Unhealed Wound – Page 59 – Passion for Art, Movies, and Culture

The Farewell–Family Matters

Written by diana on August 5, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Uncategorized, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on The Farewell–Family Matters

In the opening scene of The Farewell, taking place in a local hospital in China, the winsome and irrepressible grandmother, Nai Nai, has a complete physical, but has no idea of what it portends. Her sister and doctor tell Nai Nai everything is fine, she need not worry. She has stage 4 lung cancer. Determined to spare Nai Nai bad...

Rocketman –Seeing the Light through the Darkness

Written by diana on July 28, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on Rocketman –Seeing the Light through the Darkness

Rocketman , the recently released biopic of the music superstar, Elton John, will inevitably be compared to last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The two movies are portraits of flamboyantly-dressed gay rock stars from relatively the same era (1970’s and 1980’s) but they also shared the same manager and had the same...

Victoria and Abdul (2017)–An Imperial Friendship

Written by diana on July 21, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on Victoria and Abdul (2017)–An Imperial Friendship

In Victoria and Abdul the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria (the majestic Judi Dench) is about to be celebrated in all its pomp and circumstance. The year is 1887 and Queen Victoria is sixty-eight years old. An honorary gold coin– a Mohur– has been minted as a token of appreciation from British-ruled India...

Chernobyl–An Ignominious Reaction

Written by diana on July 16, 2019. Posted in Television reviews. 2 Comments on Chernobyl–An Ignominious Reaction

Chernobyl is an HBO historical drama miniseries depicting the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the unprecedented coverup that followed. The flawed reactor design operated by inadequately trained technicians is jaw-clenching and chilling. That lack of transparency and flagrant disregard for human life depicts greed, lack of moral...

The Commuter –Train to Hell

Written by diana on July 8, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on The Commuter –Train to Hell

The Commuter Action thrillers are not a staple in my movie-going diet. Nonetheless, I like the ones Liam Neeson stars in , and The Commuter fits his murder conspiracy/ abduction genre. Insurance salesman Michael MacCauley (Liam Neeson’s character) is a 60-year-old ex-cop turned insurance salesman who commutes to midtown...

Fahrenheit 11/9–Fourth of July

Written by diana on July 4, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Michael Moore’s most recent documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, released in September of last year, is an interesting take on the 2016 presidential election . (The film is named for the day Trump was declared the electoral winner.) This is another film in Moore’s canon of what is wrong with America, not his best...