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Logan
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pveugelaers
The well-used X-Men theme of good people caught up in a bad world is treated with grit, dirt and no polish in the latest X-Men movie, Logan. Theme Previous X-Men movies have put mutants, who are otherwise human in quite a few respects, as outsiders in a world that discriminates against them. The good mutants…
Secrets in Men in Black
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pveugelaers
Aliens on earth, giant alien bugs possessing farmers, but does the public really need to know? The original Men in Black (1997) twenty years ago inventively executes an idea that has been around for a long time. There are aliens out there that the public don’t know about. Men in Black added that they wouldn’t…
A time for heroes, but not on the people’s terms
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pveugelaers
In Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Gotham City businessman Bruce Wayne, who is also crime fighter Batman, says superhero Superman should be brought down as he left havoc in his wake fighting villains. Hey, Batman, what about you? Fighting injustice is what I do, I hear Batman say. Superman is supposed to save lives. Hypocrite. Then,…
Fighting for your rights
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pveugelaers
Fighting for what’s yours is a theme of Woman in Gold (2015), a drama starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Bruhl. Maria Altmann, played by Mirren, is a retiree living in Los Angeles. She discovers a painting of her family’s had been stolen by the Nazis in the 1940’s. The painting, Portrait of Adele…
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