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It’s Mother’s Day at the movies
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pveugelaers
Movie commentary/review Garry Marshall has been directing movies about special days recently. Whatever the reason for that, I do not know, but it has a nice cogency about it. His last two movies were New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day and his latest is called Mother’s Day (2016, USA). Marshall also has a penchant for…
Friendship and meanings behind beaches
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pveugelaers
There was a story I heard in the course of a conversation that reminded me of the sentimental favorite Beaches (1988, USA), directed by Garry Marshall, sister of Penny (Penny directed the Tom Hanks favorite Big the same year). The person who told me the story had a strong liking to see the movie because…
The sweetest letdown?
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pveugelaers
In the young adult drama Paper Towns (2015, USA), based on the novel by John Green, Quentin has had a crush on his next door neighbor Margo since he was eight years old and she moved into his neighborhood. They became friends, but when she asked him out for a wild prank, he refused. That might…
Being friends can be easy
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pveugelaers
Movie flashback The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Japan, 1989, English language version) sounded like innocent, wholesome fun. It is about a cat named Milo and a pug-nosed dog named Otis on a farm. The wilderness surrounds them, but when the animals run about the setting isn’t always clear. Having a cat and a dog…
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