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Showing posts with label Movies & TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies & TV. Show all posts
6.4.23

The Ineluctable Bond of Two Boys Broken: Movie Review of Close (2022)

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In this post, I write a spoiler-y review of the 2022 Belgian film Close . This review is meant for after viewing the film. Image Credit: Dia...
13.3.23

Meme: Ross Matthews and Otho Share an Uncanny Resemblance

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Do Ross Matthews of Ru Paul’s Drag Race fame and the character Otho from the 1988 movie Beetlejuice (played by Glenn Shadix) share an uncann...
6.11.21

Fall Teaching Diary: After a Quarter of the Year Teaching (On the Hinge of the Covid-19 Pandemic)

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I am a high school English teacher. But, in this post, I don't talk at all about teaching. But if you want to check out  my store on Tea...
2.1.21

Hollywood Movies from the Nineties: Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead (1991)

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Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, a fantastic Hollywood movie from the 1990s,  just might be one of the best movies ever made ab...
5.4.20

Quotation: Mr. Keating from Dead Poets' Society on Writing

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In the movie Dead Poets Society , Robin Williams plays the role of private school teacher Mr. Keating  — a man who believes words can be bu...
19.1.20

Quote on Beauty and Difference from the Classic Series of Dr. Who — "The Genesis of the Daleks" (1975)

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"Why must we always destroy beauty? Why kill another creature because it is not in our image?"  I keep the classic series of Dr. ...
1.1.20

Movies That Love The Written Word

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In this post, I talk about movies that have a loving relationship to books and to reading. Pulp Fiction's title is certainly a lov...
28.8.19

Cinema as Portraiture in Dovzhenko's Zvenigora and the Ukraine Trilogy

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Anthology Film Archives in New York City is a fabulous place to watch movies. I try to go to their ongoing "Essential Film" scr...
16.8.19

Short Film Review: Broke (2017)

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The Short Film "Broke" - 2017 (35 minutes, in Norwegian with English subtitles) Norwegian Filmmakers Make Another Short Film A...
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5.6.19

Short Film Review: Reckless (2013)

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The Short Film "Reckless" - 2013  (22 minutes, in Norwegian with English subtitles) The 2013 Norwegian  short film &qu...
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10.4.19

Movie Review: Tully (2018)

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A scene from Charlize Theron's movie Tully Charlize Theron's movie  Tully  (2018) reminded me of another movie I saw that also d...
25.9.18

Forty-Three Year Anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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"Don't Dream it. Be it." Dr. Frankenfurter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry, and Nell Campbell...
13.7.18

Review of Frederick Wiseman's "High School" (1969) and Jean-François Caissy's La Marche à Suivre (2014)

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I am a teacher, so I am familiar with the strained relationship students sometimes have with authority. And most teachers - especially the b...
1.4.18

Robin the Boy Wonder Celebrates His 78th Year As a Costumed Superhero Sidekick

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Robin the Boy Wonder Made His Debut in Action Comics On this Day in 1940 "Later, Gator!" So, I am a Robin the Boy Wonder fan...
28.12.17

That Day I Spoke to Margaux Hemingway When I Was Twelve Years Old

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A Woman's Secret (1992) It was Summer. I think. Somewhere around 1992 - I'm not sure. Mom and Dad were still together - and we w...
25.12.17

Today is the 55th Anniversary of the Release of To Kill a Mockingbird

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Scout Finch isn't talking to Boo Radley in this scene. She's just saying, “Hey, Boo! On Christmas Day December 25, 1962, To Kill...
11.5.17

A Monster Calls (2016) - Movie Review

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A boy learns to face his fears (© Focus Features) Wanna see a movie that gives us a twenty-first-century version of a Grimm's fairy ...
28.2.17

Adult/Teenager Banter in Manchester by the Sea

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Nephew Patrick and Uncle Eddie squabble in Manchester by the Sea © 2016 Amazon Studios I must admit one film that slipped by me was Manc...