Tag: Will Patton
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Train Dreams, a life spent building America
Train Dreams is not the kind of film I usually pick to watch, but a reader suggested it had women in significant roles so I took a look. It turned out to be a beautiful film about life in a changing world during the first part of the 20th Century. There are spoilers ahead.
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The Spitfire Grill (1996), how did this old favorite hold up?
The Spitfire Grill was a hit with me when it came out almost 30 years ago. It made a big impression on me. I remembered almost all the plot twists watching it again all these years later. There will be spoilers ahead.
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Janet Planet review: a mother/daughter relationship
Janet Planet tells the story of 11 year old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) during one long summer in 1991. Her mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), is the planet around which Lacy orbits as she watches people cycle in and out of their lives in this quiet film.
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Review: Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey is based on the true story of a female Marine and her bomb-sniffing dog Rex. It is on Netflix or can be rented on Prime Video.