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“The Priest of Love” — D.H. Lawrence’s Travel Diary (Unfortunately)

Written by diana on August 24, 2014. Posted in movie reviews.

[Guest post from author Shelly King, who has written the novel, THE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING, about a young woman who finds love notes written in the margins of a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in a used bookstore. The quest to learn the truth behind these notes turns her life, and the lives of those around her, completely upside...

“Chef”–A Recipe for Fun

Written by diana on August 10, 2014. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Chef”–A Recipe for Fun

With an all-star cast, “Chef” centers on the once-celebrated chef Carl Casper(Jon Favreau, director of the Iron Man series), who is ordered by the owner (Dustin Hoffman) to preserve the status quo: a predictable menu the customers want. “No one goes to a Rolling Stone’s concert not expecting to hear...

“Snowpiercer”–Don’t Get on This Train

Written by diana on August 4, 2014. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Snowpiercer”–Don’t Get on This Train

“Snowpiercer“(2013), directed by the Korean master Bong Joon-ho (of “Mother” fame) is a sci-fi dystopia in the year 2031, after a failed climate-change experiment seventeen years before has frozen all of Earth and wiped out all life, except for the survivors on a bullet train–Snowpiercer– traveling across...

“The End of Poverty?”– The Problem Persists

Written by diana on July 27, 2014. Posted in movie reviews.

Global poverty did not just happen. Yet the overwhelming magnitude of poverty seems unsolvable. Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? In this award-winning documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, we see the historical foundation that, for over five centuries, laid the groundwork for today’s financial crisis. It...

“The Lunchbox”–Tidbits of Love

Written by diana on July 9, 2014. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “The Lunchbox”–Tidbits of Love

This 2014 Indian film is a quirky romantic tale of two very lonely and desperate people attempting to find something to live for. A psychological study of loneliness and hope, “The Lunchbox” masterfully questions how much an individual is willing to risk to change his or her life. Saajan Fernandes is a...

A Prophet–But Not in His Own Land

Written by diana on June 23, 2014. Posted in movie reviews.

This French film, winner of the 2009 Grand Prix at Cannes and France’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, is a prison drama in the same league as “Shawshank Redemption” and secondarily “Goodfellas”: raw, intense, and violent. It works largely because Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a...