Radio Show | Patricia A. Thomas
Author and minister, Patricia A. Thomas, of Words of Vision Ministry, discusses her book, “God Reveals a Mystery”.
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Of “Mausam,” Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and Creating for the Ages…
I recently saw the movie, Mausam, written and directed by Pankaj Kapur, and starring the beautiful Sonam Kapoor opposite the wonderful and delightfully handsome, Shahid Kapoor.
Like most Bollywood movies of its genre, historical dramatic romance, the movie move along taking its time to tell what I experienced as a beautiful love story.
Critics on both sides of the ocean suggest that the pacing could be increased by eliminating various scenes that do not contribute to the overall plot of the story.
I disagree.
The director could have deleted certain scenes and decreased the run time and perhaps maintained the high level of enjoyment I experienced.
But why fix what is not broken?
As an American moviegoer that has grown tired of movies aiming to tell a story with what often appears an ultimate goal of relaying the narrative, in movie format, in the shortest amount of time possible,
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Of Colombiana, Contagion, and Miracles…
“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it.
Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.”
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I saw two movies this weekend. Contagion, for the first time, and Colombiana for the 2nd.
Viewing a movie for the second time, much like reading a book, allows the opportunity to evaluate and inspect what either makes the story work, or remain vibrant in your mind, or the memories of its plot and characters, if you can recall them, slink into the recesses of the forgotten.
I was not excited at the thought of seeing Colombiana a second time.
Yet now as I write, I realize my hesitation came not from the quality of the movie itself, but quite the opposite.
The story of a young woman, who in losing her parents to a villainous killing at the age of 9, then seeking revenge, Colombiana is clearly a character driven story.
Contagion on the other hand, involves many characters whose roles work to tell the story of not a person, but rather display the effect of
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Of The Military Industrial Complex, Sarah Palin, and Unconditional Love…
I recently read an article on the Huffington Post entitled, Why You’re Not Married.
The author, a TV writer, Tracy McMillan, whose credits include, Mad Men, The United States of Tara, and a memoir, I Love You and I’m Leaving You Anyway offers 6 reasons why the reader, who if unmarried and wishes to be, remains single.
Without belaboring the point of what caught my attention, let me say that reasons 2-6 constitute a repeat of what many articles assert.
And despite the, shall we say, blunt and directness of reason #1, the truth it held forced me, a wife of 29 years, to stop in gratitude after overcoming the initial shock of McMillan’s wording, or more precisely, her word.
“The problem is not men. It’s you. Sure, there are lame men out there, but
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Radio Show | Shobhan Bantwal
Author, Shobhan Bantwal, who describes her writings as Bollywood in a Book, discusses her 5th and upcoming novel, “Full Moon Bride.” Shobhan has also authored “Dowry Bride”, “Forbidden Daughter”, and “The Sari Shop Widow ,” and “The Unexpected Son.”
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Tonight! Anjuelle Floyd Live Video AuthorChat
Tonight! Anjuelle Floyd Live Video AuthorChat
Intimacy, Revelation, and Redemption
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Radio Show | Flint Whitlock
Pulitzer-nominated author, and military historian Flint Whitlock discusses his novel, “Internal Conflicts”.
Flint has also authored, The Fighting First, The Beasts of Buchenwald, The Rock of Anzio , Turbulence Before Takeoff, Distant Bugles-Distant Drums.
His novel, If Chaos Reigns, a non-fiction military history of the Allied airborne and glider operations on D-Day, is yet to be released..
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