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The Free State of Jones

Reviewed on Jul 14 2016

From time to time, I do review films that are still in the theaters, because people either should see them or avoid them. I review the best of those in the theaters, that absolutely should be seen, which is the case in this film, and the worst, that use sophisticated marketing and lies to make the film something more than it is,.

Since racism is in the air of America and there are continued killings of young black men, and even the abuse of young black women, I thought I ...
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Knight of Cups

Reviewed on Jul 14 2016

From time to time, I do review films that are still in the theaters, because people either should see them or avoid them. I review the best of those in the theaters, that absolutely should be seen, and the worst, that use sophisticated marketing and lies to make the film something more than it is, which is the case in this film.

Writer/Director Terrence Malick has blown it on this one. The sets were pretty amazing, shooting in some of the most rich-and-famous houses in ...
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In the Heart of the Sea

Reviewed on Jun 06 2016

United States/Australian/Spanish/United Kingdom/Canadian drama—Based on a true story, Chris Hemsworth plays a sailor from the northeast United States in the early 19th century who goes on a voyage around the bottom of South America, close to the Antarctic and they run into a great Moby-Dick size whale who destroys the ship and most of the men die. He makes it back after being lost on an island for months. In his later life he tells the story to a journalist who then writes the story that we...
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War Witch

Reviewed on May 02 2016

Canadian drama —A teenage African girl is kidnapped by rebels and forced to fight. She is abused. She survives by her powers as a seer to give information about what she sees to the leader, who protects her as long as she is useful. The film has hard to watch scenes if you are squeamish, but by filmmaking standards it could win an Academy Award in most countries because it's very real. This Canadian film was shot in the Democratic Republic Of Congo with African actors. Director Kim Nguyen. ...
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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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The Salvation

Reviewed on Dec 21 2015

Mads Mikkelsen does an excellent job in playing the quiet, tough man Jon Jensen who revenges his son's, wife's, and brother's deaths by the hands of two 1870s cowboys. The brother, Mikael Persbrandt, also plays a man's man, who saves Jon from the hands of the vicious Henry Delarue (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his gang, who are bent to kill Jon for killing Henry's brother, even though it was in retribution for the rape and murder of his wife and son. This European cowboy film is much better than ...
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Beasts of No Nation

Reviewed on Nov 13 2015

This is a story of a young African teenager who is abducted by the rebels to be a child soldier. His whole family is killed, and the atrocities that he goes through are hard to believe. And because this happens to so many young African boys and the film is done so realistically, it made me wish I was young again to go join the group of mercenaries to go after those rebels and bring them to justice. The boy was even physically abused by his crazed commander. The film is brutal, so be aware. ...
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