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Marriage Story
When asked to name my favorite director, a lot of filmmakers come to mind; However, when I boil it down to what I enjoy most in a movie – Thick with good dialogue, humor and empathy found in the big, small, uncomfortable and hard moments of life, quirky characters and unexpected silly scenes – I have to name Noah Baumbach as my favorite, because he always finds a way to deliver all that and more. In terms of families in process, we experienced the dysfunction of “The Squid and The Whale” and a couple going through mid-life crises in “While We’re Young” and now “Marriage Story” which is not about…
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Introducing a.kiosk, the first-ever kiosk concierge service from a newsstand
by Le Anne Linday, Editor The global luxury hotel residences AKA Rittenhouse Square (located at the corner of 18th and Walnut Streets) launched the first-ever kiosk concierge service from the sidewalk newsstand. What does this mean? Residents staying at AKA Rittenhouse Square (which just underwent an extensive renovation with refreshed interiors) can now indulge in newsstand candy bars and drinks by contacting the front desk. The charge will be applied to the bill, and the doormen will deliver the goods. It was the request from a world-renowned singer to stock his AKA suite with Diet Cokes and Snickers that gave Larry Korman, the visionary behind AKA, the leader in hotel residences, the…
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Motherless Brooklyn
Well I think he was right to change the time period to 1950’s Noir, but at the same time, after the character Frank Minna (Bruce Willis) smirks his way to an early demise and Lionel (Edward Norton) starts his investigation, it soon becomes one of those “Maltese Falcon”/”Chinatown” type story that I tend to get bored following … Edward Norton is the writer/director/lead of #MotherlessBrooklyn, a passion project that took him 20 years to get to the screen, based on a 1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem. The story centers around solving the murder of Frank Minna, a private dick/hustler with a team of 4 misfit associates. His most loyal misfit…
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Last Christmas
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In my review of the “The Irishman” I admitted that I’m not the best person to review that movie as it’s just not my genre. But rom/coms, that’s something I know something about! And it’s sad when they don’t quite hit the mark; you want so badly to be charmed and yet you just can’t get there. “Last Christmas” is directed by Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids” “Spy”) and written by Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, who co-wrote the story with her husband, Greg Wise. Based on the ubiquitous annual Christmas song of the same name by George Michael. Which I think comes in #2 on most…
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TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I got to see TINA: The Tina Turner Musical with Thomasena of @musicfilmdiva and her friend Carol. It’s everything you want a Broadway show to be, book & music meet perfectly!!! We saw it with Nkeki Obi-Melekwe @nkekio SO dynamic! Can’t imagine the other Tina who plays her most shows, being better 😍 The Ike Turner was so convincing Daniel J Watts @dwattswords , I didn’t know whether to clap or boo for him at curtain call 😄 Be on the look out for a star on the horizon in a little package, Skye Dakota Turner @skyedakotaturner plays Annamae (Tina) as a child and her…
