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Found Food & Film in Fairmount Park
I've been looking for a new Mansion since leaving The Racquet Club of Philadelphia. My spirit calls out a yearning to spend time in a stately, historic setting...
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When am I going to be able to get a tax credit on my movie watching
As I wrote in my post Avatar/Oscar Catch Up , I set a goal to see 7 out of 10 Oscar nominated films before March 7th. I accomplished my goal and added onto it 3 box office type flicks out now! These three (Valentine’s Day, Percy Jackson and Shutter Island), I saw in a row, on the same day for $6. Not bad, but as I couldn’t work in a Ritz Theater discounted Wednesday or matinee showing, I paid full price for An Education and Up in the Air. In addition, the cost to rent Inglorious Basterd and A Serious Man was $5 each, being as they were both on…
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Wrap Up of the Wrap Up from Sundance – Carol Coombes
Knowing that readers are seeking out Tinsel & Tine for commentary on new films and reviews on restaurants, here’s my final round-up from Sundance, embracing Hollywood star-power, Asian noodles and a different way to view movies! In these hard times, everybody knows somebody who has lost his or her job. In The Company Men directed by John Wells, three men Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) and Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper), senior executives in a shipping company, find themselves causalities of successive (and devastating) rounds of corporate downsizing. If success is measured by grand sounding job-titles, a flashy car, membership to an exclusive golf-club, a large house…
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Sundance Wrap Up Part III – Carol Coombes
Tinsel & Tine: I really want to thank Carol for her smart reviews and commentary from Sundance 2010. I love that she broke up her posts into Gay & Lesbian themed films, Documentaries and now Feature Length films. I would once again like to encourage any readers planning to attend even a small film fest to send me posts from or after your film festival experience. If you attend an evening with a food and film tie-in, even better, or review a restaurant pre or post a screening, send it in! LRL4400@gmail.com. Carol has told me she also has a Park City restaurant review for Tinsel & Tine in her…
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Commentary – Avatar / Oscar Catch Up
As I mentioned in my Golden Globes recap, I didn’t want to see Avatar, it looked like a glorified Disney Pixar film, not that I don’t enjoy Disney Pixar, but I wouldn’t dream of spending $14 on an animated feature. Still, I try to see as many Oscar nominated films as I can before The Academy Awards. In 2005 I saw all the Best Picture nominated films without even trying (Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways) I loved all these films. Since then, there’s always a few films nominated that my friend and I call “Spinach Movies”. These are films that are highly intelligent and well-crafted, but…
