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Posted by on Apr 5, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Politics | 0 comments

Movie Review: “The Gatekeepers”

 

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Bring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reactions typically vary from indifference to fanaticism — with little territory in between.

Indeed, the chasm of constructive dialogue is currently so narrow, that merely reducing tension in this long-troubled region would be considered a historic success.  That’s how low the bar has been set.  Stopping all violence is probably next to impossible.  Achieving everlasting peace between Jews and Arabs seems like a starry-eyed fantasy.

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Posted by on Feb 24, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 2 comments

2013 Oscar Predictions

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I’ve watched every Academy Awards presentation since 1972.

And without any doubt, I can say this is the very worst year for movies in more than four decades.  Nonetheless, I’m still going to be watching and cheering come Sunday night.

Here are my picks and preferences for each of the major categories:

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