When fear is stronger than anything else, you are in trouble. When fear stops you from doing what you love, what you dream of, you are in trouble.
Year: 2014
Amour: To Love, To Fear, To Die
Sooner or later, our bodies betray us. Amour is a story about such a betrayal, a dignified film about the undignified cruelty of long illness and death.
Corazón de León (Lion’s Heart)
In a world of cliché movie love stories, along comes Corazón de León, a hilarious and unusual love story about a woman trying to overcome a world of prejudice and fear.
Phillip Phillips Steps ‘Behind The Light’ And Emerges Triumphantly
This review was originally published on PhillPhill.com.
We waited, listened to the snippets, counted down the days, and finally, it is here. To the sheer joy of Phillip Phillips fans everywhere, Behind The Light was released at midnight on Monday; within an hour, it had reached number 1 on the Pop Charts on iTunes, a testament to the enormous anticipation and the incredible support from Phillips’ ever-growing fan base. It’s only been a few hours, and a few listens, but I can say without hesitation that Behind The Light has exceeded all my expectations and hopes and keeps proving that Phillip Phillips has arrived and is here to stay.
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Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitres 1 et 2)
First love—passionate love—is the ultimate feeling, if there is one. Blue Is The Warmest Color is a story about the intense and life-defining experience of a first love. It’s a beautiful, highly sensual film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. In 2013, it won the Palme d’or at Cannes.
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12 Years a Slave: Feel The Weight Of History On Your Soul
After suffering through months of hype, last weekend, I finally saw 12 Years a Slave, the newest film by British director Steve McQueen. It tells the true story of Solomon Northup, a New York musician who was kidnapped and sold as a slave in 1841. Adapted from Northup’s 1853 memoir of the same name, the movie chronicles in detail the horrors Mr. Northup had to endure during his 12 years as a slave in the Deep South.
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The Things We Love 