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Pivots in Jackie
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pveugelaers
There are no ballerina pivots in Jackie (2016), but it is about “pivots” in life or pivotal events. Something happens and life revolves around this, it is pivotal. The event can be untimely and disturbing, but life is not forever altered by the event. The event and its aftermath passes. This movie is about how…
Family really cares for teenagers after all
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pveugelaers
Kids who go wayward may get the impression that their families don’t really care. Dad is too busy. There is no time for Mom and Dad to hang out with me, some teenagers may think. Some teenagers may bond with surrogate families. They bond with a group of friends that may or may not be…
Blame in Mission Impossible
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pveugelaers
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) layers in a sobering sense of how the IMF spy agency is blamed for an explosion at the Kremlin. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF analyst are talking about the explosion in a rail-yard. Did this really happen, they ask? They can’t believe they are to blame. IMF didn’t…
Passing through in Out of Africa
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pveugelaers
British adventurer and idealist Denys Finch Hatton says, in Out of Africa (1985), we’re all passing through. As people pass through life, they have various experiences. In Out of Africa life is a mixed blessing for business woman and storyteller Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep). Though this Danish woman runs a successful coffee plantation in Kenya,…
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