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Sue Johnson
Charlotte, North Carolina
Associate Professor of English, with a Master's Degree in Liberal Studes with an Emphasis in Language and Culture teaching literature adapted to film.
Interests: Photography (BFA in Photo-journalism), Films, Books, Stock Car Racing, Traveling, Writing, Rock Music, Family.
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ARRIVAL AND NOCTURNAL ANIMALS MOVIE REVIEWS
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Director Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 science fiction film, Arrival, if you have not seen it, is a must-view film for anyone who loves science fiction that makes one think and deal with important ideas that show true feelings and not of least the acting prowess of the lead actor in this... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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LA LA LAND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2016 rom/com musical film, La La Land, was written and directed by Damien Chazelle and has been universally praised by critics for its direction, performances, musical score and numbers, plus its screenplay and has already won various awards from the movie’s industry. I am not a fan of this... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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MOONLIGHT MOVIE REVIEW
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Directed by Barry Jenkins, the 2016 drama film, Moonlight, was based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and starred Trevante Rhodes as Black, Andre Holland was adult Kevin, Janelle Monae played Teresa, Ashton Sanders portrayed teenage Chiron, Jharrel Jerome was teenaged Kevin,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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HIDDEN FIGURES LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2016 film Hidden Figures was directed by Theodore Melfi and was written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder and was based on the never-before-told-true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who had an important part in the US space program and who went virtually unheard of until now. The book... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Literature and Movie Review
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J. K. Rowling’s 2001 book entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which details the magical creatures in Harry Potter’s universe, is the source for the 2016 movie of the same name. Written under the fictitious name of Newt Scamander, it is supposed to be the textbook written by... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Literature and Film Review
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The fantasy book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was written by Ransom Riggs and is the bases for the 2016 movie. Following a terrible family tragedy, a young boy follows clues left to him by his grandfather's old photographs that take him on an adventure to an abandoned orphanage... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2017 at Queen's Logic
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DOCTOR STRANGE LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2016 movie Doctor Strange is an excellent film. It is based on the fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics, created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, and appearing in Strange Tales in July 1963. The story is about Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange, a former brilliant, but egotistical neurosurgeon, who... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax Movie and Literature Review
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Liz Jensen is the author who wrote the 2008 novel The Ninth Life of Louis Drax about a nine-year-old French boy named Louis Drax, who unfortunately was accident prone. He was a very bright, insightful, bewildering youth who throughout the novel told his story with very energetic language of his... Continue reading
Posted Nov 22, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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SUICIDE SQUAD MOVIE AND LITERATURE REVIEW
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The 2016 movie Suicide Squad is based on the DC Comics fictional organization of the same name, originally published in 1959 and then another version created and published in 1987. This film, directed by David Ayer, stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jan... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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FILMS ARE A MANY SPLENDORED THING - MAYBE!
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This will be a few short reviews of the movies I have seen in the past month. Starting with the movie Criminal, an action thriller directed by Ariel Vromen, written by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg. It stars Kevin Costner as an ex-con man named Jericho Stewart, and Gal Gadot... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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ALLEGIANT LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The young adult science fiction novel, Allegiant, is the third in the Divergent trilogy, written by Veronica Roth and is written from the viewpoint of Tobias (four) and Beatrice (Tris), while following the discoveries of the previous books, as these two travel past the city they have been living in... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE 5TH WAVE LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 5th Wave, based on the young adult book of the same name, written by Rick Yancey. It was directed by J. Blakeson, (and not very well) with the adaptation done by Susannh Grant, Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. The movie stars Chloe Grace Moritz as Cassie Sullivan, Nick Robinson... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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ROOM AND CAROL LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEWS
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The 2015 romantic dramatic film, Carol, directed by Todd Haynes and written by Phyllis Nagy based on the book The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, stars Cate Blanchett as Carol, Rooney Mara plays Therese, Sarah Paulson stars as Abby, Kyle Chandler is Harge (Carol’s husband), Jake Lacy is Richard... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE DANISH GIRL LITERATURE AND FILM REVIEW
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David Ebershoff wrote The Danish Girl novel in 2000, and it is about the life of his idea of the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Her name was Lili Elbe. Most of what was written about Elbe’s life was made up, as were the other characters in the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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SPOTLIGHT MOVIE REVIEW
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In the Boston archdiocese, a sexual abuse scandal erupted as early as 2002 when The Boston Globe covered the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse of minors and thrust them into the national spotlight. They were John Geoghan, John Hanlon, Paul Shanley, Robert V. Gale... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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Seth Grahame Smith has written a number spoof book based on classic literary novels. His latest parody is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is a combination of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel with some modern zombie stories thrown in for good measure, and his crediting Austen as the co-author of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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DEADPOOL MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2016 superhero film Deadpool is based on the Marvel Comic character and is the eighth segment of the X-Men films. Directed by Tim Miller, it is written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Morena Baccarin plays his girlfriend Vanessa, Francis Freeman/Ajax is... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE BIG SHORT LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2015 dramady movie, The Big Short, is based on the book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine written by Michael Lewis on the housing and credit bubble in the 2000s. The book describes the many people in the credit default swap market that wanted to gamble against the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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BROOKLYN LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2009 novel Brooklyn is written by Colm Tolbin and deals with Eilis Lacey, a young Irish woman in 1951 and 1952, who moves to Brooklyn to find work and a better life than the one she has in Ireland and quickly finds romance, but she must choose between the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE HATEFUL EIGHT MOVIE REVIEW
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A LITTLE LATE ON THIS REVIEW, BUT WORTH A COMMENT: BUT YOU HAVE TO BE A TARANTINO FAN TO APPRECIATE THIS FILM!!!!! Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie is The Hateful Eight, a Western mystery story, written and directed by him. It stars as the eight strangers who seek refuge from a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE REVENANT LITERATURE AND MOVIE REVIEW
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The American survival and revenge film, The Revenant, was directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu, and was adapted to the screen by Mark L. Smith and Inarritu. It was based in part on Michael Punke’s novel, about mountaineer and fur trapper Hugh Glass in 1823 in Montana and South Dakota. Leonardo... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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THE WITCH (2016) MOVIE REVIEW
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**SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen this film yet, then skip this review until you have.** The 2015 horror film, The Witch: A New England Folktale, is written and directed by Robert Eggers and the story, which is a combination of folktales, myths, and stories of old New England, follows... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS MOVIE REVIEW
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The 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens was directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams and is the seventh film in the Star Wars movie series. This film stars Harrison Ford as Han Solo, whose character has not changed since the original films; he is still a rogue and smuggler. Mark... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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RISEN MOVIE REVIEW
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The new 2016 historical drama film Risen, also know as Resurrection, is a well written story about the aftermath of the Resurrection, from the perspective of the Roman tribune who is asked to track Jesus’ body after rumors have been spread that he has come back to life. The film... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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JOY MOVIE REVIEW
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The bio picture called Joy, written and directed by David O. Russell, is loosely based on Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire, who invented the Miracle Mop, often selling on television on HSN and QVC. Joy is played strongly by Jennifer Lawrence, her father is played by Robert DeNiro, Bradley Cooper... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2016 at Queen's Logic
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