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Rent this on Father's Day.... - cathyottawa |
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...and then call your dad.
I won't lie, this is an unabashed tearjerker/heartstring puller - but it doesn't wallow in the melodrama of a Hallmark Special, or play out like a made-for-TV movie.
Based on a novel, the script isn't as simple as it appears, and this explores many dynamics of the father/son relasionship, the trials of growing older, the burden of taking care of your aging parents, and the desensitized way the health care system can treat the elderly.
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Whatever Happened To?... - cathyottawa |
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Documentarian Steve James may have wished he never asked himself that question, as he takes his camera, and heads to Illinois to look up Stevie, the now grown 11 year old boy he once mentored as a Big Brother.
Ten years have gone by, and Stevie has not done well for himself. James learns he was shuffled through many foster homes, and a mental institution. He was sexually abused. He's been arrested several times for various offenses. He's estranged from his mother, and he's living a ... More |
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Portrait of a Controversial Leader... - cathyottawa |
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... and Malcolm X was certainly controversial.
I was surprised by just how much I disliked him in his early years. He was a common crook, interested only in making a fast buck. It's hard to believe, watching the first third of the film, that this man will go on to be such a powerful orator.
Ironically, it was going to prison that saved Malcolm X's life. Here he finds a mentor, who teaches him about the Muslim faith, and the Church of Islam. Malcolm becomes a true ... More |
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| cathyottawa's Recent Forum Posts |
cathyottawa on "External Reviews"
June 14, 2010
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If they don't come back, you can always look up the movie on IMDB, and use their external review link.
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cathyottawa on "Lost Finale"
May 30, 2010
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There's no way it's been mapped out. Just look at all the unanswered questions! The numbers....Charles Whitmore....Jacob's powers....the light.....jacob visiting the candidates as children.....jacob's mother.....pregnant women dying on the island....the importance of Aaron and Walt.....the Dharma initiative....the others....who built the temples?....what was with the three toed statue?....why couldn't Jacob & smokey break "the rules"?...who was the little boy running around the island (not young Jacob, the other one)?.....why did Jacob's mom say "thank you" when smokey killed her?....why didn't we ever learn smokey's name?....if Kate was eliminated as a candidate for being a mom, why weren't the kwon's
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