This Week in Movies with Meaning

Reviews of "Presenting Princess Shaw" and "Freeheld" and a magazine article that will change your life are all available in my latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.Singer-songwriter Samantha “Princess Shaw” Montgomery (left) and inventive composer-arranger Ophir “Kutiman” Kutiel (right) engage in an unusual musical collaboration in the intriguing new documentary, “Presenting Princess Shaw.” Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.Life partners Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore, left) and Stacie Andree (Ellen Page, right) face life-changing – and culture-changing – challenges in the heart-tugging biopic, “Freeheld.” Photo by Phil Caruso, courtesy of Summit Entertainment.

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00June 13th, 2016|Archives|

“X-men: Apocalypse” explores personal power management

“X-men: Apocalypse” (2016). Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Josh Helman, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Alexandra Shipp, Olivia Munn, Caroline Bartczak, T.J. McGibbon, Hugh Jackman. Director: Bryan Singer. Screenplay: Simon Kinberg. Story: Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Web site. Trailer.What does it mean to wield unchecked power? How do we control it? And what responsibility comes with that? Those are the considerations raised in the latest offering in one of the movie industry’s most storied action-adventure franchises, “X-men: Apocalypse.”Set in 1983, 10 years after the series’ previous installment, “X-men: Days of Future Past” (2014), the film follows a band of mutant [...]

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00June 9th, 2016|Archives|

An Honorable Distinction

I'm thrilled to have received my medal from the National Indie Excellence Awards for my book Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies being named the winner of this year's Best New Age Nonfiction honors! For more about the book, click here. And, for a complete list of this year's NIEA award winners, click here.Photo by Trevor Laster.Photo by Brent Marchant.Cover design by Paul L. Clark, Inspirtainment (www.inspirtainment.com).

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00June 5th, 2016|Archives|

On the Radio Thursday

Tune in to this month’s Movies with Meaning segment on Frankiesense & More radio when host Frankie Picasso and I will discuss several new film releases. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm ET or listen to the on-demand podcast for some lively movie talk! For more, click here.

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00June 2nd, 2016|Archives|

This Week in Movies with Meaning

Reviews of "X-men: Apocalypse," "Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe" and "The 33" are all available in my latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), an omnipotent resurrected being, seeks to bring about his namesake as a devastating worldwide event, in “X-men: Apocalypse.” Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox.

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00May 31st, 2016|Archives|

‘Vaxxed’ provides food for thought

“Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe” (2016). Cast: Andrew Wakefield, Del Matthew Bigtree, Brian Hooker, Doreen Granpeesheh, Polly Tommey, Jonathan Tommey, Sheila Ealey, Temple Ealey, Rachael Ross. Director: Andrew Wakefield. Screenplay: Del Matthew Bigtree and Andrew Wakefield. Web site. Trailer.Despite concerted efforts to discredit the film and its director, the controversial documentary “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe” offers a rather damning indictment of the US government agencies that appear to have seriously and deliberately misled the public about the safety of the pediatric MMR vaccine. This combination product, used to protect youngsters against measles, mumps and rubella, has potentially been linked to a skyrocketing rise in autism, especially among boys and, particularly, those of African-American descent. It provides ample food for [...]

2017-09-16T03:01:48-05:00May 29th, 2016|Archives|

‘The Lobster’ wrangles with conformity, individuality, personal power

“The Lobster” (2015 production, 2016 release). Cast: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Léa Seydoux, Jessica Barden, Ashley Jensen, Angeliki Papoulia, Ariane Labed, Garry Mountaine, Anthony Dougall, Emma O’Shea, Michael Smiley. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou. Web site. Trailer.Courting rituals in the 21st Century certainly aren’t what they used to be, but they could be a lot worse. What if being coupled were mandatory, regardless of one’s desire for it, putting pressure on singles to become partnered at all costs? To facilitate this, what if the unattached were encouraged to seek compatibility with others based on the most superficial of qualities? But what would the imposition of such conditions mean for [...]

2017-09-16T03:01:49-05:00May 25th, 2016|Archives|

This Week in Movies with Meaning

Reviews of "Money Monster" and "The Lobster" and a summer movie preview are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the Blog Page of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.Lee Gates (George Clooney) hosts the colorful financial news show Money Monster in director Jodie Foster’s gripping new thriller, “Money Monster.” Photo by Atsushi Nishijima, courtesy © 2016 CTMG, Inc.Looking for love in a world bereft of meaningful emotion poses quite a challenge for a pair of loners (Colin Farrell, left, and Rachel Weisz, right) in the unusual and moving new satirical comedy-drama, “The Lobster.” Photo courtesy of A24.

2017-09-16T03:01:49-05:00May 23rd, 2016|Archives|
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