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Brave (2012)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

“Brave” is about knowing yourself in everything you perceive as different and the realization that the heart is as delicate as it is resilient to the wounding of experience – what the soul already knows – that neither masculine nor feminine governs us, rather an understanding and emotionally rich union of the two is at the heart of the universe. Merida comes to embody this place of tradition and transitional and in revealing the mysticism of the feminine spirit the laws of the land open to the warmth of nurtured possibility. Continue reading →

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At The Movies

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

At the movies, that’s when I realize it’s happened again, I let my trusty guards down as soon as the fade in – that I’ve drowned in possibility at another lost chance at greatness that’s not even close to pretty goodness. Continue reading →

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Commentary on Movies, History and Perspective

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

What we look for most often when we sit down at the movies is a prevailing sense of having gone somewhere and experienced something. We’re looking for fulfillment or some substitute for it, call them distractions from our everyday or little excursions like holidays. Continue reading →

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Total Recall (2012)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Arnold’s not back, he was never invited and for good reason. Total Recall is everything a good sci-fi action thriller should be and perhaps it will do better in time, after the nuclear fallout has settled, faded, surrounded some other bare naked movie. Continue reading →

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Killer Joe (2011)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

It is Friedkin’s mannered pursuit of the macabre in his 2011 socio-pathetic amorality tale Killer Joe that elicits gut wrenching contractions, disarming the viewer to uneasy laughter that feels wrong for all the wrong reasons. The collateral damage does not end right away but lingers like nuclear fallout to poison all those who come after. Killer Joe excels at depravity for the sake of sick humor, blanketing terror in makeshift excuses that, because the real is strained through an excess of absurdity, bad judgment and dumb decisions are rendered palatable, even socially accessible when they are anything but. Continue reading →

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