Drama

The true story of Dee Roberts in Hearne, Texas. This is an excellent film of the courage of a young black woman who is accused of drug trafficking, thrown in jail for 21 days, and her reputation destroyed. She loses her job, trying to raise 4 children. Innocent but courageous, she fights back with the help of an ACLU lawyer and overcomes much persecution, threats, and adversity. Thousands of poor blacks are arrested and charged with some form of drug trafficking and are given ...
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Drama

I was hesitant to see Invictus because I didn't think that the movie would do justice to the integrity and courage of Nelson Mandela, but I was overjoyed and emotionally affected by the beautiful portrayal of Nelson Mandela by Morgan Freeman, as well as the direction of Clint Eastwood and the writing to bring out the qualities of such a great soul of a Nelson Mandela. If we only had leaders like him in every country: a leader who did the right thing even though the majority ...
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Sci-Fi

This movie has a powerful message and commentary on the state of the modern world and people's thirst for pleasure, sex, greed, and power. Using clones to replace one's self, the operator discovers that the phoney life is better than the real one, or at least it seems that way. To me the author is writing about the lower self taking over the higher self, and that most people like to stay in the lower self because the higher self has challenges, commitments, and obligations, and...
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Drama

Maybe the movie James Bond made Daniel Craig a star, but Defiance proves he is truly a good actor. This film shows the tragedy of war and the necessity of strong leadership and true Father-circuited men in times of turmoil, when decision-making and leadership is a matter of life and death. Thousands of lives were saved because of this kind of leadership, where a leader has to think in terms of the whole and the lives of many, over misplaced compassion or the concern for one. ...
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Drama

I could write a book on this movie. As a matter of fact, I already have. It's called The Divine New Order. But I will just comment on the main theme of the movie, which is about the cowardice and smallness of the husband, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and the all-too-obedient wife, who probably was the starseed (married to the new-soul husband) who gave up her dreams to be an actress for the sake of her husband, who wanted to become a 9-to-5 guy, buy the home with the ...
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Both actresses should get some kind of an award for their performances in this period piece from the 1930s to 1970s. Based on a true story the Bouvier family, relatives of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, and the extraordinary relationship between mother and daughter and their flamboyant lives in high society as well as experiencing near poverty, the deterioration of their finances and the deterioration of their lives. The mother (Jessica Lange) was a singer, and the daughter had ambitions to dance ...
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