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BradWesley123's Movie Journal- August 2016 (28 movies items)" DVD- 2hrs. 15min. First Viewing Stephan James gives a strong performance as Jesse Owens and the film occasionally succeeds at it's inspirational goals, but Race is missing enough energy to compensate for it's overstuffed plot. There's just too much going on here that takes away from Owen's story. The Leni Riefenstahl/WWII stuff is compelling, but it simply should have been done in its own film; excised from this film. The Owens stuff is solid, though it is more of a hagiography of events that a"
BAMF's February 2017 Cinefest (22 movies items)" Familiar Actors: Stephan James Jason Sudeikis Eli Goree Shanice Banton Carice van Houten Jeremy Irons William Hurt David Kross Tony Curran Amanda Crew and Tim McInnerny True Rating: 8.4/10 My Review: Review Race"
My Movie Highlights of 2016
Movies set in the 1930s (42 movies items)"Years: 1933-36 Locations: Ohio, New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)"
Anautix' Movie Diary 2017“Notes:
*I have been meaning to watch this for some time now.
*I'm ashamed that this was playing at my theater and I hadn't watched it sooner.
*The story of Jesse Owens is greatness and it kind of feels like things are returning to how it was back then with out current situation in America.
*The director Stephen Hopkins is mostly known for horror/sci-fi movies like Predator 2, The Reaping, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, and even Lost in Space.
*The writers also wrote Frankie & Alice which was an excellent watch.
*I think the cast here is awesome especially with the Degrassi alumni play major roles.
*Now let's see if this was worth the wait.
Pros:
*I didn't know everything about this story, but filling in ” read more
BradWesley123's Movie Screenshots: Vol. 10 (50 movies items)" Director: Stephen Hopkins Cinematographer: Peter Levy Other Images "
2016's Best Movies
Actors Who Played Real Sportspeople (24 movies items)" Stephan James Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". His achievement of setting three world records and tying another in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, ha"
