Creed 3 (2023): Movie Review

                                                                               

Jim's Review

Creed 3 is back with Michael B Jordan taking the helm in directing the third installment in an amazing arc as Adonis Creed (Michael B Jordan) as he is working on the future talent.

Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors) shows up from his past and wants a piece of the action mainly a title shot!

Adonis Creed is a family man with responsibility to see his daughter Amara (Mila Davis-Kent) and his wife Bianca (Tessa Thompson)

The friction between Adonis and Damian grows and then tragic situation occurs which forces Adonis to face Damian winner take a match

The climatic is shot in amazing fashion with a crowd and then without! 

In the end they will be only champion and the legacy of Creed (in my opinion) will continue in a cool twist.

8 out of 10

About film

Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian -- a fighter who has nothing to lose.

Just Mercy (2019) TIFF Movie Review

                                              

   Jim Pagiamtzis Review
           True story of  Bryan Stevenson (Michael B Jordon) and the journey he went through to prove the innocence of  Walter McMillian ( Jamie Foxx) in 1987. 
 
                This film has twist and turns that will have on emotional ride until the very end. Just Mercy is a powerful story of  determination and the search for the truth and the justice of the wrongly convicted.

                10 out of 10 stars


       Movie plot
Michael B. Jordan (“Black Panther,” “Creed,” “Creed II”) and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx (“Ray,” “Baby Driver,” “Django: Unchained”) and Brie Larson (“Room,” “The Glass Castle,” “Captain Marvel”) star in “Just Mercy,” an inspiring drama that brings one of the most important stories of our time to the big screen. Award-winning filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (“The Glass Castle,” “Short Term 12”) directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote, based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson. A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.


                                           

Creed (2015): Movie Review

                                                                                

                      Jim Pagiamtzis Review:
                     Spectacular performances by Sylvester Stallone and Michael B Jordon. Fantastic story of  Creed's return to the boxing ring.
               
                      Rating 9 out 10

                      Movie Plot:
                   Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born.

However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be his trainer.

Rocky sees much of Apollo in Adonis, and agrees to mentor him, even as he battles an opponent deadlier than any in the ring. 

With Rocky's help, Adonis soon gets a title shot, but whether he has the true heart of a fighter remains to be seen.
                     

                                                                       

Special Movie Premiere: Fahrenheit 451 with Director Ramin Bahrani

    Friday May 18,2018

   It was special evening to take advantage of my TIFF membership and invite few friends to watch the premeire of Fahrenheit 451 that was filmed mostly in Toronto and Hamilton in 2017

    Director Ramin Bahrani shared insight on why and how he did this film

    Video coming soon...

Director Ramin Bahrani

Ramin Bahrani being interviewed at TIFFLightbox

Huge thanks to long standing volunteers Pam!

5 tickets for premiere night with friends

                                        

" Fahrenheit 451 (2018) HBO Canada" :Special tv show review:

Michalel B Jordan as Montag in Fahrenheit 451

Michael Shannon and Michael B Jordan in Fahrenheit 451

      Jim Pagaimtzis Review

      " A powerful films with a all-star cast Michael B Jordon (Montag) and Michael Shannon (mentor) face a battle of burning book in this dystopian book turned to movie by Ramin Bahrani. Some of the facts have been change to showcase the new future of the internet and how humanity communicates.

 The nine is where people get there information now and the Eils are trying to change that. Books get found by firement of station 451. Montag begins as a passionate 451 fire burner but later realizes the truth and is on a quest to save 9 and prolong the existence of information in all the books.

 Ray Bradbury had the vision in the mid fifties of what the future may look like, and if he was alive today he would be smiling as to how accurate he was!

     Shot entirely in Toronto and Hamilton using local talent including yours truly in a cool subways scene. Warren Belle also make a powerful appearance playing Montag dad in flashback scene.

       7 of 10 stars

   Sujit K Reddy review:
    Good: Tone was grounded in reality & acting was great making it believable
     Bad: Not enough build up/ back story
    Ugly: CGI series not really needed 

     The Toronto Star Review
      Fahrenheit 451 makes old-fashioned book burning new again
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      Fahrenheit 451 movie spends more energy on tech than character or story
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      My Plot

Fahrenheit 451 is based on Ray Bradbury's classic novel. In a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and "firemen" burn books, Jordan plays Guy Montag, a young fireman who struggles with his role as law enforcer and with his "mentor", played by Shannon. Premieres Spring 2018 on HBO.