Circa 1996. The scene: At the local multiplex, inside one of the cinemas. The action: I am sitting down in the back seat, watching Dead Man Walking. Reaction: I am seeing its worth. Consequence: I write a review. Context: As a reviewer. Background:….Overall story: Circa 1995….
Dead Man Walking Released December 29, 1995 (Certificate R16) My star rating in 1996: FILMS OF SUBSTANCE/AN OLD REVIEW OF Dead Man Walking (1995). Oscar nominee Sean Penn, portrays a man who commits rape and murder and is sentenced to death by lethal injection. A Catholic nun (played by Susan Sarandon in a convincing, powerhouse… Read More Compassion in a film about a contentious issue
Kids relive Easter 2005. New Plymouth primary schools have experienced the Easter story close up at a local Baptist church over four days of outreach to mostly year three to year six schoolchildren.
One idea can produce two ideas, but they both take a different slant, that’s the difference. For example, take this premise, as comedy for a Hollywood blockbuster that would get one star from the critics, depending on how well it was done, the potential to be a bomb. A man spent ten years of his… Read More The stimulus of ideas
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