The decade in which we live has more in common with the 1850s than any other era of American history.
Anyone who thinks a second American Civil War is a good idea and might even be fun should screen this film, which provides a realistic vision of the horrors that would accompany such an event.
The hidden gem of this film—a compelling story free from inferences as to good and evil, right and wrong.
Better than any other narrative to date, whether book, article, interview, documentary or movie, this 135 minute film captured the essence of Reagan, the man, president and historical leader, within the context of the era during which he occupied a place of prominence on the world stage.
Reagan has confounded writers, editors and producers for as long as he has been a subject of public interest. Pulitzer Prize winning author Edmond Morris, despite having been afforded broad access within Reagan’s…
Three specific takeaways after screening The Barbie Movie with my 20-year-old daughter…
1. Viewers will see in this film the issues with which their minds currently grapple. I suspect the experience for a person who has engaged in the work of deep self-reflection and discovery will be vastly different from the viewer who exists at the emotional surface of life.
2. Directing her fourth feature film, master-storyteller Gerwig takes huge risks that payoff. She leaves zero room for a sequel. Gerwig’s film acts like a brightly lit magnifying mirror which affords viewers a detailed 2-hour look into their own souls.
3. I am Kenough!
My first experience viewing a film on the big screen came when my father took my older brother and me to see Star Wars in 1977.
The few images I can recall from that screening are seared onto my memory—the massive ship which envelopes the screen following the opening scroll and the emergence of Darth Vader after the laser battle between rebels soldiers and Stormtroopers.
Barely three years old, Star Wars immediately hooked me for life. An echo of childhood…
