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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...
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...
6.2.17

Stones of Erasmus's 2017 Alternative Academy Awards

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Hey, since everyone is talking about alternative this-and-thats - I put together my own alternative Academy Awards: Film of the Year - ...
4.12.16

Wisdom from the Animated Feature Film "The Sword in the Stone"

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The animated GIF is my favorite type of digital file. It's been around forever, right? It's been around longer than Vine has been a ...
25.8.16

Ira Sach's "Little Men" Improvisation Scene

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Michael Barbieri in Ira Sach's Little Men    Ira Sach's Little Men (2016) is about how  children are more mature in their emot...
30.5.15

Advice on Priorities from François Truffaut's 1973 Classic Film "Day for Night"

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François Truffaut's film  Day for Night Transcript of the Scene (for context) Julie : Liliane ran off with the stuntman.  Joë...