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Dev Patel plays a natural at mathematics in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016, UK). The Man Who Knew Infinity is a true story and stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) and Jeremy Irons (The Mission, Reversal of Fortune). A natural Srinivasa Ramanujan, played by Patel, is an inspiration. Working on mathematics comes easy and…
Tests of love in Ben-Hur
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In Ben-Hur (2016), trials comes in innocent packages when an incident appears to challenge the power of Rome. As a consequence, Messala (Toby Kebbell) accuses Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) of sedition and he is sent to the gallows. Messala is Judah’s adopted brother. Of course, betrayal upsets Judah’s brotherly affection for Mesalla and it shatters…
Pets and pegs: some of the “good things”
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Two weeks ago I could not find my peg bag. I thought I had lost it—forever. The loss reminded me of when I lost my cat. The loss also reminded me of loss in The Secret Life of Pets (2016, out now on DVD). This film is about, as the title suggests, the “secret life”…
We need our pets and they need us
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Max is a small pet dog attached to his owner, in The Secret Life of Pets (2016). He is upset when his owner, a young woman living in a New York apartment, leaves for work every day and he is left alone. Max needs her. Max wouldn’t call their ‘relationship’ soul mates, but there is a…
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