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Moulin Rouge

Reviewed on May 20 2008

Note: We feel that this movie should be rated R becuase of sexual innuendos

If somebody tells you that this is the best musical they've seen in thirty years, believe them. Not only is it the best in thirty years, but probably the best musical ever made. The computer graphics put you into a world of good magic and dream lands. It moves fast, so keep those thoughts in line with your imagination. The characters, including the French painter and lithographer, Toulouse ...
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Mozart in the Jungle

Reviewed on Apr 16 2016

It's a television series that's on Amazon. It's about the New York Philharmonic today and a fictional maestro from Mexico, who is a starseed, who most likely is from the universe of Avalon and the planet of Alcyone (don't ask—but if interested, see The Cosmic Family, Volume 1). His beautiful wife is also a starseed, who's probably from the universe of Fanoving. Both of them are great violinists. The show revolves around quirky musicians in the Philharmonic and their lifestyles, making ...
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Murder In The First

Reviewed on Sep 09 2019

A Movie Classic

French and US production but shot entirely in California—This is a true story of a young attorney (played by Christian Slater) who takes the defense of an Alcatraz convict who murders another convict, during a state of emotional trauma, just getting out of 3 years of solitary confinement in the worst of conditions. The young attorney proves that the staff of Alcatraz are abusive. Kevin Bacon (the convict) should have gotten an Academy Award for his role as a poor ...
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The Music Never Stopped

Reviewed on Mar 29 2012

This film is about a talented musician who somehow ends up on the streets, even though he comes from a loving middle-class family. His brain is damaged, and he has lapses of memory. A music therapist is called upon by his father to try to heal his son, as the son is a lover of seventies music, particularly The Grateful Dead. When he hears this music, he snaps to life and becomes conversational. When he doesn't hear the music, he is almost in a comatose state. When he was younger and played ...
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Music Within

Reviewed on Jun 11 2008

The true story of Richard Pimentel who had less than a normal upbringing and becomes a speaker and advocate for handicapped veterans after being wounded in Vietnam and the loss of his hearing. He befriends a man with cerebral palsy, and the audience learns about how people react to physical handicaps, even though the mind is in tact. The story is very cleverly written, acted, and directed and is guaranteed to touch the emotions at many levels. It shows what one person can do to help ...
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My Name Is Khan

Reviewed on Sep 10 2010

Indian drama

Everything came together in this film to make it really an Academy-Award-winning film from Bollywood. Without the music and dancing, two young superstars give a beautiful performance. Shahrukh Khan plays a young man with autism who marries Kajol. There are many sensitive scenes that bring tears to your eyes, and you get a feeling that you wish that you can be as nice and innocent as them. Then tragedy happens, and Kajol sets out to tell the President of the United States, ...
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My Sister's Keeper

Reviewed on Mar 12 2010

Drama

This film adaption of a novel by Jodi Picoult will keep you in tears. One of the hardest things for any parent would be for the child to die before the parent, and especially at such a young age and in particular once you get to know them a little better and their personality develops. The grief is almost unbearable. I know; I went through it with my 7-year-old daughter. This picture brought back the pain. It is about a little girl diagnosed with cancer when she was very young ...
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