#UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism: For those who regularly follow this blog, what I have to say is unexciting. It is a case of preaching to the already converted. The audiences that are likely to benefit from the message of this motion picture will, unfortunately, not be watching the motion picture. That is regrettable. This […]
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Not Another Church Movie: I have been a fan of parody films for a long time, in fact, I still remember the first one I watched and as it happened, I later realized that it was one of the best films in the genre. But nothing could have prepared me for the trains wreak that
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A TEDXWomen Talk by Angela Patton in September 2013 became all the rage for the speech that she delivered encouraging love packed luncheons between daughters and their jailed fathers. This includes a petition she initiated in 2005 under her Patrick Patton Foundation in Richmond, Virginia that encouraged all attending to feel welcomed and loved. The
While the home invasion subgenre can be found in a myriad of horror movies; The Strangers comes to mind, it is still popular. Model House locks out five swimsuit models in a house for the weekend. This is Derek Pike’s first feature length movie, who brings his history of over 100 directed music videos to
For Sale is a unique blend of comedy and horror. For Mason McGinness (Andrew Roth, The Wire), the protagonist in the film, nothing comes more lightly than a sale, as he is ready to go the extra mile to get a customer on board. Mason’s world takes a different turn when out of sheer greed
Springsteen has his own signature style that has not changed over the years. With his guitar resting behind him, cocked and ready to go, his awed silence, or the way he looks around the audience, the ‘Young Abraham Lincoln’ holding an ax over his shoulder becomes the iconic. It is a nearly feudal portrayal of
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My First Film: There has never been a time when there were many innovations in the cinema. It is not often possible to hear a new voice break through with an artist willing and able to manipulate cinematic language and form as if there were no pre-determined parameters. It is also not often that you
Black Box Diaries: Not every woman is the heroine of her own story and most of them never get a chance to fight for others as well. Shiori Ito, a 28-year-old Japanese journalist came out as a woman who was sexually assaulted by a journalist two years back and called out the perpetrator, Noriyuki Yamaguchi,
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This story has been told many times, but it still brings the same tears to one’s eyes. In Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, National Geographic Documentary Films found the focus on the delicate connection between a human and a mammal. It is a part of the Documentary Spotlight section of SXSW Film Festival,
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It seems that someone has immense trust in James Bamford the director. After several years of working as a stuntman and directing various episodes of more or less DC Comics oriented television, Hard Home became the fourth and this year’s film in question. That the last three, Air Force One Down, Jade and Shadow Land
