THE BIG SICKMOVIE REVIEW A few nights ago, I dragged my husband to The Big Sick. He wanted to go to Dunkirk. But it was date night, for goodness’ sake, so I said, “No. Nope. No way.” Not wanting to engage in our own epic battle, Bruce reluctantly agreed to go to my choice. He […]
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RAGIN’ CAJUN REDNECK GATORSMOVIE REVIEW Recently, I watched a terrible movie on the SyFy network: Ragin’ Cajun Redneck Gators. (Don’t judge me. I was having a low day.) A man dumps toxic moonshine into the local bayou, thereby creating mutant alligators that crave human flesh. These badly rendered, computer-generated reptiles use their tails to hurl lethal
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HIDDEN FIGURESMOVIE REVIEW Hidden Figures is a movie based on a true story about three African-American women who worked for NASA in the early days of the space program. These overlooked and under- recognized women provided essential mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. Faced with the racism and sexism rampant in
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEAMOVIE REVIEW How do you live out the rest of your life after your negligence causes the unthinkable to happen? Even though I saw Manchester by the Sea a couple of weeks ago, certain scenes still keep running through my mind. The movie is about forgiveness and the extension of grace, but
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THE HUNT FOR WILDERPEOPLEMOVIE REVIEW Looking for a quirky movie about a foster kid that is set in the wilds of New Zealand? I’ve got the film for you. Check out Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. I’d never heard of the movie, but became interested when I saw
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