Saturday, December 20, 2025

The Natural: A Nostalgic Fable about More than Baseball

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" My life didn't turn out the way I expected." ~ Roy Hobbs I used to watch movies every Sunday evening with a street person my...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

This Is It (A Poem)

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The music swirls skyward toward a chorus of angels. How describe the effect? Rushing rivers of radiance, fluttering ivories and a gentle per...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The National Stain Known As Gitmo

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Earlier this year we watched a very disturbing film called The Mauritanian . The  2021 film was directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Tah...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The Weight of Destruction: Gaza Beneath 68 Million Tons of Ruin

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81% of buildings in Gaza destroyed. A December 10 headline in the Wall Street Journal caught my attention. It read:  Gaza Sits Under 68 Mill...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

What Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky Said To Me

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"Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." --Sofia In 2001 Cameron Crowe created an incredible film. Why ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

8½ -- The First Seven Minutes

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What is this film about? Chaos striving for resolution? Fellini translates his inner struggle into a story line that audiences can experienc...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Mastroianni in the Mirror: Searching for a Soul in La Dolce Vita

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If you know Spanish, "Dulce" means "Sweet." And "Vida"means "Life."  La Dolce Vita is an Italian fi...