Documentary, Drama, Movies

Stories We Tell

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We all know the dynamics of our immediate family. But unless we spent a lot of time—let’s say at the house of our best friend—we know very little about whether what happens in our family is typical or quite different from what happens in most other families. Sarah Polley opens up her family for us. [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Rush

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I am not a fan of Formula One racing or any car racing for that matter. But Niki Lauda is an intriguing figure and Rush received very high ratings by critics and the viewing public alike. So I went to see this new film by Ron Howard. The story is a simple one-a rivalry [Read More]
Documentary, Drama, Movies

NO

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Advertising is curious profession. It is in part art and in part psychology. Some ads are amazingly good, and those who created these memorable ads become famous at least in the subculture of advertising agencies. Until I saw the film “No” I was not aware that advertising people were quite instrumental in throwing General Pinochet [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Turning

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The project of turning a book of 17 short stories very loosely connected in the one movie is a daunting task. Producer Robert Connolly parceled the task of putting prose into film out to 17 different directors. Each episode has different actors, even if in the book some characters reappear. Since I had not read [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Toy Story 2

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As a fan of Pixar movies, I wanted to see sequel to the first full feature Pixar movie, Toy Story. With the first Toy Story was appealing because the idea of making toys come alive was new. Part 2 is simply more of the same. A toy get’s abducted–in this film Woody himself–and the other [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Blue Jasmine

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Perhaps the single best decision Woody Allen made to get back his creativity was to move the location of his movies out of New York. Blue Jasmine takes place mainly in San Francisco although there are periodic flashbacks to New York and its summer playground, the Hamptons. Jasmine has hit rock bottom. Formerly married to [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

The Internship

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Google is one of the most desirable employers in the world. Getting a job there is not easy. When two middle aged watch salesmen lose their jobs and their prospects for a stable income, one of them comes up with the idea of applying for an internship at Google, which offers the chance of landing [Read More]