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Posted on August 3, 2023August 7, 2023

Dreamin’ Wild (2023)

In 1978 recorded an album went nowhere but 30 years later a record producer reissued it & with help from a NYT reporter, the album caught on.

Posted on August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

My Name is Sara (2019)

The true story of a Jewish teenager who finds shelter with an anti-Semitic Ukrainian family during the Nazi holocaust by keeping her identity secret.

Posted on August 21, 2021January 21, 2022

Minari (2021)

A Korean immigrant family moves from California to engage in farming in Arkansas, almost splitting up because of difficulties.

Posted on August 6, 2021August 8, 2021

Menari (2021)

The troubled Yi family attempt a new start on a farm in Arkansas, with the wife skeptical & the husband hopeful of raising Korean vegetables.

Posted on June 29, 2019June 29, 2019

The Secret Life of Pets 2  (2019)

In 3 stories pet Max overcomes his anxiety about baby Liam’s safety; Gidget must retrieve Max’s lost squeaky toy; & Snowball & friends rescue a white tiger cub from the circus.

Posted on June 15, 2019September 2, 2019

The Biggest Little Farm (2018)

An inspiring, real-life family story. Click the movie title to read my full review.

Posted on March 24, 2019

The American Farm (2019)

The American Farm is an 8-part History Channel documentary showing the problems & the joys of 5 American farm families over a year’s time.

Posted on April 28, 2018April 30, 2018

A Quiet Place (2018)

A family tries to survive on a farm by not making a sound that might attract blind monsters with acute hearing.

Posted on September 11, 2015

Z for Zachariah (2015)

A devout girl survives a nuclear holocaust alone until a black man arrives, & then a 2nd man arrives, adding jealousy & suspicion to the mix.

Posted on August 24, 2015August 24, 2015

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

When Shaun & his fellow sheep set out to find the Farmer after they accidentally send him in a runaway trailer to the Big City, they overcome many dangers.

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