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Book Club (2018)

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Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol's (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous "50 Shades of Grey," catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices. Parental Guidance Director: Bill Holderman Music composed by: Peter Nashel Screenplay: Bill Holderman, Erin Simms This is a movie I have been waiting for since Mr. Dondon Monteverde announced it on Facebook  and the first thing I could think of is that it is very much worth the wait. Some of the people I know were shunning this because of the citation of E.L. James trilogy featuring Christian Grey who we later on learn that his nickname is Moby Dick.  (Wink, wink!) What I could say is this:  The four longtime ...

Finding Dory (2016)

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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...