Tag: movie reviews
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Movie Review: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Yes, I would, Fred.)
Touching. Timely. Inspiring. Infuriating. I, like millions of other children from my generation, grew up watching Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Living just 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, I watched it on his home station, WQED – PBS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His gentle demeanor, memorable opening song, iconic sweater, simple puppets, and the ever-cool red trolley are indelible…
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Inha Kim Movie Review: The Magnificent Seven
I’m happy to have the astute movie insights of Inha Kim, as he gives us his in-depth take on the re-make of The Magnificent Seven. Here’s everything you want to know about the movie. A Callback to the Good Old Days The 1960 film The Magnificent Seven is one of the most fondly remembered westerns…
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Classic Movie Review: Funny Girl
“Funny Girl” is Barbara Streisand’s first movie, breaking into film with a bang by winning an academy award for her efforts. I had never seen it before until recently, and I admittedly have mixed feelings about this classic musical film from 1968. First the good. I have honestly never paid much attention to Streisand before,…
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Movie Review: The Giver
I’m not a fan of the dystopian genre, but I really liked “The Giver,” and I highly recommend seeing it either in the theater or when its released on video because the themes and intellectual value of the piece is something to be valued – unlike a trivial movie like “The Hunger Games.” I have…
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Mini-Review: Iron Man 3 vs. Star Trek – Into Darkness
No contest. I had an opportunity to see both movies this past week, but if you can only see one, here’s my advice: make it Star Trek. First off, if you know me, I’m not a big sci-fi or superhero fan. I have become somewhat numb by both genres as the endless flow of big…
Author Mark W Sasse 