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‘Winning the war’
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pveugelaers
“You may not survive what the world puts you through…” — Heart of Gold, by Jon Gibson (from Gibson’s Body and Soul album, 1989) As Jon Gibson alludes to, there are battles in life that we won’t survive. But there is also the war which we may win. All of my previous posts about survival are…
Flashback: The Howard Beale Show
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pveugelaers
A ratings phenomenon. A presenter, Howard Beale, who has been dumped by his wife and television company, is going through a breakdown on screen. This in front of millions of Americans, in his final week of broadcasting. But his raves are making the ratings sky rocket. Then he is propped up by the television network.…
Flashback: hero in the temple of doom
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pveugelaers
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a summer hit, but it is more than a pop corn movie. The summer of 1984 at the movies was about Gremlins, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones 2, otherwise known as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Darker Director of Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg, admits in…
Stirring moments in Star Trek First Contact
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pveugelaers
In a way Star Trek First Contact (1996) is about war and defense, but it has enough purer moments to add something more…after all these years, First Contact is still an uplifting film. The crew of the starship Enterprise—the one led by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart)—comes from the future to 2065 (like time travel is…
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