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Why I'm Tapping Out

Steemit was a great idea. Creating a blockchain-based content-oriented platform just made sense two years ago. I have been creating content on this website stea...

The Live of Others - Movie Review

Glasnost means openness. Perestroika means restructuring. I remember serving in the Marine Corps and being amazed that we would allow Russian brass to examine o...

Un Prophete (A Prophet) - Movie Review

Un Prophet was among the nominees for the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Tahar Rahim plays a young Arab delinquent named Malik El Djebena who is sen...

Plunkett & Macleane - Movie Review

Plunkett & Macleane appeared on its face to be a period piece about highwaymen robbing the rich in Eighteenth Century England. I was in the mood for a decent pe...

Pokemon Detective Pikachu

I was planning to go see The Intruder yesterday when I realized how poor the ratings were for this film. It is suffering from a paltry 5.4 score at IMDb current...

Sin Nombre - Movie Review

Sin Nombre is a well-researched film examining issues of gang loyalty and culture. The film is set within a regional faction of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) which i...

Evil (2003) - Movie Review

As I sit here pondering Evil, I am forced to ask myself "is this film sending a message that violence is not the way to settle disputes?" or is the me...

The Next Three Days - Movie Review

I have enjoyed many screenplays that have been created by Paul Haggis. He has put out some great work. I think Russell Crowe can do no wrong. I love the thrille...

An American Affair

When I read that American Affair was a coming-of-age story, where a thirteen-year-old boy discovers his attractive older female neighbor, I was thinking to myse...

Uncertainty - Movie Review

Uncertainty is a difficult film to review. It is one that is likely to either be loved or hated...but I am on the fence with this one. I felt manipulated by the...

The White Ribbon - Movie Review

The White Ribbon is a color-washed film that skirts issues of good and evil with black and white imagery adding symbolic depth to the tale. Set in Northern Germ...

Stockholm - Movie Review

In 1973, a strange phenomenon occurred during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. It earned the name "Stockholm Syndrome." During this bank robbery, the captiv...

Tsotsi - Movie Review

This 2005 Award Winning film introduces us to a hardened South African criminal named Tsotsi (Short for Tsotsitaal), who has a childish appearance that seems to...

Nobody Knows - Movie Review

Looking at other reviews and ratings of Nobody Knows makes me realize that I must have viewed this film through an entirely different lens. I thought the film w...

The Stoning of Soraya M - Movie Review

“Honor killing” is a tough subject. It is an issue that has even manifested itself here in the United States. When I think about the paradox of Hono...

The Salton Sea - Movie Reviews

I like films with strong characters. I like quirky characters. I like offbeat humor. I enjoy dark films. The Salton Sea contains all of these elements, but fail...

The Last Airbender - Movie Review

M. Night Shyamalan brought us Sixth Sense, arguably the best film in the suspense/thriller genre. It was an exceptional film that has been followed by a variety...

Saints and Soldiers - Movie Review

Saints and Soldiers is loosely based on the conflicting stories surrounding a massacre that occurred at Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge, in which German ...

Breakthrough - Movie Review

There are some things science can't explain. Those things are called "miracles." A lot of people have lost faith in miracles. Some people see miracles in every ...

Beat the Drum - Movie Review

Death and Aids. How do you take tough subject matter and create a warm enchanting drama? Writer David McBrayer tackles that challenge by framing the topic in th...