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Posted on September 28, 2019September 28, 2019

Official Secrets (2019)

A British woman who leaked a secret email in order to prevent the Iraq War confesses and tried as a traitor while protesting the illegality of the war.

Posted on August 13, 2015August 15, 2015

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014)

This is a 5-star animated tour de force with 8 poems interpreted by various artists contributing to the overall film, The Prophet. Click the image to read my entire review.

Posted on March 24, 2014March 24, 2015

The Iron Giant (1999)

During the Cold War Hogarth befriends a giant robot that has fallen to earth & has to hide him from a government agent who thinks it is a threat to be destroyed.

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