Category Archives: movies

Genuine Lies – Fictional memories of a movie star

Posted on January 8, 2022 by tkflor

Genuine Lies by Nora Roberts “There’s always something redeeming in trash. I’ve done plenty of trash and made it shine. This” – she kicked the script again with relish – “is shit.” “She” is Eve Benedict, an aging movie star … Continue reading →

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Perseverance and stamina – a lesson 40 years after The Empire Strikes Back

Posted on May 3, 2020 by tkflor

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back One of the things that distinguishes a classic from a random highly successful book or movie is that one can return to a classic decades after it … Continue reading →

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Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher

Posted on May 20, 2017 by tkflor

“I’ve spent so many years not telling the story of Harrison and me having an affair on the first Star Wars movie that it’s difficult to know exactly how to tell it now. I suppose I’m writing this because it’s … Continue reading →

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A new message of hope

Posted on January 1, 2017 by tkflor

“Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re My Only Hope” Princess Leia, Star Wars: A New Hope. It is customary to begin a new year with new resolutions, and even make them public to add a little bit more pressure to follow … Continue reading →

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Love between the covers

Posted on November 11, 2016 by tkflor

“The noise was huge. Wherever they stood, sat, or wandered, they talked. Primarily women, he observed, some of them dressed for business, other drooping from travel. And all, he thought, studying the heaped luggage carts, with enough suitcases for a … Continue reading →

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The art of inspiration

Posted on November 21, 2015 by tkflor

The man for wisdom’s various arts renown’d, Long exercised in woes, O Muse! resound; Who, when his arms had wrought the destined fall Of sacred Troy, and razed her heaven-built wall, Wandering from clime to clime, observant stray’d, Their manners … Continue reading →

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Particle Fever – How many views would it get on YouTube?

Posted on August 24, 2014 by tkflor

Particle Fever is a documentary film about physicists’ search for the Higgs boson. Official site, Trailer on YouTube: The movie trails milestones in the launching of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, shows some nerve-wrecking moments, and celebrates the triumph … Continue reading →

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