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Queen of Katwe: When outreach does good
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pveugelaers
I left chess to the experts who filled up a classroom during the lunch hour chess club. I doubt there were many masters there, if any, but I wouldn’t want to play any of them, in case I got whipped. Disney’s Queen of Katwe (2016; out now on DVD) is a true story about a…
Garfield is coming back
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pveugelaers
A reboot of Garfield is “in development” with a Hollywood studio. So why not look back at a previous movie incarnation of the beloved cat, the live action animated Garfield (2004), which spawned a 2006 sequel. Before the movies, the fat cat Garfield has been around for decades. He is the center of attention (probably…
Goodies need redeeming , even jedi
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pveugelaers
Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Han Solo in The Force Awakens and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. The action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. They are the good guys. Does the Arnold Schwarzenegger action hero need redemption? No, we say. Because he saves lives (in the way an action movie…
Transforming into evil isn’t the end for Star Wars.
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pveugelaers
In Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker had transformed into an evil character, but this isn’t a total transformation into evil. Not total transformation Unless one is the Devil, one can’t totally be evil. In the television series Lucifer there’s a shot of what the Devil looks like. There is no compassion, empathy or mercy on his…
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