THE LEGEND OF TARZAN IS A KID’S MOVIE FOR ADULTS Director David Yates tries to blend the story about the origins of Tarzan, reared by apes, with the rape of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium. Titles at the beginning inform that the international conference in Berlin during 1884/85, when the African continent […]
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JASON BOURNE SHOWS HOLLYWOOD’S NAÏVE SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP For years, Hollywood blockbusters have been transmitting a common theme—a crisis exists (sometimes because of government meddling), and the crisis cannot be solved by bureaucratic Washington; ergo, a hero outside government emerges to solve the problem for the people. Hunger Games, Jason Bourne films, etc. The
THE INNOCENTS FOCUSES ON THE GUILTY During the end of 1945, the French Red Cross was sent to Poland to assist in healing the wounds of war for French soldiers who were prisoners of war in German camps. Civilians were supposed to rely on the overburdened Polish Red Cross. However, Russian soldiers raped many Polish
THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR IS ABOUT A POST-TRUMP PRESIDENCY Writer/director James DeMonico had no idea that Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee for president in 2016. Nobody did. Least of all, Trump himself. But if Trump served two terms in office, then The Purge might be a vision of 2024, with a Trump successor
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THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR IS ABOUT A POST-TRUMP PRESIDENCY Writer/director James DeMonico had no idea that Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee for president in 2016. Nobody did. Least of all, Trump himself. But if Trump served two terms in office, then The Purge might be a vision of 2024, with a Trump successor
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SEOUL SEARCHING ALMOST GOES BACK TO THE WOMB Thousands of Koreans have been adopted around the world. In some cases, their mothers wanted them to have a better life for reasons mostly unspecified in Seoul Searching. The film tries to recall the annual summer camps for teenage Korean expatriates held in Seoul so that they
LIES ARE REDEEMED IN THE DEBT In 1965, Mossad assigns Rachel Singer (played by Jessican Chastain), Stefan Gold (Marton Csokas) and David Peretz (Sam Worthington) to kidnap Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen), the Surgeon of Birkenau in East Berlin. They succeed, but Vogel escapes. But the trio tells Israel that Rachel killed Vogel. In 1997, when
FREE STATE OF JONES REDISCOVERS A FORGOTTEN PAST During the American Civil War, a group of runaway slaves and antislavery Whites in the vicinity of Jones County, Mississippi, decide to fight the local Confederate Army and are able to achieve a small victory. When they ask for assistance from the Union Army, they are turned
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FREE STATE OF JONES REDISCOVERS A FORGOTTEN PAST During the American Civil War, a group of runaway slaves and antislavery Whites in the vicinity of Jones County, Mississippi, decide to fight the local Confederate Army and are able to achieve a small victory. When they ask for assistance from the Union Army, they are turned
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A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING LACKS A COMEDIAN Directed by Tom Tykwer, A Hologram for the King shows how Saudi Arabia is unbusinesslike. The screenwriter inserts several jokes, but they are not delivered by a comedian, and Boston business exec Alan (played by Tom Hanks), far too serious, finds a female companion who seeks company
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