Nate's Movie Reviews

By Nate Feldman  In 1945, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers decided to allow an African American to join his ball club, something unheard of at that time as African Americans did not play in Major League Baseball and their own separate league.   Rickey decided on Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) of the Kansas City Monarchs.  Jackie played the first couple of years with Montreal, the Dodger's minor league team, but by 1947 he was in the majors, the first time an African American played in the big leagues.   While playing baseball with the Dodgers, Jackie Robinson encountered extreme levels of racism.  Fans booed him, mobs threatened him, hotels refused to let the Dodgers stay with them, and even players on his own team initially brought out a petition demanding that he not be permitted on the team. However, through perseverance, excellence on the field, and an ability to withstand the most extreme levels of agi...

By Nate Feldman Superman stops a war between Boravia and Jarhanpur.  Lex Luther wants a war between them because he has a relationship with the Boravian leader, who will give some of Jarhanpur to Luther for him to rule.  So, Luther starts a misinformation campaign against Superman to get him out of the way.  He finds a video that Superman's parents sent to the young superhero as a boy, instructing him to take over the Earth, not help it which he always assumed was his purpose.  When this video is shown to the public, it turns people's opinions against the hero, and makes Superman question his own purpose.   However, with the help of one of Luther's assistants, a colleague at the Daily Planet, where Superman works as Clark Kent, reveals Luther's true intentions.  So, Superman and his friends with the Justice Gang work together to stop Luther and the war between Boravia and Jarhanpur.