Documentary, Movies

Marley

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Like so many other people around the world, I love Bob Marley’s music. A few years ago a documentary was made about his life made. Just finished watching it. If you like Marley’s music, you have to see it. I knew a few pieces of his biography but had no idea of the depth of his [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Carol

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The discrimination and legal persecution that gay men had to go through until laws were gradually changed starting in the 1960s has been covered in many films, most recently in the film about the British mathematician Touring. But I had never seen a film about a woman facing legal persecution for having sexual relationships [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Reverent

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I had heard that The Reverent contains a lot of graphic violence and was not that good. The only reason why a saw the film is because it has won many Oscars and I wanted to know what all the fuzz is about. After sitting through 3 hours of violence, revenge, and [Read More]
Diary

Trump Unfavorability Ratings

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Good news from my point of view: “We’re talking about somebody who has the passionate devotion of a minority and alternately scares, appalls, angers — or all of the above — a majority of the country,” said Henry Olsen, a conservative analyst. “This isn’t anything but a historic election defeat just waiting to happen.” Source: Trump_Negative_Leader [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Eddie the Eagle

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I did not expect too much from Eddie the Eagle and was pleasantly surprised how it turned out. The film falls in the genre turn-the-life-of-a-sports-hero-into-a-movie. Three years ago, Rush dramatized with some success the relationship between two Formula 1 racers—Niki Lauda and James Hunt (see my Review]). Eddie the Eagle is a lot quieter and [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Wonders (Le meraviglie)

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I waited for this film to come out in the USA for over a year. It was worth the wait because The Wonders takes you on a entirely different journey of the the Italian landscape. The film centers around a family of beekeepers made up of a domineering German father, an Italian mother and four girls [Read More]
Diary

No, Not Trump, Not Ever

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David Brooks spells out why journalists should never support Donald Trump. Making him another Wallace must be the goal. Brookes writes in the NY Times on March 18, 20016 The voters have spoken. In convincing fashion, Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee. And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it. Trump_responds_to_Brooks [Read More]
Diary

Rupert Murdoch Marries Jerry Hall

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I am busy keeping my eyes on the Donald Trump’s fascist threat to the United States. Yesterday at Trump rally a support made a Hitler salute only to disavow it later as being taken entirely out of context. At this point I am fairly certain that he will the Republican nomination, facing Hillary Clinton in the presidential Nazi_salute_Chicago [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Jobs

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If you know a lot about Apple and Walter Isaacson’s official biography of Steve Jobs, the question you would have is: How will Aaron Sorkin turn Isaacson’s biography into a film script? The film focuses on three product launches (the original Mac in 1984, The Next Cube in 1988, and iMac in 1997) [Read More]