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Peneflix 6th Annual Academy Awards Contest

It’s time for the Peneflix 6th Annual Academy Awards Contest! To enter: 1)   You must be a subscriber to Peneflix. By entering the contest, you agree to share your information with Peneflix.com and will be subscribed to the Peneflix email newsletter. 2)   You may only enter once. 3)   You have to beat me; which is the easiest challenge of all. ... Read More »

6th Annual Academy Awards Contest: Coming Soon

PENEFLIX  6th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARD CONTEST is coming soon! The nominees are located here. It is that time of year, when once again I prove incapable of separating my mind and heart; they are so entwined that an autopsy would prove inconclusive. I vote for the film and nominees that I consider the best in their category. I do not play ... Read More »

CHILE: MORE THAN JUST SEA BASS

Chile, a long, skinny country defined by extremes: inferno, desert heat/frigid, snow-clad mountains; cacophonous, colorful Santiago/isolated, serene Easter Island; Chile sooths and stimulates simultaneously, cauterizing the heaviness of everyday minutia, allowing the lyrical to pierce one’s spirit. For two weeks my friend and I were soaked and lathered by a myriad of highlights. Primarily Easter Island, the loneliest place on ... Read More »

KRAKOW AND THE CAMPS

Krakow is achingly, pristinely reminiscent of a city, imbued with the majesty of “Cross & Crown”; unscathed by the military might of WWII, the former capital of Poland, oozes with tales of religiosity and the monarchy; approximately 120 Churches testify to the endurance of the Catholic faith. The Church of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, funded by King Sigismund III ... Read More »

Lauren Bacall

On September 16th, Lauren Bacall would have been ninety years old; almost a century of viability, lusting and loving life, protected, enhanced by her inimitable intelligence and wit she was unequivocally the captain of her soul; archetypical woman of substance who did it her way; thrust into the lionizing limelight at nineteen (“To Have and Have Not”) she perpetually reiterated ... Read More »

Robin Williams 1951-2014

“The brighter the light the darker the shadow”. No one defines this prescient observation more than Robin Williams; he lit up film and television with his raucous, insightful humor, impeccable timing, fluent, gifted improvisation; lurking behind this amicable, ingratiating facade was always the omnipresent albatross of depression; a disease as insidious as the most crippling cancer; voraciously devouring one’s spirit ... Read More »

PENEFLIX IS ON VACATION

Peneflix is on vacation! Always, your readership, comments, both positive and negative are relished, appreciated and keep me on my intellectual toes; reminders that the mind is a muscle and craves as much exercise as the body. Have a wonderful week! Until April 24…………. For Now………Peneflix Read More »

PENEFLIX: OFF TO THE LAND OF BOLLYWOOD

My seventh excursion to India; a country and its people that refuse to relinquish its magnetic hold on my heart and spirit. AVOID “AT MIDDLETON”. It is an embarrassing, sophomoric “soap” about a love connection between two adults (Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga) who take their college -age children on an introductory tour of “Middleton”; behaving like juveniles , getting ... Read More »

HAPPY, HEARTY, HEAVENLY 2014

Being a glass “3/4” full person, I  usually find something redeeming in the majority of films I see; although many of you will find this unbelievable,  there are movies I intentionally, deliberately avoid;  anything to do with vampires, hangovers, anchormen, grudge matches, “this is the end”, or Las Vegas. When questioned about the BEST and the WORST films of the ... Read More »

Enter to win a $100 Target Gift Card

Hello movie lovers, I hope you had a wonderful holiday! There are only a few more days left to win a $100 Target gift card, so you can enjoy your favorite movies at home! Enter at: http://www.peneflix.com/sweepstakes/ For Now……Peneflix   Read More »

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