Tag Archives: classic films

Music Seems to Represent Love in The Sound of Music

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I love The Sound of Music. It’s one of my favorite films. And I recently discovered something special about it I would like to share with you. Each song in The Sound of Music seems to represent a unique aspect … Continue reading →

Posted in Uplifting Films | Tagged classic films, films, history, julie andrews, love, movie review, movies, music, musical, relationships, soundtrack, the sound of music, true stories | 1 Comment

The Difference Between Old and New Movies Is a Slap in the Face

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Something interesting happened when I recently rewatched The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I hadn’t seen that movie in years, so I had forgotten many of the finer details in it. This especially became apparent … Continue reading →

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Raiders of the Lost Ark Is a Symmetrical Masterpiece

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I know I said that I have three more Cinematic Chiasmus articles to write, which were submitted by a reader of mine named Jay. I promise I’ll get to those. But I had such a powerful impression that I needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, classic films, films, george lucas, indiana jones, movie review, movies, raiders of the lost ark, steven spielberg | 3 Comments

Steve McQueen Is the King of Name Placement on Movie Posters

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I like listening to music as I write. Sometimes I find great music soundtracks on YouTube and listen to them for hours at a time. And one soundtrack I particularly enjoy is the one from The Magnificent Seven (1960). I’ve … Continue reading →

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Escape to Witch Mountain Is More Than Just Escapist Entertainment

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’d like to draw some interesting comparisons to Escape to Witch Mountain. I only recall watching it once as a child, but just about everything about it was burned into my memory so vividly that I always considered it a personal … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Movie Character: Al Frazier

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I imagine most people, when asked who is their favorite movie character, would take it as a fun exercise to go through their favorite movies and try to think of the characters that they most enjoyed watching go through struggles … Continue reading →

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The Biblical Allegory of Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Remember that movie about everyday people who are called to do a marvelous work and a wonder, being invited by a vision to a mountain where they will see signs in the heavens as they commune with heavenly beings? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uplifting Films | Tagged bible, classic films, close encounters of the third kind, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, scriptures, steven spielberg | 4 Comments

The Beautiful Symmetry of Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I had planned on analyzing Spider-Man 3 for a chiastic structure before moving on to any other film, but I couldn’t get Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) out of my head, so it looks like this is the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged animated films, beauty and the beast, chiasmus, classic films, disney, fairy tales, films, movie review, movies | 14 Comments

Swallowing My Pride

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Humility is not an easy quality to achieve or maintain. I was bullied a lot as a child, and it hardened me to the point that I thought I was uniquely deserving of sympathy and that other people were responsible … Continue reading →

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What Happens When We Fail to Heed Sir Thomas More’s Warning

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Five years ago, I offered 10 timely lessons from A Man for All Seasons (1966), and I’m sure many of us recently observed a high-profile example of what happens when #1 on that list is violated. We’ll get to that … Continue reading →

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