The Eagle Huntress

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A movie definitely worth watching.

The Eagle Huntress - everything the movie critics say it to be, and more.

Arrival

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This time of year finds us watching more movies, if you have not noticed.  Arrival is more than a story about aliens that have arrived on earth. It is about time and the order in which we think everything happens in our lives. Light a fire in the fireplace and snuggle up for a good thought provoking story about where we are on our life timeline.

Lion

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A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.  From - IMDb

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Watch the movie, read the ending credits, and then consider the following.

Current populations:

Alaska 741,894

United States of America 323.1 million

India 1.324 billion

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Paterson

A quiet movie that has a peacefulness surrounding the characters. We learned a little something about ourselves as we followed Paterson going about his daily life. This movie is encouraging to those of us who create beauty in our own small way.

Eddie the Eagle

If you are looking for a movie that is one of the best examples of perseverance when your goal keeps dangling just out of reach, Eddie the Eagle is just the movie for you.

Have a good weekend.

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings!

Watch it this weekend!

Trumbo

Trumbo ~ movies worth watching.

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Academy Award Nominee Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice of the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. The film also stars Diane Lane, John Goodman, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 

"High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer".

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Pan

Never be too old to hear that same old story again in a new light. Never be too old to accept that perhaps, just perhaps, that story is worthy of a joyful revisit.

Besides what could possibly go wrong.

The Age of Adaline

This is a sweet and gentle movie of love and hope, and well worth spending a January evening watching. 

The Age of Adeline

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ~ a movie worth watching ~ twice!

The Better Angels ~ Movie Worth Watching

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The Better Angels a movie worth watching... twice!

The Way Back

The Way Back

Well worth watching.

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Moonrise Kingdom

If ever you want a wonderful surprise let the moon rise over your kingdom and rent Moonrise Kingdom!

On The Ice

On The Ice

On The Ice storyline: In the isolated, frozen town of Barrow, Alaska, Iñupiaq teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq have grown up like brothers in a tight-knit community defined as much by ancient traditions as by hip-hop and snowmobiles. Early one morning, on a seal hunt with their friend James, a tussle turns violent, and James is killed. Panic stricken, terrified, and with no one to blame but themselves, Qalli and Aivaaq lie and declare the death a tragic accident. As Barrow roils with grief and his protective father becomes suspicious, Qalli stumbles through guilt-filled days, wrestling with his part in the death. For the first time in his life, he's treading alone on existential ice. Written by Anonymous

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It took me a while to muster up the nerve to watch this movie as I thought that the storyline might be upsetting to me. Too much gritty realism in movies is distressing to my kind tender soul. There was also the worry that the movie producers would botch the representation of life in Barrow. Alaska has been misrepresented so many times that there is a lack of trust on my part in the way the outside world views Alaska and the people that live here. Having also lived in Barrow we have a clearer understanding of what it means to live near the ice and in a village.

There were a few tense moments in the movie along with the fact that one young man dies but the movie producers were able to portray the realism of the events and yet give the viewing audience the emotional distance needed to stay focused on the hope for a good outcome. The ending really did have a lining of hope. Hope that young people who have gone astray from a healthy family and community culture can make a left turn back to the right. Hope that a young person who did not have the best of family upbringings can break the cycle of destruction and start anew. They can choose what kind of person they want to be, correct a mistake, and choose the right path.

On The Ice was a true representation of life as it currently is in Barrow. A very thought provoking movie about the Iñupiaq culture, the one worth saving, and the one that it has become in the last 60 years with many non-redeeming qualities.

The last song during the ending credits is wonderful and gives a message of hope that the old can mix with the new in a healthy way. The path just has to be found, by more than just a few ~ by all!

The Way

Watched the movie The Way recently and was quite impressed with the excellent job they did in portraying us on a pilgrimage toward something.

It will make you cry, the beginning and the end are the most touching and tear evoking which is the way of life I suppose. We cry for babies being born with tears of joy and we cry when we lose a loved one with tears of pain and sorrow.

The Way starts off with a loss and ends with a gain.

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Lilo and Stitch

Nobody gets left behind ~ or forgotten!

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Sweet Land

"Let us hope that we are proceeded in this world by a love story."


Sweet Land

Not a lot of words exchanged but a lot was said.

Do me a favor and watch this movie.

Raising Arizona

"I dreamed of a place where all parents are strong, wise and capable. And all children are happy and beloved."

Raising Arizona ~ released on March 13, 1987.
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