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Writing a movie, TV show or stage play is not an easy job. Character development, a plot, themes, dialog, a beginning, middle and end is tough. Add an original score and replace half the dialog with songs is even more ...
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A metaphor is a strong thing in film, because it can be used very effectively or very poorly. Sometimes the metaphor is purely visual, other times it is an audio motif like in Jackie, and sometimes it’s very obvious. Of ...
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  Mark Wahlberg leads an all-star cast in this unforgettably powerful film inspired by a thrilling story of real-life heroes. For the one hundred and twenty-six people aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, April 20, 2010, began like any normal ...
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I am wary of “slice of life” movies because they often are tied together with the barest threads of theme and usually are just a bunch of scenes without anything connecting them. Not always, but often, and the realm of ...
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In 1966, Japanese author Shusaku Endo published a book called "Silence" that told a fictionalized version of real world historical events about two Jesuit priests who attempted to spread Catholicism to Japan in the 1600’s. Before this movie, I had ...
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There have been a few films about NASA and the space program, most well known among them probably Apollo 13. But most tend to be about the astronauts, which I suppose makes sense. There were hundreds of brilliant people that ...
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I never know what to think about movies that everyone praises. Sometimes you can’t help but have high expectations, and in such cases, it’s very difficult for anything to live up to that. I try my best to remain objective, ...
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2016 has come to an end, and for the entertainment industry it seems like it was one of the worst years in recent memory with the number of stars and behind-the-scenes folk we lost. Thankfully, we will always have their ...
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Not many shows start off with the cast imploring the audience, in song, to leave the theater immediately before the sordid tale of murder ... and love ... begins. But of course that just hooks you in even more, making ...
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In 1983, playwright August Wilson wrote Fences, the sixth play he had written about the African-American experience. It won the Tony Award during its run in 1987, and was on hiatus after 1988 until it was revived in 2010 with ...
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Ah, the adaptation of real world events movie. We’ve got plenty of them every year, with at least twelve movies this year alone, and they always vary in quality. Often they do seem to be the sort of either “feel ...
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It's the most wonderful time of the year and Hollywood always gifts us with a holiday film or three. These movies are usually family oriented, mixtures of comedy and drama, but over the last few years the comedy has become ...
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