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Rocky Balboa was here (Rocky post, part three)
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pveugelaers
Rocky V (1990) Rocky V is well-directed but there isn’t a major turning point in the story. The street brawl, instead of fighting in a boxing ring, is a turn off and didn’t do the Rocky image much good. All was forgiven, though. In terms of what’s happening now for the Balboa family: Rocky and…
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…
Progress in In the Heart of the Sea
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pveugelaers
DVD movie commentary/review A palatable issue is better on the senses than a heavy handed approach to an issue. Of the recent Ron Howard films I have seen, the issues are presented palatably. Howard’s films such as A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and his latest In the Heart of the Sea…
Showing mercy
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pveugelaers
DVD movie commentary/review The existential worldview is a certainty in Far From Men (2015, France, and subtitled), but there is more. The film is adapted from the short story The Guest by French existential writer Albert Camus. His short story was published in 1957. The film adaptation, Far From Men, takes its cue from 1954…
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