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After the overseas adventure…Come to think about it… I thoroughly enjoyed Tale of Tales on my Italian adventure. When I came back down to earth for a think, stamping ones individuality is a theme in Italian fantasy Tale of Tales (2015, Italy). One certain Queen’s stamp of individuality is her ability to have a baby,…

Tale of Tales is on the surface about mystery. My overseas adventure today was watching a mystery: the Italian, English-speaking Tale of Tales (2015). This film takes you through three mysterious, unusual stories involving decadent medieval kings and queens and their humble servants, in a tone of humor, fantasy, nightmare, and of course mystery. Mystery…

Inspiration and ideals are at the cinema My previous post looked at how actors and stars can be romanticized and idealized by their screen roles and the movies they are in. Yet in being that, they may shine light on an ideal or ideals. Ideals may be hard to attain in life, but the movies…

What or who’s a classic? The star system of the classics era of Hollywood made actors appear perfect and audiences saw them through a romantic or idealized lens. Today, we can still see movies, actors and stars through a romantic lens. Here is what marks some, mostly older, classical guys and girls:   Gregory Peck: Remarkable…

A twist on love your neighbor Another view of The Choice…Love your neighbor is taken to the obvious–a neighborly love story–and perhaps symbolic, in The Choice (2016, USA). Next door neighbors Gabby is a medical student studying hard away at her books—seems to be a Saturday night, though, but she is a dedicated student. Then,…

DVD movie commentary Bored in New York? Nah. Irish lass Eilis is far from New York. She is yawning during a church service, in her home town of Ireland. Her mother prays earnestly next to her, in Brooklyn (2015). I have seen that sort of thing before, somewhere. There is also the one about a…

Another view of X-Men Apocalypse… Oscar Isaac played the original mutant/god En Sabah Nur in X-Men Apocalypse (2016, USA). In 2015, Isaac played a couple of characters with less than god-like powers, though coming close to that. He played a top-level pilot for the resistance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Poe Dameron is flawed…

Another view on Angry Birds… Though Angry Birds (2016, USA) is about birds, there is a very human element to proceedings. Anger.     No wonder Red, Chuck and Bomb, and Terrence, are angry, in this animation. These lovable talking birds, that have human-like attributes, naturally resist going to anger management classes. Who really wants…

DVD movie review Romance begins Disney’s The Finest Hours (2016, USA). Coast guard Bernie Webster and his girlfriend Miriam are a couple on a double date, one evening, circa 1952. They have known one another for a few months, but marriage may be on the horizon for the couple. That may be if coast guard Bernie can…

DVD movie review Two guys and two girls centers the latest Nicholas Sparks production, The Choice (2016, USA): On a coastal town, on a beautiful sunny day, veterinarian Travis is chatting up some local girls, but is swiftly taken away by his girlfriend Monica. Travis has a silver tongue and, apparently, a way with woman,…
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