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My Sundance posts caught the eye of someone who was helping a friend do publicity on an event taking place at #Sundance2020, she asked me if I wanted to attend. I said I would, only the event was taking place the same day I was flying home from Park City. We chatted a bit more over DMs, leading to her mentioning that she was also a co-founder of this publication Central New York Woman Online which features women of all walks of life, age, race and location, telling their stories of success, failure and hope. READ MORE
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BARRYMORE AWARDS 2023 – My BARRYMORE NOMINATOR ROLE – Theatre Philadelphia
As with reviewing movies, I don't take notes during the show, I feel this takes away from the enjoyment and purity of my feelings. But I do pay close attention to how the sets look and work. Lighting is harder to judge cause good lighting shouldn't really be noticeable. Direction…
Abandon Ship! Summer Projects & Procrastination
I realize I've had a couple of summers recently, where I've been pulled into projects that I should be up for doing. That should be in my wheelhouse, and yet, I never feel that way, Imposter Syndrome, I suppose. But also, a lack of motivation, it always feels like too…
TOP 50 MOVIES I CAN WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN
These are the movies that if I find it on TV, I've gotta watch it to the end, no matter what point it's at. The ones that I get a hankering for, maybe not annually, but every couple of years. There's a lot of good movies missing from this list,…
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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:
5 QUESTIONS FOR FILMMAKER LESLIE RIVERA ————— Papi Ramirez vs Giant Scorpions
Tinsel & Tine's 5 Questions Series continues with an old friend, Leslie Rivera, Les and I met at a screenwriting class, at the University of the Arts, a ways back, I'm not gonna say how long. We reconnected in the last 2 or 3 years on social media. Les is a Puerto Rico born writer/director/producer who has, since we met, made a number of low budget independent short films and…
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…
BLACK PANTHER
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor UPDATE 8/30/2020 LOSS OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN / T’CHALLA / BLACK PANTHER/ Heartbroken at the death of this incredible actor and incredible human: DEVASTATED 🥺😖😩What else can happen in 2020? When it takes The #BlackPanther, I’m really like WTF!!! https://t.co/52VtzmX8cv — Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) August 29, 2020 I just can’t Posted by LeAnne Lindsay on Friday, August 28, 2020 DEVASTATED 😣😩😫 What else can happen in…
AMC Theaters August 20, 2020 Opening
Commentary – Le Anne Lindsay, Editor #MovieNews Of course I wanna go back to seeing movies in the theaters, but what about the air conditioning, #COVID19 possibly circulating in the reconstituted air? As a member of The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, we were asked if we would be willing to head back to the theaters for preview screenings if it was only critics attending. At first I said yes, as…
History of Racism on High Alert #PhillyProtest #PhillyRiots During Corona Pandemic – What’s Next?
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Kinda hard to have a section of my site called Philly Spotlight without spotlighting what happened yesterday in our city. Philadelphia joined Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, LA, Denver, Detroit, Louisville, Dallas/Fort Worth, Memphis and others in solidarity to the protests that had been going on for several days in Minneapolis in response to the heinous murder of George Floyd, a 46 year-old black male who died…
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:
5 QUESTIONS FOR FILMMAKER LESLIE RIVERA ————— Papi Ramirez vs Giant Scorpions
Tinsel & Tine's 5 Questions Series continues with an old friend, Leslie Rivera, Les and I met at a screenwriting class, at the University of the Arts, a ways back, I'm not gonna say how long. We reconnected in the last 2 or 3 years on social media. Les is a Puerto Rico born writer/director/producer who has, since we met, made a number of low budget independent short films and…
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…
BLACK PANTHER
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor UPDATE 8/30/2020 LOSS OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN / T’CHALLA / BLACK PANTHER/ Heartbroken at the death of this incredible actor and incredible human: DEVASTATED 🥺😖😩What else can happen in 2020? When it takes The #BlackPanther, I’m really like WTF!!! https://t.co/52VtzmX8cv — Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) August 29, 2020 I just can’t Posted by LeAnne Lindsay on Friday, August 28, 2020 DEVASTATED 😣😩😫 What else can happen in…
AMC Theaters August 20, 2020 Opening
Commentary – Le Anne Lindsay, Editor #MovieNews Of course I wanna go back to seeing movies in the theaters, but what about the air conditioning, #COVID19 possibly circulating in the reconstituted air? As a member of The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, we were asked if we would be willing to head back to the theaters for preview screenings if it was only critics attending. At first I said yes, as…
History of Racism on High Alert #PhillyProtest #PhillyRiots During Corona Pandemic – What’s Next?
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Kinda hard to have a section of my site called Philly Spotlight without spotlighting what happened yesterday in our city. Philadelphia joined Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, LA, Denver, Detroit, Louisville, Dallas/Fort Worth, Memphis and others in solidarity to the protests that had been going on for several days in Minneapolis in response to the heinous murder of George Floyd, a 46 year-old black male who died…