Michael Durr

I probably could be called a lot of things, some kind and some not so kind.  But the one thing that probably most people would say about me is that I’m loyal.  Loyal to my job, loyal to my wife, loyal to my son.  However, in my life, I have certainly felt the pain of disloyalty, even to the point of infidelity.  Despite what people might say or think, you never quite expect it, and furthermore one can’t predict how you might feel or act given the situation.  Today’s movie Three into Two Won’t Go explores the idea of what happens when a man cheats on his wife with another woman.  However, this woman stays around long after the fact and continues to press into his everyday life until it becomes unbearable.  Let’s take a look.

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Some of my fondest memories growing up were those of my Polish grandmother and visiting her in New York for a week or two during the summer.  It was so different than when I was with my parents in North Carolina.  From the living arrangements to actually having a real basement to the subway itself, it was almost surreal in a very urban type way.  Then everyone seemingly moved to Texas, including our family, and all of the innocence was lost.  Today’s movie is Gloria, a movie set in New York where a six-year-old Puerto Rican kid loses his innocence as his family is gunned down by the mob.  The only thing he has to cling to is a friend of the family named Gloria who has a few special skills of her own.  Let’s check it out.

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