Movies

Those were the big themes of the last day of my holiday. Given that it was a holiday, a moment away from the clients and class work (although, I confess I used that time to write and research stuff) I decided to go to the movies one of those days – a burn out prevention method, I told myself.  Read More »

I know the "Dark Knight" is probably old news for most people, but I saw it in the discount theater on Saturday night for the first time. I was interested in noting that there were many parallels between the movie characters and real life politicians.  Read More »

These days, following a newly born interest back into the world of science fiction television (I spent some days in junior high days with ST: Next Generation). I have been reflecting, from my feminist podium (see Mere Women 1, 2, and 3) on the portrayal of women in this genre.  Read More »

He may be the creator of "all time classics", but the true stories are even better.  Read More »

After watching Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” (1954 production) the other day (I know, still not the season…), I came to a conclusion: the movie industry has totally bottomed in the past 50 years.  Read More »

The past few years Hollywood has turned out dud after dud. It's almost as if the creativity has fled the holds of the creators, maybe the writer's muse has moved beyond screenplays. The problem is the movies are not as great.  Read More »

We live in the time of sequels, nothing original is coming out of Hollywood anymore. Gone are the days when movies like American Beauty graced the silver screen. Now it seems that we can only look forward to the next Spider-man, National Treasure, Indiana Jones, etc.  Read More »