Reviews of "Snowden" and "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years" and a radio show preview are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.
“Sully” (2016). Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Jamey Sheridan, Anna Gunn, Mike O’Malley, Katie Couric, Valerie Mahaffey, Blake Jones, Sam Huntington, Christopher Curry, Max Adler. Director: Clint Eastwood. Screenplay: Todd Komarnicki. Book: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow, Highest Duty. Web site. Trailer.What makes a hero? Is it someone who performs extraordinarily beneficial acts? Or can it be someone who believes he or she is just doing his or her job? But what if it could be both? Those are among the issues posed in the new fact-based saga, “Sully.”In January 2009, the world was in awe of an event that came to be known as “the Miracle on the Hudson,” a successful water landing of a US [...]
Reviews of "Sully" and "Sunset Song" and a magazine article preview are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.
“Mia Madre” (“My Mother”) (2015 production, 2016 release). Cast: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini, Stefano Abbati, Enrico Ianniello. Director: Nanni Moretti. Screenplay: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo and Valia Santella. Story: Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, Gaia Manzini and Chiara Valerio. Web site. Trailer.Coping with the impending death of a loved one presents each of us with a unique challenge. How do we respond? Do we approach it directly, seeing circumstances for what they are? Or do we hold out hope against hope, running the risk of drowning in denial? What’s more, what impact does such an event have on our outlook about our own mortality? Those are among the questions posed in the emotional new Italian [...]
Reviews of "Mia Madre," "A Tale of Love and Darkness" and "The Square" are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.
“Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World” (2016). Cast: Elon Musk, Dr. Leon Kleinrock, Danny Hillis, Kevin Mitnick, Sebastian Thrun, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz, Jonathan Zittrain, Shawn Carpenter, Werner Herzog (narrator). Director: Werner Herzog. Screenplay: Werner Herzog. Web site. Trailer.It’s almost inconceivable to think of life without the Internet. As if out of nowhere, this remarkable technology quietly emerged from modest beginnings and proceeded to explode, revolutionizing the world in countless ways – as well as in countless ways we have yet to imagine. But, given how unexpectedly this remarkable phenomenon arose, not to mention how it has come to so completely dominate many aspects of our lives, are we fully aware of its current influence and potential future [...]
Reviews of "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World" and 11 home viewing options, along with a movie-related podcast link, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.
Join me and host Frankie Picasso for this month's Movies with Meaning segment on Frankiesense & More radio today at 1 PM ET, available by clicking here, or listen to the podcast on demand thereafter. Tune in for some lively chat about current movie and DVD releases with food for thought!
“Flowers” (“Loreak”) (2014 production, 2015 release). Cast: Itziar Ituño, Nagore Aranburu, Itziar Aizpuru, Josean Bengoetxea, Egoitz Lasa, Ane Gabarain, José Ramón Soroiz, Jox Berasategui, Mikel Laskurain, Aitor Odriozola, Unax Odriozola. Directors: Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga. Screenplay: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga. Web site. Trailer.In a world filled with coldness and cynicism, acts of unsolicited kindness have, unfortunately, come to be seen by many as anomalous gestures, deeds almost to be viewed with suspicion. It’s truly sad that we’ve reached such a point, one where we question the sincere altruism of others, convinced that there must be an agenda behind those actions. But need it be that way? That’s one of the key questions posed in [...]
Join me and host Sara Troy on this week's edition of Self-Discovery Radio, when we'll discuss Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies. Tune in for some lively chat about current and past movies with conscious creation/law of attraction themes by clicking here. And be sure to visit the show's bookstore, available by clicking here.
