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

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

Everyone has a cross to bear. But a parish priest tending his flock in Ireland’s County Sligo has really gotten more than his share in Calvary, a movie that addresses archetypal Pluto issues of power, abandonment and revenge, as well as Neptune themes of sacrifice and...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Cuban Fury’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Cuban Fury’ (2014)

Bullies will stop at nothing to brutalize their victims. But making a male teen eat the sequins from his salsa dance costume is one for the books. It’s also a critical plot point in Cuban Fury, an appealing tale of a sad sack who pulls himself up by his bootstraps –...
Astrology: Film: ‘The Sapphires’ (2013)

Astrology: Film: ‘The Sapphires’ (2013)

The Sapphires is ostensibly about a talented four-member Aboriginal girl group in Australia whose members, with the help of a washed up Irish entertainer-turned-manager, wind up expanding their lives personally and geographically. Below the surface, though, the movie...