary unlike any other as we watch legend Aretha Franklin record the eponymous gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972 in front of a live audience and backed by a local choir. [Trailer]
Why you should watch it: Amazing Grace successes begin and end with Aretha Franklin’s incredible voice, presence, and spirit. Sydney Pollack’s documentary is stitched together from until now unseen footage. The unconventional editing and rawness of the camerawork contribute to the emotion permeating from Franklin, the choir, and the audience. More than many concert documentaries, Amazing Grace feels like it communicates the feeling of being in the room — the love and affection.
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Runtime 87 mins
Year 2019
Genre Musical Documentary
📺 Buy or rent: Prime Video // iTunes // YouTube
One trailer you should watchCharm City Kings
Mouse (Jahi Di'Allo Winston) desperately wants to join Baltimore's infamous Midnight Clique, a fearless group of dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight's leader, Blax (Meek Mill), takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto
Runtime 125 mins
Year 2020
Genre Drama
📺 In theaters April 10, 2020.
Rank all the moviesBest Picture nominees ranked
The Oscar nominations are here, for better or worse. Here’s how I’d rank this year’s nominees for Best Picture. Reply with your ranking!
Parasite
Marriage Story
1917
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
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Karl (@karl_delo)