Comedy, Movies

My Fat Greek Wedding 2

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I laughed tears on during the original My Fat Greek Wedding. The sequel is not nearly as funny. From the beginning, you wonder whose wedding it will be this time. First it seems, grandpa might get his way and the 17-year-old granddaughter is getting married a tiny bit early. But then the film [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Finding Dori

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All weekend I have been reeling from the Brexit vote shock. The only time my mind could forget this calamity while watching Finding Dori at the cinema. For 90 minutes Pixar took me into a parallel universe created by the wonderful people of Pixar. Every time I see a Pixar film, I have the same [Read More]
Documentary, Drama, Movies

Purple Rain

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Prince’s premature death prompted me to see Purple Rain for the first time. The film feels a bit like Flashdance. Incidentally, Jennifer Beals, the star of Flashdance was asked to play lead female role but declined. The plot is apparently based on Prince’s life but the main story is Prince’s talent. No plot [Read More]
Documentary, Movies

Amy

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Since every person now has a smartphone, documentaries of people living today will much easier to do because so much film material will be available on each person. Compared to the documentary on Bob Marley that I covered earlier, a lot of film material was available on Amy Winehouse. Relatively cheap digital video [Read More]