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Favorite films

  • City Lights
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Apartment

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  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    ★★★★

  • Network

    ★★★½

  • Ball of Fire

    ★★★½

  • Life Is Beautiful

    ★★★★★

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  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    ★★★★

    Forgot how good this movie is…

  • Network

    Network

    ★★★½

    Network is not a perfect movie, but it is does perfectly address several deep issues in society, blurs a lot of lines, and brings to light more questions than answers.  

    The obvious issue is the power of the media to shape public opinion and the willingness of those in seats of power and influence to stop at nothing to further their own ambition and hold over truth and information.  

    However, there are other themes under the surface here…

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  • Life Is Beautiful

    Life Is Beautiful

    ★★★★★

    One of the most powerful films I have ever seen.  As someone who once had sons the age of Giorgio Cantarini’s character, this speaks to me on so many levels.

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★½

    Fantastic, epic film.  The conflict and challenges of leadership are explored in depth in the original classic book, Dune.  Decisions that shape the future and other people’s lives should be agonizing for those with power.  Complicated by family history/duty, expectations of others, and religious faith, the mantle of leadership falls heavily on Paul Atreides shoulders.  He is forced to make decisions that are costly and alter history.  The conflict is captured so well in Dune, the book.  

    This had…

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