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The Nest
I’m not seeing half the movies I used to see and I still can’t keep up with writing the reviews. Yet, to be fair, as much as I’d like to write a review for every film/movie I see, some I just need to see to be eligible to vote as a Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Member. THE NEST is one of the first films to play in the newly reopened Landmark Ritz 5 Theater in Center City Philadelphia, it opened second week of September. As of 9/30/20 it is still showing. However, I have not yet returned to live screenings, I saw the film as a screener. A narrative feature…
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BLACK OWNED MAKER SHOP TRUNC IN NORTHERN LIBERTIES REOPENS
Aversa PR News Philadelphia’s only black-owned, veteran owned and female-owned maker spaces and retail shops TRUNC (929 N. 2nd St), is back open for business and hosting a special fundraiser for The Colored Girls Museum. Hours Fridays to Sundays, from Noon to 5:00pm, with a ten person shopping limit, masks required, ample hand sanitizer on hand and other precautions. The store opened in 2018 and after a full year of sales in 2019, was set to have a record year in 2020 when the global pandemic shut down all retail shops in March. After months of being closed, retail shops like Trunc are back open and opening again in Northern…
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Free Philly Drive-In Halloween Themed Movies
Film Schedule Wednesday, September 30 5:30PM Hotel Transylvania (PG) Friday, October 2 5:30PM Hotel Transylvania (PG) 9:00PM Get Out (R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* Wednesday, October 7 5:30PM Edward Scissorhands (PG-13) Friday, October 9 5:30PM Edward Scissorhands (PG-13) —FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE 10/8 @ 10AM— Wednesday, October 14 5:30PM Hocus Pocus (PG) Friday, October 16 5:30PM Hocus Pocus (PG) 9:00PM Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* Wednesday, October 21 5:30PM Ghostbusters (PG) Friday, October 23 5:30PM Ghostbusters (PG) —FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE 10/22 @ 10AM— Wednesday, October 28 5:30PM Beetlejuice (PG) Friday, October 30 5:30PM Beetlejuice (PG) 9:00PM Halloween II (1981, R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* REGISTER FOR TICKETS All tickets to…
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Kajillionaire
“It is, among many other things, a metaphor for generational dissent, of breaking from tradition and expectation and customs that just don’t work anymore.”– writer/director Miranda July. (Me and You and Everyone We Know, No One Belongs Here More Than You and It Chooses You) none of which I’ve seen, but am now curious to go back and visit. The filmmaker’s “Kajillionaire” description really struck me, because it’s a movie I didn’t expect to identify with in anyway. But when looked at in this light, I realize I do. My mother has gotten to an age where she wants company more often and hates that me and my siblings don’t…
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Disney’s MULAN China Controversy
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Everything’s a political landmine now, even Disney has to watch its step when working with foreign powers for fear of being brought before a congressional committee. What started out as a way to make sure the live remake of animated Mulan would have as much authenticity as possible and a way to rake in Chinese box office, now has Disney getting back lash from anti-China thinking in the US and retaliation from the Chinese government by a refusal to allow its media to promote the film, which earned a meager $23 million in its Chinese theatrical debut. Of course these difficulties with China stem from…
