Superman grieves when an earthquake strikes Anyone who has gone through an earthquake won’t be thinking about the earthquake in Superman: The Movie (1978). That’s pretty much a given. (Not to denigrate in any way the experiences of people in earthquakes.) Many people have the seen the scene in Superman. In the desert, Daily Planet…

Finding Dory (2016, out now on DVD) is populated with animations of sea and marine animals. There is a shark, an octopus, a marlin, and birds, all helping out, in some way, to assist Dory, a small blue tang fish, to find her parents. Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) has gotten lost. This is played out in…

Trying to understand aliens, in Arrival (2016), coming to movie theaters this week. There was another film called The Arrival in 1996. The Arrival had similar premise to Arrival, but turned out there was a twist. The Arrival starred Charlie Sheen in scientist mode. Arrival has Amy Adams in scientist mode. Arrival’s premise is straightforward.…

The Sea of Trees (out now on DVD) reminds me of one of those famous inspirational stories. Yes, it is a story containing a suicidal theme and there’s a mysterious touch of Spiritism, but wait a minute. When school teacher Arthur Breenan goes to Japan’s “Suicide Forest” to do the unthinkable after a family tragedy, he…

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