A Brief History On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, a limited number of you have a chance at watching a virtual screening of Sound of Metal at 7:30PM. The film is an awards-worthy drama from first-time director Darius Marder. The film features both high-caliber performances and innovative craftsmanship, leading this film to be a major awards contender. The film uses the specific story of a musician losing his hearing to tell a more universal, emotionally uplifting story of adapting to whatever life experiences may come our way. It stars Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. Digging Deeper To reserve a spot for…
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A Brief History On October 23, 2020, the comedy loving movie world was treated to the release (on Amazon Prime Video) of the second Borat movie, this one given the prodigious title of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The sequel to the 2006 Sacha Baron Cohen blockbuster, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, the film features the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat, a bumpkin from the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. While Kazakhstan is indeed a real place (the largest landlocked nation…
A Brief History On Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7:30PM, for some lucky individuals looking for some needed relief and entertainment after the election, KimMossPR will be hosting a virtual screening of Focus Feature’s Let Him Go starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. Digging Deeper To reserve a spot for the online screening you must click on the link at http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/H&HGO0520 which takes you right to the redeem pass page. Then you log in or sign up (which takes a minute if you do not have a Focus Feature’s TicktBox account) to get the virtual pass. The night of the screening you…
A Brief History On October 12, 2020, we had the opportunity to watch a “movie” composite of the web streaming series, When the Streetlights Go On, a Quibi production consisting of 10 episodes, each running several minutes. Our screening was a continuous playing of the series in the form of a movie. As with previous Quibi productions, Streetlights is a top quality video with excellent actors, directing and cinematography. Breaking News: On October 21, 2020, news of an imminent shut down of Quibi was broken, and confirmed the next day. Despite raising a considerable amount of capital for investment (nearly…
A Brief History On October 31, 2020, we wish you all a Happy Halloween! Digging Deeper Below is a video of various images of Halloween over the years from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What are you doing for Halloween this year? If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our patrons! Your readership is much appreciated! Historical Evidence For more information, please see… Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan…