The general election campaign has started..
Barak Obama’s Final White House Correspondents Dinner Speech
I will miss him but I am already looking forward to him writing another book like “Dreams from my Father”
Larry Wilmore, speaking after Obama, hits a bit harder.
RIP Prince. Super Bowl 2007
Purple Rain at Super Bowl Halftime Show. Prince’s talent on full display.
Marley
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]
Carol
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]
The Reverent
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]
Trump Unfavorability Ratings
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.”
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[Read More] Eddie the Eagle
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]
The Wonders (Le meraviglie)
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]
Bush and Hillary Clinton
George Bush and Hillary met at the funeral of Nancy Reagan. This photo clearly is the photo of the week.