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SYNOPSIS: Ballyfermot, Ireland, 1960. A hard-knocks community in outer Dublin marches to its own beat, rooted in traditions of loyalty, faith and togetherness. There’s just one tantalising dream for the women of Ballyfermot to taste freedom and escape the gauntlet of domestic life: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. And…

SYNAPSIS: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.     There have been inventions throughout time that have made a lasting impact on human society.  The light bulb, sliced bread, the movie projector, and the atom bomb for instance.      Oppenheimer and the…

    As time marches forward tastes change.  What I want from a movie and how I perceive them is no exception.       The first film in this franchise came out in 1996, I was ten years old. At that point in my life I was watching the action movie for really cool…

Synopsis:  From the producers of Neighbors and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians, JOY RIDE stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey’s (Ashley Park) business trip…

Film synopsis:  England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core. (1hour 37…

     Have recent events made a movie relevant all over again?  If you prefer that can be phrased as kept relevant.  Over the weekend the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V Wade had its one year anniversary. Over this controversial weekend the 1987 classic Dirty Dancing played on the big screen.    …

    The year is approximately at its half way point.  The summer heat has made itself comfortable and the days are unbeatably long.  In a matter of months I will be displaying my, let’s call it lack of enthusiasm but that is a massive understatement, for the holidays.  I am already dreading those days.…

FILM SUMMARY: Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Close to Vermeer follows Gregor Weber, a globally renowned Vermeer expert and flamboyant curator at the…

“Life finds a way.”     That iconic quote graced the surround sound of movie theaters thirty years ago.     Earlier this year Jurassic Park roared back into theaters as part of Flashnack Cinema.  Yours truly was front and center with a popcorn and oversized soft drink.     After thirty years I am…

    What makes a movie worthy to be named nest picture, at the Oscars?  For me there are two requirements: 1 The movie must be an excellent movie. 2 The movie needs to speak to some part of the times when it was released.     Some films hit both markers.  The Hurt Locker…