The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
SimilarBatman (1989), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Forever (1995), Constantine (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), Sin City (2005), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Terminator Salvation (2009), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Matrix (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999),
Watch afterBarbie (2023)
Studio20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Productions,
One of the things I enjoy most about the moviegoing experience is coming out of a film feeling as if I've actually learned something that I didn't know before, or had not even occurred to me in the first place. That's exactly the feeling that I got while watching Sam Pollard’s The League, a documentary about the history of Negro baseball leagues in America. Going in, I suppose I knew the basics about the subject and could name such key figures as Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, but Pollard, who previously directed MLK/FBI, and executive producer Questlove delve much deeper, and the results are indeed fascinating. Continue Reading →