Sunday will be our rainiest
days before we see some more
she just mentioned rain is the
forecast this weekend. So it
may be a good time to check
out a new movie. So we've got
Michael Cook with us to hear
to review to those United
States versus Billie holiday
and nomadland that say that
last night. sure did all
right. Let's start the first
one.
Let's talk about the United
States versus Billie holiday.
today on hulu it's the story
of legendary jazz singer.
Billie holiday covers about a
15 year period of her right
around 1947 to 19 late 1950's.
The story centers around you
know at the time of the story
she is a megastore. But she
sings a song with the federal
government just it's called
was called strange fruit and
that song is about a lynching.
And the federal government at
the time did not one her
singing it. This story in part
tells the tale of how the
government try to get her to
stop telling that sing that
song all the Billie holiday's
personal life can be at times
another mess. She's
unfortunately addicted to
heroin. is with men did just
treat her downright terribly.
And at the same time is being
pursued by federal agents
who're trying to bust her and
put her in prison because they
and those sounds were to say
they don't like jazz which you
know to modern ears realistic
but they don't jazz and they
they don't like her you know
seemingly fighting for so
writes this is from director
Lee Daniels HOU directed
precious and the Butler. Andra
day place Billie holiday to
have been 2015 song rise up
here I thought you did a
fantastic job as Billie
holiday you really believe
it's her. Her voice sounds
very similar to Billie
holiday's and she does a great
performance. Sadly it a great
performance. The script and
the rest the movie is clunky
and at times it's it's just
sort of traffics in because
cliched script and it's just
very disappointing on how this
the important artist is
disservice by this film that
does not live up to Real life
talents. I was I've been
looking for to for a while a
Lee Daniels fanned the
director of the key is one of
the one of the one of the
country's best, but this movie
just didn't quite work at a
fund supporting cast like. Rob
Morgan and actually own. And
others but they were not fully
used and subplots for we're
covered and then and then
disappeared. I was when this
movie is available on hulu as
I mentioned I give it a 6 and
a half out of 10.
Oh wow 6 and a half out of
10 said could really holiday
watch the 1972 film lady sings
the Blues with diner on a
sense want to that's the one
to No. The next movie is
called no bad land this stars.
Frances McDormand in this
movie is set around 2012, she
plays a woman whose from a
mining town in Nevada. And
that the town with but belly
because the they were no
longer. Drilling for she's a
widow and she travels the
country. And her band taking
seasonal work like she will
work in. You know at facility,
you know packaging. And so on
or should clean toilets at
rest stops all the while
living out of her Van. This
movie you know follow church
France's door it is just
absolutely fantastic. In this
movie with just one look she
can tell the whole story and
you know exactly what she is
steams of you know the
economic devastation of the of
the from 2008 that work, you
know causing people to live in
their vans there's new people
in their 50's and 60's. just
didn't have enough money to
survive. But Frances McDormand
as you'll see in the film her
character really does This
life and she does that choose
to build up a community of
friends with people that she
needs along the way in this
beautiful country of of out
there in the West. Other
performances. David strengthen
plays a man too try to court
her and they kind of have a
little bit of romance and she
and she people along the way
this movie I think we'll get
not she's going to get an
Oscar nomination there's no
doubt and this movie will then
land will also receive Oscar
nomination for Best picture.
So people may think it's a bit
slow I so love the snow and I
give it a 9 out of 10.
Well a 9 out of 10 all
right so you've got some
choices, you know what was the
other version you said that
you would prefer people to see
1970's lady sings the Blues
with the Diana Ross and Billy
Dee Williams or if believe
that that storm all right
well, thank you Michael cook
for talking us through those 2