Kam on Film: ‘Tolkien’ Kam Williams May 15, 2019 Columns, Goings-On, Kam On Film J.R.R. Tolkien was a British fantasy novelist best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. After being orphaned at an early age, he attended King Edwards, an exclusive boarding school where he forged cl...
Kam on Film: ‘Bolden’ Kam Williams May 8, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Overdue Biopic Belatedly Pays Tribute to Jazz Pioneer Buddy Bolden was born in New Orleans, where he took up the cornet at an early age. His unique approach to the instrument involved a novel form of improvi...
Kam on Film: ‘The Mustang’ Kam Williams April 24, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Hardened Con Offered Shot at Redemption by Rough-Edged Horse Whisperer Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) has too quick a fuse to think before he acts. That's why he's done a dozen years and counting in a ...
Kam on Film: ‘Breakthrough’ Kam Williams April 17, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Despite being saddled with a couple of generic American names, John Smith's (Marcel Ruiz) life story has been anything but boring. It's just too bad that the shy, 14-year-old has been too embarrassed to share i...
Kam on Film: ‘Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Kam Williams April 10, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Sophia Lillis Shines as Legendary Teen Sleuth in Adaptation of Carolyn Keene Classic After the untimely death of his wife, Carson Drew decided he and his daughter Nancy (Sophia Lillis) might benefit from a c...
Kam on Film: ‘Hotel Mumbai’—Harrowing Docudrama Recounts 2008 Mumbai Massacre Kam Williams April 2, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film On November 26, 2008, radical Islamists from Pakistan launched a series of coordinated attacks around the city of Mumbai which would claim 174 lives and leave hundreds more wounded. Within hours of the raid, th...
Kam on Film: ‘Unplanned’ Kam Williams March 27, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Abby Johnson (Ashley Bratcher) was recruited by Planned Parenthood to do volunteer work when she was still an undergrad at Texas A&M. Her first job was to escort women seeking abortions from the parking lot...
Kam on Film: ‘Yardie,’ Kam’s Kapsules, and more! Kam Williams March 20, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Idris Elba Makes Directorial Debut with Jamaican Coming-of-Age Drama Dennis “D.” Campbell (Aml Ameen) had the misfortune of growing up in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica in the ’70s at a time when t...
Kam on Film: ’Five Feet Apart’, Kam’s Kapsules, and This Week’s Top 10 Home Video List Kam Williams March 13, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Five Feet Apart Romance Drama Revolves Around Forbidden Love Between Hospitalized Teens Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) is a typical 17-year-old in most regards. However, she is also suffering from cys...
Kam on Film: The Favourite, Kam’s Kapsules, and more! Kam Williams March 6, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Queen Anne (1665-1714) was a sickly monarch whose dozen-year reign ran from 1702 to 1714. She was also married to Prince George of Denmark from 1683 until he passed away at Kensington Palace in 1708. Until n...
