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Category Archives: Movies
I Don’t Like Change
My favourite kind of days are regular days with routines that you are used to. They may be considered by extroverts to be boring. To me they are comforting. I love living in regular days with no extremes to upset … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Movies
Tagged change, covid, lockdown, midlife, Nostalgia, Tom Cruise, Top Gun
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Must Watch on Netflix: Three Songs for Benazir
It’s one of those stories that will stay etched in your mind. Beautiful, tender tale of young love, set in Afghanistan. This young couple will captivate you and you will feel for them through their struggles. The couple who seem … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Movies
Tagged Afghanistan, documentary, Middle East, three songs for benazir
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Oblivion: Bored Out of My Mind
Tom Cruise has always been drawing point when it comes to movie selection, but lately I think he has made the wrong choices when it comes to roles. He seems to keep playing the same character but in different settings. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Behind the Candelabre, Liberace, Movie, Oblivion, personal, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise
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Remember when Adrien Brody Kissed Halle Berry?
Just had to relive this touching Oscar moment. I’m a huge fan of Adrien Brody and I wish all speeches could be this genuine and witty as well. Watching it again I couldn’t help but feel touched. Watched The Pianist … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Adrien Brody, beauty, Halle Berry, Oscar, plastic surgery, speech, The Pianist, unique
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Enchanted by ‘A Room with a View’: Both the Book & the Movie
Am in the middle of the novel ‘A Room with a View’ and the trailer on Youtube of the 1985 movie brought back lovely memories. Would love to watch this movie again and if only our theatres screened old movies. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged A Room with a View, beautiful, book, Daniel Day Lewis, E M Forster, England, Helena Bonham Carter, Italy, Movie, novel, romantic, Trailer
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Movies About Hope & Faith: Jeff Who Lives at Home & Salmon Fishing in The Yemen
Watched two movies recently. Jeff Who Lives at Home and Salmon Fishing in The Yemen. Both tell very different stories, but I found a similar theme of hope and faith. The slacker movie appealed to me a lot more. I … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Movies
Tagged death, destiny, faith, father, grief, hope, Jeff Who Lives at Home, loss, Movie, movies, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, sweet, touching
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Moonrise Kingdom
Another wonderful movie I would recommend. Again, I greatly appreciate the loving attention to detail. Set in 1965, the musical score (Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra) brought back memories. I think this must have been played both … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged 1965, Art, artistic, Benjamin Britten, brilliant, children, Moonrise Kingdom, Movie, music, The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
I have been meaning to catch an artistic movie but our theatres seem to only be filled with blockbusters and other crap, some of which I wouldn’t even watch if you paid me. The trailers seem to indicate pure violence, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged beautiful, Cinematography, documentary, inspirational, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, motivational, Movie, perfectionst, review, score, work ethic
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3 Brilliant Movies: Drive, Melancholia & Blue Valentine
You must watch Drive. I was riveted throughout. Very impressed by Ryan Gosling’s performance and I think he deserves an Oscar. I am usually terrified of violence as I tend to get nightmares but some movies are so good I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Art, Blue Valentine, brilliant, Cinematography, drive, Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia, Michelle Williams, movies, music, Ryan Gosling
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My Grief, Resentment & Desire for Happiness
Update 10/10/11: I know this was a hard one to respond to, but I really appreciate the notes you’ve left and just the good energy you always send my way. Some days I’m down and some days I’m up and … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Movies, Music
Tagged afterlife, anger, anxiety, beloved, Bullies, dad, death, deja vu, depression, despair, eternity, faith, family, father, feelings, Frank Sinatra, grief, grieving, happiness, loss, love, Michael Buble, Movie, parent, parents, personal, positive energy, rage, resentment, rituals, sadness, spirituality, That's Life, Traditional, Tree of Life
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Movies: Fireflies in the Garden
This is something I would want to watch. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_AYUPNLN8]
Books: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
I have yet to watch the movie, but two things surprised me about this novel by Truman Capote. The racist language and the fact that it’s only 100 pages long. It seems that the movie is loosely based on the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Audrey Hepburn, book, Breakfast at Tiffany's, clip, japanese, New York, opening scene, racist, Truman Capote, Video, WWII, YouTube
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Movie Review: The Company Men
Anyone who has been through a retrenchment or had the heartache of searching for a job during a recession, will appreciate that this movie was made. Everyone else should watch it just so that you can have empathy, because unless … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, When Work Sucks
Tagged Ben Affleck, cruel, crushing, culture, fired, job, Life, Living, loss, office, personal, rat race, retrenchment, soul, The Company Men, Video, Work Sucks
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Emily Blunt was Charming as Young Queen Victoria
The NY Times didn’t give a positive review of the movie The Young Victoria, but I found it quite charming, especially Emily Blunt. Rupert Friend was sweet in the role of King Albert and the chemistry between the actors just … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Actress, Art, beautiful, beauty, biographical, biography, culture, Emily Blunt, film, historical, history, Life, love, Movie, personal, Queen Victoria, review, romance, Royal Family, royals, Rupert Friend, The Young Victoria, Trailer, Video, women
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Norwegian Wood – The Movie
I love atmospheric Art movies with breath taking cinematography and a complementary soundtrack. I also love Japanese movies and Norwegian Wood has all these wonderful elements. I can’t wait for the movie based on novelist Haruki Murakami’s book Norwegian Wood. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Art, Beatles, beautiful, beauty, Cinematography, Entertainment, Haruki Murakami, Japan, japanese, Life, Movie, music, nature, Norwegian Wood, Ravi Shankar, Sitar, Soundtrack
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Beezus and Ramona
This is the vintage cover of the Beverly Cleary Book I tremendously enjoyed reading as a child. I think Joey King was a great choice to play Ramona, although both actresses are a few years older than they are in … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, beauty, Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary, books, Celebrities, childhood, cute, Joey King, personal, photos, vintage
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