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Trevor Morgan: "A Rumor of Angels"
Living alone in an old house by the sea (as in "Man Without A Face"), she became the friend which 12-year-old James Neubauer (Trevor Morgan) did not have. Both had lost loved ones, 'Jimmy' having been in an accident which killed his mother just two years earlier. Much like the cross-generational relationship which eventually happened between Billy Ray and Norman Thayer Jr. in "On Golden Pond", Maddy and James developed a very close friendship. It is a case of help from outside the family being more effective than help from within the family. I suspect that this would happen a lot more if we did not have to keep our kids away from all 'strangers'.
Both the boy and the old lady fill a special need for each other at one certain time in their lives. Unlike most films, there is really no one to hate in this one-- that in itself is rare. You actually wind up liking everyone in this movie-- or at least I did.
This movie was based on the book THY SON LIVETH - Messages from a Soldier to His Mother by Grace Duffie Boylan. It was filmed on location at Crystal Crescent Beach and in the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
In addition to the very intriguing premise of the movie, music lovers will appreciate the works and artists featured in the soundtrack-- including the Northwest Boy's Choir, directed by Joe Crnko. The movie is rated PG-13 for thematic elements, an accident scene and brief drug references-- VERY brief, I might add-- I didn't even realize what they had in mind until I viewed the film a second time. There is some mild profanity.
Liam Neil Hess: "Edges of the Lord"
Haley Joel Osment's "Romek" would be considered by most to be the 'main' character, since he plays the 11-year-old boy who is forced to leave his mother and father and go into hiding with a Polish family. But the character of Tolo, played by Liam Hess, gives the story a dimension not seen in other Holocaust movies. Impressed by what he has learned from his priest, he decides he will become Jesus, and that his acts and suffering will right the wrongs happening all around him. The video clip (click the picture above) has been encoded in black and white, but the film is in full color.
Nearly everyone knows of the Nazi death camps for Jews and other 'undesirables', but many may not know that there were local Poles, Russians and others-- who sided with the Germans-- either out of fear, or hate, or both. This 2001 production illustrates that with shocking realism.
"Are we blessed, or are we all just the edges?" Find out what that question meant and much more. Rated "R" for graphic violence and some mild sexual content.
