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Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her  journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.-WWW I can't believe it!  FINDING DORY outdid the blockbuster hit, FINDING NEMO .  My friends, the young and not so young alike, were raving about it.  Others were crying buckets of tears, while others simply had some emotional moments.  Definitely, heartstrings were pulled, but there were a lot of light moments too that I decided to see for myself. True, many think that Finding Nemo will remain a classic and cannot be topped, but Finding Dory could be a classi...

James L. Brooks is really one of the best storytellers and directors there is.  He did have some flops, but more often than not, he delivers.  BROADCAST NEWS is very memorable to me.  I loved the way the story was weaved, the characters and the actors who portrayed the role and how I, as a member of the audience, was able to relate to each and everyone of them.   I could see myself in Tom Grunick, Jane Craig and Aaron Altman.    Sometimes I was even Rorish and maybe even Jennifer Mack.  A part of me was Blair Litton.  I could go on and on and on. Sigh. I was into every tear, laughter, anger...every other emotion I could think of.  It is really a great story. Like most women, I love Holly Hunter's polka-dotted black dress.  It was simple and yet it was very alluring. This movie also reminds me why I never became a professional newscaster.  The vain person that I am, I couldn't take seeing an uglier versi...