Archetypes: Film: Review: ‘Boyhood’ (2014)

Archetypes: Film: Review: ‘Boyhood’ (2014)

For most of us, life is way too busy to allow for keen observations of minute gradations of growth and blossoming of family members, friends and other significant individuals who help grace our time on the planet. Perhaps it’s for this reason – our lack of attention...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘RoboCop’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘RoboCop’ (2014)

For movie goers with a penchant for archetypes, the original RoboCop (1987), directed by Paul Verhoeven, was the ultimate Aquarian-Age piece of celluloid. The preceding Age of Pisces was all about connecting with the Son of God (Pisces) through his mother (Virgo). The...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013)

Based on the true story of crooked broker Jordan Belfort, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street is a three-hour evocation of the revelry-filled Roman festival known as the Saturnalia. At some point during that ancient manic carnival, the head reveler was put to...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (2013)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (2013)

The title Saving Mr. Banks tells us this man will be saved. The person in charge of delivering the fellow from harm is another matter entirely. Learning the identity of that individual is at the weepy core of John Lee Hancock’s movie. Mention the word “save” and,...
Astrology: Film: ‘Captain Phillips’ (2013)

Astrology: Film: ‘Captain Phillips’ (2013)

On the way to his assignment to commandeer the massive U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama on a transport run in 2009, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and his wife (Catherine Keener) discuss the futures of their almost grown children and how quickly the world is...
Astrology: Film: ‘The World’s End’ (2013)

Astrology: Film: ‘The World’s End’ (2013)

There’s merit to finishing incomplete projects. Even when, as is the case in Edgar Wright’s The World’s End, the mission needing resolution is two decades’ old. The action centers around five adult Brit males who, when they completed studies in 1990, went on their...