Documentary, Drama, Movies

Shine

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For those of us who like classical music, Shine is a real treat. The film chronicles the life of the piano child prodigy David Helfgott. David has an ambitious father as so many children have who end up practicing an instrument for endless hours a day while other children lead a carefree life. What makes [Read More]
Diary, Politics

Trump Got Wolffed

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This week in Trumpland. As [url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html]excerpts of Wolff’s book Fire and Fury appeared in New York Magazine[/url], the White House released a statement than I republish below. Bannon calling the Trump family meeting with Russians as “treasonous” in my mind has raised the stakes considerable for Trump. It is truly getting interesting and [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

Muriel’s Wedding

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I recently saw an interview with Björn Ulvaeus, the key creative force behind the songs of ABBA. He described how the makers of the film Muriel’s Wedding pursued him for a long time to get the license to use ABBA songs in the film. This piqued my interest to see the comedy made in the [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Allied

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Allied starts out similar to Casablanca. Same time (World War II), same place, comparable ambience. A male British agent, Max (Brad Pitt) and a French female agent Marianne (Marion Cotillard) are instructed to kill the German ambassador. The mission is very dangerous. They give themselves a 40% chance they will come out of it [Read More]
Diary

Flake’s Speech

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WSJ: Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona announced Tuesday in a speech on the Senate floor that he wouldn’t stand for re-election in 2018, citing sharp differences with both President Donald Trump and the direction of the Republican Party. Here is the text of his speech, as provided by his office. PM: This may become a [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Whiplash

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Whiplash preceded LALA Land in the creative collaboration between the writer/director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz. An aspiring drummer meets a hard driving foul-mouthed teacher at the best music school in the USA. You feel like getting lashed for most of film. Only in the end of this jazz motion picture do [Read More]
Documentary, Drama, Movies

Lion

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What a story amazing story from India! Rarely was I so moved. A five-year-old boy insists that his older brother take him to his secret night work. They sneak out their mother’s house but before long the little boy is too tired to continue on. So the older brother leaves the younger brother behind [Read More]