Divorce was less acceptable in the 1940’s and 50’s, but is more acceptable today. Divorce situations in movies are commonplace. However, many classical Hollywood stars during the early and mid 1900’s and beyond were getting divorced several times though divorce was scandalous. My impression is that there are too many divorce scenarios at the movies…

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…

Many moments in The Light Between Oceans (2016, out now for home viewing) accentuate isolated and needy individuals who don’t really want to be alone. Tom and Isabel The film begins by lingering on Tom’s isolation on the Australian coast. He is single, alone and surrounded by mountain and land on one side and ocean…

The airplane drama Sully (2016, out now on DVD) is not a testosterone fueled action flick. That’s maybe why someone I heard, who dismissed Sully, probably wanted more western flick than dramatic. Because Sully is directed by iconic western star of the 1960’s and 70’s Clint Eastwood. However, no western this time, with Sully. Eastwood…

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