— by WILLIAM STERR — An Einstein-Rosen Bridge, known more commonly as a wormhole, is a theoretical, mathematical solution to Albert Einstein’s field equations in general relativity that proposes a shortcut connecting two separate points in space time. It is an element of many science-f[...]
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Review: Group – The Schopenhauer Effect
— by WILLIAM STERR — Have you ever been in group therapy? I have not, and my only experience even tangentially related is the hilarious group featured in the old “Bob Newhart Show” from the 1970s. This is very different. Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy where therapists treat[...]
Review: Diva Futura
— by WILLIAM STERR — Cicciolina – the adult film actress turned legislator in the Italian parliament. Where did she come from? What was her appeal? Were there other women like her? That is the story of “Diva Futura.” Riccardo Schicchi (Pietro Castellitto – “The Predators”[...]
Review: Mickey 17
— by WILLIAM STERR — A cat supposedly has nine lives. But what if there was no limit at all? That’s the premise behind “Mickey 17.” This isn’t a new idea – the sci-fi flick “Moon” used a similar premise – except it was the twist that came near the end of the story. Here, [...]
Review: Blue Moon
— by WILLIAM STERR — A descent into despair, as performed by a prisoner of passion and his tormentors. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart worked together for 24 years, creating 28 musicals and over 500 songs. However, due to Hart’s alcoholism, Rodgers formed a team with lyricist Oscar Ham[...]
Review: The President’s Cake
— by WILLIAM STERR — In southeastern Iraq, there is an area historically known as “The Garden of Eden.” It is an extensive marshland fed by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. There, for five thousand years, the “marsh Arabs,” in their reed houses and high-prowed canoes, have lived.[...]
Review: Beneath the Light
— by WILLIAM STERR — Lighthouses have a peculiar attraction for many people. However, the lighthouse on the end of the breakwater at Lorain, Ohio, overlooking Lake Erie is special. Not that it looks it. The 108-yea- old structure looks pretty dilapidated, needing a lot of repair. Jacob ([...]
Review: One Battle After Another
— by WILLIAM STERR — Those of us old enough to have lived through the turbulent latter decades of the 20th century will recall the KKK, the Weather Underground, the Symbionese Liberation Army and other home-grown terrorist organizations. But what about The French 75? The French 75 is a f[...]
Review: Sinners
— by WILLIAM STERR — Who hasn’t dreamed of leaving home, making good somewhere in the wider world, and then returning to our roots to make a personal dream come true? That is the story of identical twins Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” Moore (both played by Michael B. Jordan),[...]
Review: Weapons
— by WILLIAM STERR — A parents’ worst nightmare: your children disappear without a trace. There is no ransom demand. Nothing. Seventeen children from Ms. Justine Gandy’s (Julia Garner – “The Fantastic Four: First Steps“) third-grade class disappeared at 2:17 a.m. on a Wedne[...]
Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab
— by WILLIAM STERR — Warning! This re-enactment (not dramatization) of a real-life tragedy in Gaza is not for the faint-hearted. Even though there is no violence, the level of emotion displayed, and the fact that a young life is held so precariously in the balance, makes this film far mo[...]
Review: Rumours
— by WILLIAM STERR — The G7. A group of the seven leading “democratic” nations. All are Western, except for Japan, and they represent 29 percent of the world’s economic production but only 9.6 percent of the population, at around 783 million people. The United States, Canada, Great[...]
Review: A House of Dynamite
— by WILLIAM STERR — During her career, Kathryn Bigelow has produced a number of outstanding and intriguing films. Among them are “Near Dark” about a vampire family, “The Hurt Locker” which deals with the Iraq war, and “Zero Dark Thirty” about the search for Osama bin Laden. [...]