Category: Movies
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“Gonna Fly Now” – Creed, Rocky and the Holidays
One might wonder what the Theme From Rocky and the holidays have to do with one another, but somehow the holiday music that is usually playing while the house and tree are decorated was replaced with Gonna Fly Now and Eye of the Tiger after going to the absolutely wonderful new movie, Creed, and watching the Spike TV Rocky…
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“Home Is Where The Heart Is”
It seems that over the last month the news has been filled with countless stories about the devastating loss of lives and homes in natural disasters, such as wildfires and floods, and man-made disasters of refugees forced to flee their homes in war-torn countries. Not only has this seemed prevalent over the last month, but…
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“You Don’t Choose A Life, You Live One” – Musings about Life and the Wonderful Movie, The Way
Very early in the film, The Way (currently streaming on Netflix), there is a scene of a father (Martin Sheen) driving his son (Emilio Estevez) to the airport after the son has made the decision to drop out of graduate school and travel the world. The son asks the father to join him on his…
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Musings about A Walk in the Woods Starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte
Labor Day weekend offers a wonderful opportunity for nature lovers and adventurers to take a walk in the woods, but if you are like me and have a slight aversion to bugs, a huge aversion to snakes and have Pepe Le Pew and his friend visiting on a regular basis and living in the nearby…
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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Movie Review
It has been almost 30 years since first watching Maverick (Tom Cruise) on the big screen riding a motorcycle in Top Gun and he proves in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation that not only does he still have it after all these years, but that there also appears to be no signs of him losing…
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While We’re Young Movie Review
Full Disclosure: The following review is written by a member of Generation X and may contain snarky, cynical comments. While We’re Young tells the story of a middle-aged Generation X married couple, Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts), experiencing mid-life boredom with their friends with children, their careers and relationship and the friendship and…
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Jurassic World Movie Review – Favorite 2015 Summer Blockbuster (so far)
Jurassic World is one of those movies where you find yourself sitting in the movie theater as the credits begin to roll at the end of the movie shaking your head and saying wow. Chris Pratt (wow); Dinosaurs (wow); Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard (it took awhile, but by the end of the movie…
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Still Alice Movie Review
My quest to watch all of the 2014 Academy Award nominees was interrupted by NCAA March Madness, NHL Playoffs and Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals, but I finally had an opportunity to watch the riveting performance of Julianne Moore, the Academy Award Winner for Best Actress, in the heartbreaking film Still Alice. After viewing…
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