by Jacqx Melilli | Aug 30, 2023 | Film Reviews, General, True Stories
A little girl is sitting in her bedroom drumming and singing a tune. She’s eleven years old with the voice of an angel and the dangerous gift of beauty. Her name is Rocio. A beautiful woman knocks on the door of her house and tells her how impressed she is with her...
by Jacqx Melilli | Oct 2, 2016 | Film Reviews
Steps to Success … Will you pick up the gun? Joy is a true story based on Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing mop. It’s a story about family rivalry and control; making mistakes; learning about business; perseverance and sheer determination to not give up on...
by Jacqx Melilli | Mar 13, 2015 | Film Reviews
Captain Phillips is a riveting film based on a true story about the chaos caused by four Somali pirates who hijacked a US 17’000 tonne container ship, the Maersk Alabama, off the Somali coast in 2009. This is a story of two men from contrasting continents, where one...
by Jacqx Melilli | Apr 22, 2012 | Film Reviews
Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler, starts with the raid of a Sudanese village by the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). A young boy watches his father being shot dead and is then forced to kill his mother by clubbing her over the head. We are then taken back a...
by Jacqx Melilli | Nov 3, 2011 | Film Reviews
The Whistleblower film review does not contain spoilers. The film is based on true events of the sex trafficking trade. Rachel Weisz is brilliant as Kathryn, a US cop whose dedication and commitment to her job has the negative side-effect of her losing custody of her...
