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Movie review: The Post
A movie written before Donald Trump was elected president reminds me a lot of him and takes a look at a free press Scotus ruling.
Things old and new in Austin in late fall
A $1bn bond issue, new technology, old and new books, movies, and a Texas Teacher of the Year who used to work in Hollywood.
Movie preview: Passion to Teach
The US and the educational community are in a bitter struggle to decimate the public schools by turning them into profit-generating machines.
Movie review: Your Name
A new Japanese animé film reminds me of the whole voucher-privatization debate for public schools: an identity crisis.
Gun violence still rising in PG-13 films
The amount of gun violence in PG-13 movies has gone up over the last 30 years, compared to that in R-rated movies, which has remained relatively constant.
Movie review: The Edge of Seventeen
The nuances of the relationships in this high school coming of age movie take the genre to a new level: it's sensitive, loving, and true.
Movie review: Race
For a college athlete, there "ain't no black or white; there's only fast or slow." Juxtapose Nazi Germany with black American, Jesse Owens, and a movie happens.
Movie review: Caged No More
We give the movie low marks for quality, high marks for calling attention to human trafficking and the sex trade, which touches the US in many ways.
Movie review: Yellow Day
A Christian telling of a great story out of Alabama confuses the message of service to our fellow human being. Too bad.