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Eddie the Eagle is a feel good movie. Olympic skiing is this comedy drama’s bread and butter, but competition isn’t its reason for being. The true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards and his journey to the 1988 winter Olympics has all the hallmarks of underdog determination. Though winning at the game is highly unlikely, but…

In Cocoon (1985, USA), esoteric aliens leave their planet to come to earth. The aliens come to pick up their own kind, who are in cocoons at the bottom of earth’s ocean, and take them back to their alien planet.  Undercover as human beings, they employ the services of a fishing boat captain and dive…

When Star Trek was funny.  I have written about how Star Trek crossed into the environmentally friendly. That environmental theme was in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (1986, USA). It was an appropriate theme for the Star Trek series, which looked at life idealistically. The message was to look after the environment, particularly whales, before…

Is there such a thing as a close-knit family? Apparently, there is. According to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016, USA), now available on DVD/Blu-ray and on demand. In it, being Greek means you have an extended family that is tight and unbreakable, and sometimes this is misunderstood by outsiders as strange. The film’s writer,…
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