First there was Alice in Wonderland (2010, USA). Then, Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016, USA). The story of Alice in Wonderland is, from a point of view, a search for true happiness. Alice is promised the hand of marriage to Hamish, who is a lord, but the nineteen-year old can’t make up her mind…

2001 : A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact are science fiction films with distinction, for not only their technical achievements, but for their sense of the inner quest and a spiritual hunger for more. For tackling such subject matter makes these rare films.     The movies Based on the Arthur…

In My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010, France), Germain is warm hearted, but he is dismissed by his pub friends in almost every sentence they speak. He is thought of as the “village idiot”. But he is warm hearted. His mother criticized the boy’s intelligence and ability to fulfill everyday tasks. Germain, as an older man,…

Movie commentary/review Garry Marshall has been directing movies about special days recently. Whatever the reason for that, I do not know, but it has a nice cogency about it. His last two movies were New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day and his latest is called Mother’s Day (2016, USA). Marshall also has a penchant for…

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