Just yesterday my cinefile friend Bernie at Reely Bernie and I were discussing today’s featured movie Vivarium. Like him I only ‘quasi-liked’ it after first viewing, although the premise intrigued me and lingered somewhere in the recesses. Upon subsequent viewings…
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Kickboxer (1989) – David Worth (Friday’s Finest)
The above movie poster adorned my room when I was 15 years old. Nothing has changed because my 14 year boy recently came back from a school excursion to a book and movie fair and presented me a Rocky IV…
Captain Fantastic (2016) – Matt Ross (Friday’s Finest)
IMDB Storyline:In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means…
6/5 – 12/5/24 – May Pang, Son of Man & Starfish
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Meeting May PangBlog article at PowerPop Max at PowerPop has made it no secret his adoration and fascination with the Beatles over the years.…
Tagged with: Ali Ataie, blogging theology, john lennon, MayPang, powerpop, Sharon's Writers Tidbits, son of man, Starfish
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
The Promised Land (2023) – Nikolaj Arcel (Friday’s Finest)
In Danish and Spanish this film title is translated ‘The Bastard‘. Why the innocuous ‘The Promised Land‘ was chosen for its English title is anyone’s guess, because this film is anything but banal. I saw ‘The Bastard‘ at the cinema…
Tagged with: Danish, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Arcel, the bastard, the promised land
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
15/4 – 21/4/24 – Apostle Paul, Classic Film & Mr. Hall
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Was the Apostle Paul the Real Founder of Christianity? With Dr James TaborVideo discussion at Blogging Theology I have been wading through a variety…
Tagged with: audrey hepburn, Bible, Daryl Hall, Dr James Taylor, Film, Hall & Oats, Nancy, Paris when it sizzles, Paul, Paul Williams, the elephant's trunk
Posted in Movies and TV, News
Posted in Movies and TV, News
Scoop (2024) – Philip Martin (Friday’s Finest)
I recall in my adolescent years seeing Prince Andrew, Duke of York in his naval uniform and reading about him being a hero in the Falklands war as a helicopter pilot. I couldn’t help but look up to him; he…
Tagged with: Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Philip Martin, Prince Andrew, Sam McAlister, Scoop
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
The Road (2009) – John Hillcoat (Friday’s Finest)
The Man: Listen, we have to talk. That man back there… There’s not many good guys left, that’s all. We have to watch out for the bad guys. We have to just… keep carrying the fire. The Boy: What fire?…
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) – Bryan Forbes (Friday’s Finest)
Charles: Who’s that? Who’s that fellah? Nan: It’s not a ‘fellah’; it’s Jesus. Charles: That i’n’t Jesus! Nan: Well, is too, Mr. clever dick! Charles: Jesus wore a long dress! Kathy: Well, that was in them days. Whistle Down the…
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) – Sara Colangelo (Friday’s Finest)
Lisa Spinelli: Talent is so fragile and so rare. And our culture does everything to crush it. I mean even at four or five, they’re coming into school attached to their phones, talking only about TV shows and video games.…
