Olympia Dukakis was a well respected Broadway actor long before the rest of the world caught up with her when she won an Oscar & Golden Globe for playing Cher’s mother in the movie Moonstruck in 1987. She is actually just 15 years older than her movie daughter who she very famously screamed at in … Continue reading
One of the Olympic Champions that is very much in the news ….. and in our minds…. is Matthew Meecham even though he is not competing in the Paris Games. Now retired at the grand old age of 36 ,he was the first openly gay athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in … Continue reading
Oma and Bella are two warm and feisty octogenarians who live together in Berlin. Oma was originally from Poland and Bella from Lithuania and they both ended up in Berlin separately where they met each after the end of the World War 2 which had annihilated their entire families. They were as Oma said ‘displaced persons without so … Continue reading
In the opening scene we see Omar scaling the impossible high wall that the Occupying Forces have erected that not just separates Palestinians from Jews, but also Palestinians from each other. He is going to meet up with his best friends Tarak and Amjad to plan their first ever terrorist activity. Tarak mentions a Brigade … Continue reading
The word gogglebox is British slang for television. It has also been adopted for =the name of a British TV program where (colorful) members of the public are filmed at home giving live commentary on what they are currently watching live on TV. Trust me it is much more fun than it sounds, and usually … Continue reading