DVD movie review Spotlight (2015, USA) is eye opening because it illuminates issues in the Catholic Church. If you have lived in the United States in the last fifteen years you probably would have heard, read or seen stories about the sex abuse scandals there. Spotlight is the story of a newspaper investigation into the abuse…

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…

With the release of X-Men Apocalypse next week, why not go down memory lane first. Since 20o9, the X-Men franchise has released origins films, but the franchise set up the characters and X-Men story-line nine years earlier.     Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), Cyclops (James…

DVD movie review     The 5th Wave (2016, USA) gets straight into the story– Biblical-like plagues sweep through America caused by a mysterious alien force in the skies. It sucks dry power sources, causes earthquakes, spreads a bird virus, and brings alien visitors to live among the humans to wipe the humans out. Then…

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