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Last night I watched the movie City of Embers. It is based on a book by Jeanne Duprau. I actually rented it at my local video store down the street. I think the film City of Embers I would rank as one of my favorites. I can recommend City of Embers The plot is a [...]

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Spanish in American films Spanish characters I was watching the film ‘Disturbia’ the other day, a pretty good film, low budget thriller.  Not only did the film start with a Spanish class scene but, they had noticeably Spanish actors as secondary characters.  I am not living in the states right now but the media, films [...]

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Film titles in foreign language movies Living in another country has made me aware a small annoyance.   I noticed when I go to rent a DVD at the local video store, I often give people the English Title translated into Polish for example (I live in Krakow).   The movie in English will be something like [...]

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