Connor McDavid: Whatever It Takes (2020)

Connor McDavid: Whatever It Takes: Directed by Don Metz. With Mark Giordano, Ken Holland, Zack Kassian, Mark Lindsay. Connor McDavid: Whatever it Takes follows the most physically and emotionally challenging offseason of Connor McDavid’s career. This documentary is the remarkable comeback story of one of the NHL’s best players after what could have been a career ending or altering injury. A world-class medical team led by Mark Lindsay, supervised McDavid’s gruelling rehabilitation program which combined advanced sport science and imaging techniques with Connor’s sheer will to overcome, allowing him to return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup for the 2019-20 home opener. McDavid not only came back, but is faster and stronger than ever and having the best season of his young career. McDavid enters the 2020 All-Star break leading the NHL in scoring, and has his Edmonton Oilers in the hunt for 1st Place in the Pacific Division.

“This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back. While in Kiang-Nan, the emperor lays eyes on the beautiful Li Feng, played by Linda Lin Dai. She is a country maid, but he is, no surprise, beguiled by her. He searches for her and finds her. Even though there are class differences, the question is whether they could be in love and be happy ever after. The cinematography is good, the colors are vivid. The real key to what makes a film like this worthwhile is the lead female character, whether she can carry the film. Linda Lin Dai more then does that. She is just about at her best here, she makes it easy to focus on her. She gets to sing and is just so beguiling throughout the film. This film won Best Picture at the Asian Film Festival for that year, which is no surprise, as its a very good film. Watch it mostly for the beautiful Linda Lin Dai, just to see what a talent she was.”