Tag: movies
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YOU, ME, & TUSCANY (2026)
STORYLINE: When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner’s fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life. (IMDb) Italy is a place to love, laugh, eat, and enjoy motion pictures about such subjects. I fell in love with Letters to Juliet (2010) the first time I…
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ENDLESS COOKIE (2025)
STORYLINE: Two half-brothers, one Indigenous and one white, embark on a journey through time and place. They travel from their remote home in Shamattawa to the vibrant urban landscape of the 1980s. (IMDb) Family is a part of life, for better or worse. It can be complicated, pleasant, or something you’d rather not talk…
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THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (2026)
STORYLINE: Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom. (IMDb) Broadway plays have been adapted into motion pictures (The King and I, 1956). Novels have been translated to the silver screen (Casino Royale, 2006). Films have been reborn as remakes, on movie screens (The Departed,…
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MARC BY SOFIA (2025 ~ Documentary)
STORYLINE: An intimate, unconventional portrait of Marc Jacobs, crafted by Sofia Coppola to capture the genius and singular universe of the iconic American designer. (IMDb) Lights! Camera! Fashion! Fashion and cinema what a natural combination! The Devil Wears Prada (3006), a guilty pleasure of mine, is an entertaining feature on the subject. Phantom…
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OBEX (2025)
STORYLINE: Conor Marsh’s secluded life is disrupted when he plays the OBEX game. His dog Sandy disappears, blurring reality and game. Conor enters the OBEX world to rescue Sandy, navigating its strange realms. (IMDb) Movies and video and related games are a natural crossover. Trom (1982) is the textbook example of such a crossover. …
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FORBIDDEN FRUITS (2026)
STORYLINE: In Forbidden Fruits, Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate. (IMDb)…
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1986 Retrospective: STAND BY ME
This blog, is the first in what I hope is to be a year long look at films from 1986. Why 1986? Both movies from that year, and I, are celebrating forty tears of life, and celluloid glory. The entries, like others I blog about, will be based on what I am able to see…
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A MAGNIFICENT LIFE (2025)
STORYLINE: In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol’s childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results…
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THE POUT POUT FISH (2026)
STORYLINE: Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish one day discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their houses in ruin. But there is hope. Embarking on a seemingly impossible quest in search of the…
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RETRO REWIND – TRUE LIES (1994)
STORYLINE: Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to do just about anything, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. He is on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of fanatic terrorists when something more…
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