In ‘The Virtuoso’ we’re told, by way of voiceover, each and every step being made by a professional assassin played by Anson Mount.
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Available to stream on Amazon Prime (April 30th)
“Without Remorse” is an action-filled movie in the tradition of other Tom Clancy based movies. There is lot of political gameplay going on between nations, but the real work is done by the grunts and the Special Forces teams on the ground. The polite diplomatic discussions are moved aside for high-velocity gunfire and hand-to-hand fighting. The only way to get the job done is to finish off the other guy.
Something good to know about ‘Four Good Days’ before going in is that it’s based on a true story by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow.
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How lucky for ‘Together Together’s’ writer/director, Nikole Beckwith, who also produced, that her film was a giant hit at Sundance Film Festival. Not bad for someone who only has two directing gigs listed on IMDB.
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The film takes place in beautiful Athens, Greece, which is taken full advantage of and I feel bound to suggest you be thankful for that.
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The word ‘Moffie’ is South African slang for ‘an effeminate or homosexual man,’ something the Army has no tolerance for. Going in knowing this and that the film centers around the military, you have some idea why the film was made.
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“Voyagers” is a movie with science-fiction setting, but at the heart it is about pure deviant psychology. Think about “Lord of the Flies” set on a spaceship, and you get the idea. When a future Earth is facing ruin, the smart people send out a space ship to planet light-years away. The people sent to colonize a new world are raised as obedient sheep. But they won’t stay that way.
“The Truffle Hunters” is a heartfelt documentary about a group of elderly men in Italy who hunt for the rare Alba truffle. Any of these men would be great at a party after hunting these mushrooms. After all he is such a ‘fungi’ (fun guy)…
A French exit is considered slang for withdrawing an engagement or position without first signaling your intentions or saying your goodbye as you depart.
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In the summer of 1939, there was a school called the Augusta-Victoria College for Girls, Bexhill-on-Sea, on the southern coast of England. It opened in 1932 and was the ‘first and the last of its kind in Britain.’ For good reason.
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