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Movies with Tarek – ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
The film opens with a scene of someone being taught how to fish. In that moment the instruction is strict yet encouraging. However, it...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘The Marvels’
My anticipation for The Marvels was so-so, and it didn’t even meet up to those expectations. The introduction is a blur, the film jumps...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Nyad’
Nyad is the true story of Diana Nyad, who at sixty years old decided to swim from Cuba to Florida, a distance of about...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Stop Making Sense’ (2023 Re-release)
Stop Making Sense, a concert film directed by Jonathan Demme in 1984, is unequivocally the best concert movie of all time. Filmed at Hollywood’s...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘The Adults’
Growing up and accepting the realities of life is a challenge for every human being. There are tough choices to be made, lots of...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’
What came to mind before I experienced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was the famous term …COWABUNGA! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Barbie’
“I haven’t been in a box in ages.” Those words are from Margot Robbie, who plays Barbie in the new movie of the same...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Oppenheimer’
Editor's Update / March 11, 2024 / The 2023 biographical thriller film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, received seven Academy Awards on March...
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Movies with Tarek – ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
The franchise continues.
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, Simon Pegg is back as Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames is back as Luther Stickell, and...
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Movies with Tarek: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Unlike the previous films in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is not directed by Steven Spielberg. It’s directed by James...
