What binds people together in friendship?   Is it common interests, education, or shared love of local sport teams?   Is it simple proximity to one another in a neighborhood or shared experiences in school?   I really want you to think long and hard about that question.   Is the friendship a consequence of mutual goals working together to achieve those goals?   I am sure that if you looked across the spectrum of your life you would discover people you considered “friends” that drifted in - and out - of your life.   There are some that have been there through thick and thin while others drifted away - so much so that one day you realized…they are gone.   So what happens when a movie challenges the notion of why you call somebody “friend” - you end up with a murder mystery called The Glass Onion:  A Knives Out Mystery.  A group of friends are summoned by a clue box to attend a murder mystery dinner on a private island owned by - you guessed i...

 The relationships of parents and children can be a complicated affair - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons.  In the midst of a family, confined to the walls of a home, you would think that communication would be a fairly easy endeavor.  And yet, we all know it is quite contrary.  In fact, these critical relationships are often thrashed by what we do not say - and by not communicating what we really feel.  Maybe this is why pets are so critical in the life of a family.  A family dog is often that one soul who loves you simply because you are you .   Today Netflix released a movie that takes a very deep dive into the world of under-communicated family relationships in the movie Dog Gone .  Based on a true story, a young college graduate - Fielding - is lost on the trail of life.  He feels pity from his friends and disappointment from his parents.  His only unconditional love and solace is fou...