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Chick Flick Movie Series: First Third of the Year

Posted on June 17, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

  Here are all the movies I saw in the first third of the year for my Chick Flick Movie Awards.  I don’t know what will happen the rest of the year because movies are delayed or not being released, … Continue reading →

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Documentaries You Should See: One Child Nation

Posted on May 27, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

One Child Nation is a film about the effects of the One Child Policy in China.  The film does not shy away from the drastic, pervasive, and often brutal actions taken by the Chinese government to control family size, as … Continue reading →

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Documentaries You Should See: Three Identical Strangers

Posted on March 27, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

This is a documentary that starts as a feel good story and turns into a thriller. I don’t want to say too much about it, because it takes unbelievable twists and turns.  The music is also very unsettling.  It reminds … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Annual Chick Flick Film Series and Awards

Posted on February 8, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

So, I realized three things recently. 1 I love watching films directed by women, about women. 2 I love watching You Tube movie reviews. 3 You Tube reviewers rarely review films directed by women, about women.  Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading →

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Documentaries You Should See: Amy

Posted on January 31, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I knew almost nothing about Amy Winehouse before I saw this documentary.  I remembered Graham Norton joking that she “had a dead pet on her head,” and I remembered hearing a snippet of the song Rehab.  Of course I remember … Continue reading →

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An American in Paris by George Gershwin

Posted on January 12, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I heard this last year at the Cleveland Orchestra, when they performed the soundtrack to the movie An American in Paris with George Gershwin. Here is a short taste of the film.  Gene Kelly choreographed it, as well as starred. … Continue reading →

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Documentaries You Should See: An Introduction

Posted on December 29, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

I love documentary films. Cleveland loves documentary films.  At the Cleveland International Film Festival, documentaries frequently win the Roxanne T Mueller Audience Choice Award for best film. I’ve seen a lot of documentaries over the year. So, I am going … Continue reading →

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Get Rid of the Blockbuster: My 2020 Resolution

Posted on December 21, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

Now that we have started 2019, I have a wish for 2020.  I want a 20 year moratorium of the blockbuster. By this, I mean, that for 20 years, Hollywood shouldn’t make any films that cost more than $20 million. … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t I Go To Movies Anymore?

Posted on October 19, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

I heard somewhere recently how, despite the Marvel Universe earning Scrooge McDuck level of money, overall the movie industry is doing very badly.  Fewer and fewer films are taking more and more money and more and more films are withering … Continue reading →

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Poe’s Journey in The Last Jedi : Poe ends up a Mary Sue

Posted on July 12, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

Part 1 of Poe’s Journey Part 2 in Poe’s Journey  “Gee, golly, gosh, gloriosky,” thought Mary Sue as she stepped on the bridge of the Enterprise. “Here I am, the youngest lieutenant in the fleet – only fifteen and a … Continue reading →

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