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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) not only hinges on trade, but a trade blockade, which brings larger-than-life political connotations to the story. The political talk did it in. Characters talked too much about political intrigue. The original trilogy wasn’t about politics or at least it was mentioned briefly. The original films had interesting, sublime…

DVD movie commentary/review A palatable issue is better on the senses than a heavy handed approach to an issue. Of the recent Ron Howard films I have seen, the issues are presented palatably. Howard’s films such as A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and his latest In the Heart of the Sea…

This year, if you did not know already, there is a fresh take on Batman and Superman at the movies, but the characters have been separate identities at the movies, for a generation. There have been seven Batman feature films. The previous three movies were the more complex and interesting, but a Batman feature film…

DVD movie commentary/review The existential worldview is a certainty in Far From Men (2015, France, and subtitled), but there is more. The film is adapted from the short story The Guest by French existential writer Albert Camus. His short story was published in 1957. The film adaptation, Far From Men, takes its cue from 1954…
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