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Hector and the Search for Happiness –...
Renting this movie won’t increase your baseline level of happiness, but it’s a solid rental. It doesn’t offer any new insights concerning whether happiness is
Room
This film is adapted from Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel, which is based on similar real-life incidents. She also wrote the screenplay, and, with the fine
Creed
For those of you who have been living on Mars for the past 40 years and have never seen a Rocky movie, this is a
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is my home town and this film has a great buzz, so I was excited to see it. It’s a good movie, but I
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Although most of us believe in free-will (despite considerable neurological evidence indicating otherwise), I felt eager and compelled to see this film, since I was
Spectre
If you are a fan of 007, you will enjoy this film, which I would rate about average for a James Bond movie. The best
Spotlight
“Spotlight,” directed and co-written by Thomas McCarthy, is easily one of 2015’s best movies. It chronicles the arduous investigation by the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team of
Suffragette
This film chronicles the suffering and considerable sacrifices women made in the U.K. in the early 1900’s to win the right to vote. The plot
Meet the Patels
29-year-old Ravi Patel and his older sister, Geeta, are first generation Asian Indians. (In India, the last name Patel is like Smith in the US.)
The Martian
This movie “blasted off,” with its release and the discovery of water on Mars occurring almost simultaneously. Mark Whatney (Matt Damon) is an astronaut with
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