Tale of Tales is on the surface about mystery. My overseas adventure today was watching a mystery: the Italian, English-speaking Tale of Tales (2015). This film takes you through three mysterious, unusual stories involving decadent medieval kings and queens and their humble servants, in a tone of humor, fantasy, nightmare, and of course mystery. Mystery…

Inspiration and ideals are at the cinema My previous post looked at how actors and stars can be romanticized and idealized by their screen roles and the movies they are in. Yet in being that, they may shine light on an ideal or ideals. Ideals may be hard to attain in life, but the movies…

What or who’s a classic? The star system of the classics era of Hollywood made actors appear perfect and audiences saw them through a romantic or idealized lens. Today, we can still see movies, actors and stars through a romantic lens. Here is what marks some, mostly older, classical guys and girls:   Gregory Peck: Remarkable…

A twist on love your neighbor Another view of The Choice…Love your neighbor is taken to the obvious–a neighborly love story–and perhaps symbolic, in The Choice (2016, USA). Next door neighbors Gabby is a medical student studying hard away at her books—seems to be a Saturday night, though, but she is a dedicated student. Then,…

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