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Movie commentary The background to A Royal Night Out (2015, UK) is that the Nazis have surrendered to allied forces, in World War II. World War II forced the English princesses, the only children of the King and Queen of England, to be ‘holed’ up inside the royal palace, according to A Royal Night Out.…
Beauty cannot fail
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pveugelaers
High wire artist Phillippe Petit refused to think he couldn’t cross between New York’s twin towers on a high wire. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Phillippe tells us this in the opening seconds of The Walk (2015, USA). It is a good piece of writing to get unbelief out of the way first. Otherwise, the audience would…
The valley is there for a reason
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DVD movie commentary Maze Runner The Scorch Trials (2015, USA) is, on the surface not about teenage life problems, but on closer inspection, it sort of fits adolescent life. There is a theme we can take from the story that reflects adolescent life; The Maze Runner subtly explores surviving the turbulent years of adolescence. In…
Life can change under us
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DVD movie commentary What happens when a change is coming—right before your eyes, without even expecting it. That’s Aloha (2015, USA). The situation Military contractor Brian Gilcrest’s (Bradley Cooper) last job in Kabul is a secret he would rather forget, but Brian is now in Honolulu, Hawaii, to fulfill a job on the island for…
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