August 24, 2010
Categories: Movies . Tags: Eddy Murh, Eddy Murphy, Rick James . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
A must not see. I am watching movies as much as I am able, thanks to a lovely gift from a friend, and strongly request that you do not talk Cairo Times out of our favorite video place. It is slow, tries to be sensuous but falls short, and a disjointed story. While the filming [...]
May 20, 2010
Categories: Movies, Uncategorized . Tags: Alexander Siddig, Cairo Times, Movie Review, Patricia Clarkson . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
‘The Blind Side’ (2009) is worthwhile. See it, with anyone including your kids. It is a true story, directed by John Lee, about Michael Oher, an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL and his adoptive white family in Memphis, Tennessee. The leading lady in this lovely film is Sandra Bullock. Bullock won an Academy Award [...]
March 31, 2010
Categories: Movies, Uncategorized . Tags: Micheal Oher, Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
I went to see SOUL POWER tonight. It is a must see. What an outstanding movie! Read this review from the New York Times. Wow, what a great movie! ________________________________________________________________________ http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/movies/10soul.html Music and Musicians Still Echo 35 Years Later By A. O. SCOTT Published: July 10, 2009 A partial list, in alphabetical order, of the [...]
July 28, 2009
Categories: Movies . Tags: A.O. Scott, Movie Review, New York Times, Soul Power . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
The following is a description of Nicolas Cage’s movie “Knowing”. This piece can be found on The Manilla Bulletin Publishing Corporation. http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/200177/nicolas-cage-stumbles-worst-truth-knowing But First my comments…. I am posting this because I have been very, very melancholy, sad, since I went to see this movie with Dirt. It was shockingly disturbing for Dirt and me. [...]
March 29, 2009
Categories: Movies . . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
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