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MAGIC MIKE XXL: Review and Interview with Stephen “tWitch” Boss at Sofitel Philadelphia
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor 2012’s Magic Mike (click for T&T post) took most of us by surprise. Sure, Steven Soderbergh is an amazing director, but it just seemed like such a throwaway summer movie concept – well, we were wrong – it turned out to be a pretty darn good movie, Matthew McConaughey was fantastic and for those of us who didn’t know Channing Tatum’s background, we were amazed by his moves. Three years later we’re given the sequel and this one, under the direction of Gregory Jacobs with it’s very loose plot and limited dialogue is more or less a throwaway, but a really HOT, SEXY, SUPER FUN…
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Film Bite: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Comparisons of course are being made between Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and The Fault in Our Stars (click for T&T post) They're both books to movies aimed at a young adult audience using humor to defuse the bleakness of staring mortality in the face at such a young age. But Fault is a straight up story about falling in love and Earl tries to pretend it's not...
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MOVIE “KETCHUP”: Far From the Madding Crowd
Most everyone thinks the title is Far From the "Maddening" Crowd, once upon a time, I used to think so too. In researching the title, it's not too far off - the word "madding" means to make wild or insane, derived from the word "madden" to drive to distraction. ..
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Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
it's something a bit off kilter and original, but not too quirky or overly imaginative. Well-written humor without comedic shtick. Character driven with just enough plot and narrative to keep it on track. Social commentary without clubbing you over the head with an issue, fate or state-of-being...
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Let’s PIG OUT at Cuba Libre
We are all enticed by a lechon that’s crispy on the outside and yet juicy on the inside. In fact, we don’t only look forward to seeing a nicely prepared suckling pig on weddings and birthday parties....
