There is an old saying when it comes to matrimony about how one should marry their best friend. I suppose there is truth in that statement. After all, you… Read more “My Best Friend’s Wedding, by Albert W. Vogt III”
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Pretty Woman, by Albert W. Vogt III
There are not too many familiar titles left for me to review for The Legionnaire, or so I tell myself. Occasionally, someone will mention a movie to me that… Read more “Pretty Woman, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Mystic Pizza, by Albert W. Vogt III
A year ago, I did a silent, eight-day retreat at the Gonzaga/Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I cannot say enough good things about the setting, although… Read more “Mystic Pizza, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Mona Lisa Smile, by Albert W. Vogt III
If you know the film Mona Lisa Smile (2003), you might agree that it is about showing women in the 1950s that their lives do not necessarily have to… Read more “Mona Lisa Smile, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Erin Brockovich, by Albert W. Vogt III
As I have aged, I have learned to be careful about making blanket statements. When life brings us trouble, it is easy to cast everything around us in… Read more “Erin Brockovich, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Notting Hill, by Albert W. Vogt III
Mark Notting Hill (1999) as another film familiar to many that I had yet to see until recently. If you think it has anything to do with stereotypical male behavior,… Read more “Notting Hill, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Leave the World Behind, by Albert W. Vogt III
As the opening credits for Leave the World Behind were rolling, my house guest with whom I was watching it asked me to rewind. This is because she caught a… Read more “Leave the World Behind, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Eat, Pray, Love, by Albert W. Vogt III
Before writing this review of Eat, Pray, Love (2010), I read what some other Catholic thinkers had to say about the film. As will hopefully become apparent from the rest… Read more “Eat, Pray, Love, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Ticket to Paradise, by Albert W. Vogt III
Before getting into this review in earnest, I should be charitable myself. I wanted to start by saying that I am getting old. No longer do I go to… Read more “Ticket to Paradise, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Hook, by Albert W. Vogt III
If you want a telling of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan without the offhand racism Disney (unwittingly, I suppose) injected into the story in 1953, watch Hook (1991). Granted, it is more… Read more “Hook, by Albert W. Vogt III”
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