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ROCKETMAN
Tinsel & Tine’s #MiniMovieReview ROCKETMAN (Dir Dexter Fletcher) is a creative mix of biopic / musical theater / music video, which I felt suited the subject. The blending of fantasy and reality also allows for some creative license. Because as much as I enjoyed Straight Outta Compton and Bohemian Rhapsody, they’re written as if everything is 100% accurate, which of course is impossible with a screenplay, that’s why there are documentaries, which typically are still only about 85 – 90% accurate. That being said, I read this Slate.com article – which takes some of the movie’s scenes and compares them to actual accounts in Elton John’s life and according to…
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Avengers: ENDGAME
The MCU took us on a decade long Fantastic Cinematic Journey and all the culminations in EndGame played out as they should. The next chapters should be interesting, but I doubt will ever be as meaningful as what we’ve been through. Best line: Thor: “I’m totally from the future” Best character arc: Thor with a beer belly,dreadlocks and dressing like the Big Lebowski Best of the endings: Thor back on the Gaurdians of the Galaxy Ship dominating Quill I joined THE BLACK TRIBBLES Radio Show Live at Philly Cam to talk AVENGERS: ENDGAME
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Teen Spirit
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview TEEN SPIRIT writer/dir Max Minghella starring Elle Fanning seems to have already left the theaters, but I recommend finding it when it streams. It’s set in a small rural village somewhere in Eastern Europe. Fanning plays a quiet young girl without many prospects for an exciting life, when an American Idol type show comes through her town, and as a contestant, takes her on a journey into the music biz. I think HER SMELL (Elisabeth Moss) & VOX LUX (Natalie Portman) having come out in recent months, didn’t leave space for TEEN SPIRIT; that and the title, people associate Teen Spirit with Kurt Cobain, and this…
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ALADDIN
ALADDIN I’m still shocked that Disney greenlit Guy Ritchie and that Ritchie was interested in directing, seems such an odd choice, making #Aladdin the very first Guy Ritchie movie I truly enjoyed! I’m delighted by these remakes of favorite Disney animated features getting their live action turn, but I do wish they would space them out a bit. Dumbo, Aladdin and Lion King all in the same year! Why not give us a chance to anticipate the next one? Nevertheless, Aladdin translates to live action just as nicely as Beauty and the Beast, it’s as if your mind already conceived it, before actually seeing it. There’s a few tweaks and…
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Wine Country
Abby (Amy Poehler) decides to celebrate her friend Rebecca’s (Rachel Dratch) 50th birthday with a weekend getaway over Rebecca’s protestations that she wants a low-key celebration. Abby, Rebecca and four of their friends, whom they have known since they were young waitresses, decide to spend the weekend together in Napa. Rather than allow the women to relax and drink Abby wants them to adhere to a strict schedule, a way of seizing control as, unbeknownst to the group, she has recently lost her job. In fact, all her friends are struggling with problems of their own, stuff which gets revealed in between all the drinking, dancing & rolling down hills…
