Tag: Movies

An Affair Beyond Memory

Chick Flick is a slang term for the film genre dealing mainly with love and romance which is targeted to a female audience. It is usually defined as a genre in which a woman is the protagonist. Although many types of films may be directed toward the...

The Hollywood Gospel

For over a century, Hollywood has served as the showcase for American culture. For generations, patriotism, hard work, fair play, and even religious fervor permeated the big screen because it was good business to give the public what it wanted...

Brooklyn On My Mind

In 1957 I lost, not just my grandmother, who lived in Brooklyn but also the baseball team that gave such joy and purpose to my youth, the Brooklyn Dodgers. While I was saddened to see my grandmother die, I was not included in the grieving process...

Say No—to Grey

Even if, like me, you haven’t read the books and have no intention of seeing the film adaptation, you’ve surely heard of the movie Fifty Shades of Grey. Based on the first volume of a trilogy of novels wildly popular with women readers (with 65...

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