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OVER THE MOON

December 31, 2020 By Leave a Comment

OVER THE MOON

OVER THE MOON sensitively takes on a difficult subject, the loss of a mother with the subsequent prospect of a blended family. It becomes a film that is respectful of the issue, yet triumphantly uplifting in it message of moving on while still honoring the past. Along the way, we learn about the importance of… Read More »

Tagged With: biker chick, blended family, lunar landscape, moon cake, moon festival, Moon Goddess

THE GRUDGE

January 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment

THE GRUDGE

As a culture, we are not unfamiliar with the concept of the cinematic reboot. Consider how many iterations of Batmans, Spider-men, and the Star Trek universe have arrived at our neighborhood theaters in the last decade. Not to mention the less than stellar attempt to revive the Fantastic Four, though, to be fair, the original… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, ghost, Japan, Pennsylvanua, reboot, sequel

COLUMBUS

August 12, 2017 By 1 Comment

COLUMBUS

Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) notes early on that one of the many architectural treasures of the titular COLUMBUS features elements that are off-center, but are still in harmonious balance. It is, as with so much else in this emotionally explosive but soft-spoken film, an exquisitely realized metaphor.  A tale of seeming opposites with surprising and… Read More »

Tagged With: architecture, Columbus, father-son, illness, mentee, mother-daughter, Ohio

STAR TREK: BEYOND

August 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

STAR TREK: BEYOND

The Star Trek franchise has never been about wondering how the intrepid crew of the Starship Enterprise would save the day against impossible odds. Rather, the suspense has always come from the struggle between hope and despair as they have battled aliens, space viruses, and their own inner conflicts to snatch victory from certain doom.… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a television series, franchise, marooned, science fiction, sequel, space travel, starship

Listen to GRANDMA

August 28, 2015 By 1 Comment

Listen to GRANDMA

After her granddaughter, Sage (Julia Garner), has confided to her that she needs an abortion, Elle (Lily Tomlin) cuts right to the heart of the issue.  Not the politics, mind you. Nor the question of how a modern teenager like Sage, someone with plenty of birth-control options, found herself in this position. Elle says the… Read More »

Tagged With: abortion, Betty Friedan, credit cards, GRANDMA, grief, Lily Tomlin, mother-daughter relationship, narrative, Oscar contender, Paul Weitz, women's movement

A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

A  VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS

With some films, the 3-D effect is tacked on to generate a few extra bucks at the box office. And then there are the ones like A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3-D CHRISTMAS. The wisps of smoke coming off those funny cigarettes so dear to the title character’s hearts become prehensile as they float off… Read More »

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