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SICKO - A MUST SEE - ESPECIALLY BY ALL AMERICANS who think their
country is the land of milk and honey as the truth, as so often is the
case, is so different. It saddens me hugely to see how many people
are deliberately killed by the system because they do not want to spend
the money and how insurance companies are responsible for mass murder
through with-hold Tragic watching but a must see.
www.cwgthemovie.comCONVERSATIONS WITH GOD spent nearly 3 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold approximately 7 million copies in 34 languages, so it was no surprise to director/producer Stephen Simon (producer of SOMEWHERE IN TIME, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME) that hundreds of people from all over the world lined up in late August 2005 at the open auditions for the film version of CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD. The book series that inspired millions is now a feature film that tells the true and previously untold story of Neale Donald Walsch. At the lowest point in his life, Walsch started asking God some hard questions. And to his astonishment, God answered. Those conversations became the basis for the book series. This film details the dramatic journey of a down and out homeless man who inadvertently becomes an unlikely and highly acclaimed bestselling author and spiritual messenger. Online: http://www.cwgthemovie.com I first read this book when it first came out and it was remarkable, for it was as if God was talking directly to me and I cried and laughed all the way through it, marking things in the margin, underlining bits and highlighting whole sections. Almost everyone I have given this book to say it changed their lives in some way and I am pleased to see it has become a film. If you have seen it - how about a review for us ...
The Spiritual Cinema Circle, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cinema Circle, Inc., is the pioneer in subscription based home entertainment distribution for the niche market of Spiritual Cinema, with an audience waiting to see spiritually-themed films that until now have gone virtually unappreciated and unseen.
The movie opens in rain-drenched England as down-hearted
and dispirited Lottie Wilkins trudges through her day. An advertisement in the
paper promising "Wisteria and Sunshine" at an Italian castle catches her eye.
She seeks out another forlorn soul, Rose Arbuthnot, and convinces her to share
this villa for the month of April. Because of expenses, they are forced to
also take in two strangers to share the load. Joining them will be Mrs.
Fisher, an elderly woman who is hoping to remember "better times and better
men," and the beautiful Lady Caroline who is tired of the constant attention
she receives and longs for a Enchanted with the peace and tranquility of her new surroundings, Lottie longs to share her joy with her husband. When he arrives, Lottie urges Rose to invite her husband as well, but Rose fears that her husband, an author of racy novels under a pen name, will not come. Imagine her surprise when he shows up immediately. Of course, the catch is that he had no idea his wife was there but was hoping to have a dalliance with Lady Caroline. In the peaceful Italian sun, marriages heal, new love blossoms, and unlikely friendships are born. The movie is light, filled with delicious humor and profound sentiments to stir your heart and soul. Most enchanting of all may be the beautiful scenes filmed on location in Portofino. This is a great movie for self-medication in the gloom of winter when you want to seek greener pastures. I loved this film and have seen it many times. It is a spiritual awakening for the main characters as they seem to find themselves. This is in my top ten greatest films of all times...
Brenda Blethyn is superb, as usual, and I cannot say how much everyone I have shown the film to have laughed and laughed... After her husband commits suicide and leaves his wife in serious debt, Brenda Blethyn decides on a rather radical endeavour in order to make a lot of money very fast. Set in Cornwall with breathtaking scenery, this lovely lighthearted comedy is full of familiar faces from the telly
Wonderful writing - brilliantly portrayed by Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins and also staring Will Young who sings several songs - one of which is a tear jerker with what is happening in the background. Telling the story of the Windmill Theatre in London just before WW2, this enigmatic and spunky elderly rich woman decides to fill her time - after her husband dies, with more than charity work and boring mundane things most wealthy women undertook in those days. She buys and opens the Windmill Theatre full of statuesque naked girls. GREAT FUN. 5 stars Interesting that 3 of the films I have listed here as wonderful, all have Judi Dench in them, and 2 of those, also have Cher. You'd never suspect I was gay... would you ???
Not to give too much away - 2 women entertainers witness a murder and go on the run to escape 'the mob.' They move to LA and dress up as men, dressing up as drag artists - performing in a gay bar, and obviously, they are a hot, but the mob are close behind. Rent it on DVD or better yet - buy it - you'll be putting it on at Christmas and parties for years to come.
This is another of the films that is full of the Maggie Smith actresses. I can't
remember who they all are now but CHER rises to the top and holds the starring
role in this epic piece about a load of English ladies of a 'certain age' living
in Italy during the second world war and the poignant relationships between
them, a young boy, a wealthy brash American woman and her lesbian assistant.
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johasson run through this film at breakneck speed and you wonder what on earth could happen next. This sci fi story set in the not to distant future and with the possibility of some truth attached, takes you on a whirlwind tour through the possibilities of cloning humans and some of the problems attached. Excellent special effects and a good strong cast and story line that kept me gripped from the start to the finish. I actually watched it a couple of times in the first week of my brother giving me DVD of it.
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Absolutely loved this
film, but then, I was always a fan of the TV series and like
any film of this type, it is a CHICK FLICK - or as I also call
it - a FAG FILM - as only women and gay men will like it and
macho males will think it twoddle. It is full of fashion
and camp, romance and candy floss as well as deep emotions and
tears and straight men simply - all too often - do not
resonate to these things... unlike us emotional queens... ha
ha . 
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treatments that are covered on insurance premiums but that they will
fight tooth and nail to get out of paying and the end result is
obvious... death of the patient. It seems that doctors in
America are often more concerned with earning huge incomes than they are
with caring for the sick and the elderly. I complain about the NHS
as many people do, but after watching this documentary movie, it REALLY
puts it into gear how lucky we are and how tragically wrong the American
system is. Insurance companies screwing the masses out of billions
of $ and then denying them the care they have paid for and all created
and allowed by the government who are all in bed with the
insurance companies because of bribes and financial input. A
conflict of interest seems not to be noticed somehow and they get away
with murder. Well done Michael Moore. 
restorative quiet time. When they arrive it is still raining, but at least as
one of them so aptly puts it, "This is Italian rain." When morning dawns, the
sun comes out and remains with them for the month. 
This film kept me laughing
and grinning from ear to ear throughout. A friend lent me a
copy and I shall now go out and buy one for myself and this REALLY IS a
delightful film that I could watch over and over again, - it's a really
first class film.
This gem of a film will
have you rolling in laughter and splitting your sided. the first 20
minutes 'sets the scene' and may seem to drag ( sorry about the pun ) a little,
but after that, it's full steam ahead.
