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UNCLE FRANK
It's during this visit Betty confides in Uncle Frank some hopeful ambitions, and quickly takes it back, opting for what's expected of her future. Uncle Frank advises her she can carve out her own way in life, and not to think small, dream big.
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CHRISTMAS VILLAGE IN PHILADELPHIA RETURN TO LOVE PARK AND CITY HALL WITH A 2020 SOCIALLY DISTANCED LAYOUT
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Christmas Village in Philadelphia, the authentic open-air German-style Christmas Market at LOVE Park and City Hall, will again return for the 2020 holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. Now with a new socially distanced layout, reduced vendor capacity, new safety protocols, and a new separated food area. For this year, Christmas Village in Philadelphia will see many changes with the health and safety of visitors, tourists, vendors and staff in mind. Masks and social distancing will be required. Visitors are encouraged to not only wear their masks, follow social distance guidelines, and keep in direction with the new layout, but everyone who visits is…
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Netflix REBECCA Remake 2020 vs Classic Hitchcock REBECCA 1940
Manderley Revisited with the gang from the Large Association of Movie Blogs (aka the LAMb) We discuss my beloved, classic, Academy Award winning REBECCA dir by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by David O. Selznick, starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier & Judith Anderson. Then we go into REBECCA the remake by Ben Wheatley currently on Netflix starring Lily James, Armie Hammer & Kristen Scott Thomas check out the Podcast:
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THE ILLADELPHIA GLOW 5 Questions for Filmmaker: Mister Mann Frisby
I got a chance to screen The Illadelphia Glow (short film). First off, I really appreciate anytime black sci-fi is on the table. Although, this film doesn’t play out with a comicbook or supernatural tone. It’s grounded in reality. It just so happens the lead character, high school teacher Winston Ligon (Aundre Dean) has a special talent, where it’s not so much that he doesn’t know how to control it, but rather he doesn’t know what to do with it. A mysterious guide (Jacinth Headlam) comes into his life, but she’s one of those tough love type of entities that’s not gonna make it easy for a hero. Much of…
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The Forty-Year-Old Version
The movie really takes shape once Radha feels she’s written enough rhymes to need some beats and reaches out to a Brownsville DJ named D (Oswin Benjamin), who gets paid in weed. The first track she records, is “Poverty Porn,” which reflects back on those supposed “woke” patrons of the arts, and the likes. D plays it low-key but is impressed and surprised by both Radha’s words and style. Too bad when he gives her a chance to spit in front of an audience, she chokes.
