Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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Review: INSURGENT (2 of 3 Franchise) & Interview MEKHI PHIFER
CANDI’S CORNER IS BACK! One of our regular blog contributors, Candace Smith moved to the Big Apple almost a year ago and has been doing her thing – writing, acting, journalism. However, I’m always happy to have her back at T&T when she’s got the time, and she made the time for the second installment of the Divergent Series: INSURGENT. Check out Candi’s review below and below that – my interview with Max from Divergent and Insurgent, none other than actor Mekhi Phifer! – Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Insurgent Review By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor Candace Cordelia Smith (Candi’s Corner) At the start of Insurgent, my immediate thought was,…
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Never Drop the Con: FOCUS
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor “Rather than diverting their eyes, you must occupy their minds. Their attention is controlled by their dreams, desires and fears. People often see what they want to believe rather than what is really there. So, if you can control their focus, you control their reality.” – Professional Con-Artist Apollo Robbins Tinsel & Tine’s Look at the Movie Focus After seeing the movie FOCUS you may become paranoid and start constantly checking for your phone, wallet, watch and other assorted valuables whenever you’re in public. One pickpocket you might notice or catch, but when it’s a band of seemingly unrelated people working together to distract, pilfer,…
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T&T’s Look at Xavier Dolan’s MOMMY
The film brings us into the world of Diane "Die" Despres (Annie Dorval) an overly made up, aging beauty with a nice figure in her sequined jeans. Her manner is frank and frequently too loud. She's what you'd call a natural survivor. Die's car gets broadsided near the beginning of the film, and she emerges head bleeding, cussing out the at fault driver; yet the next scene she's made it to her destination, tacky heels clicking, as if the car accident was just another minor inconvenience in her usually trying day...
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The Race Card: Black or White Movie
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor A Quick Look at Kevin Costner’s Black or White It was 4 years ago January that I remember writing a post saying that one of my New Year’s resolutions would be to see more movies with a predominately black cast, as these movies were rarely a part of the main stream press screenings. I don’t believe I actually stuck to my intention that year, but thankfully things started to change and we began to see studio driven movies hit the theaters like (click for T&T posts): Redtails, 42, The Butler, Best Man Holiday, Black Nativity, Think Like A Man 1 & Think Like A Man…
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Women on the Edge: STILL ALICE and CAKE
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Dual Film Reviews on “Still Alice’ and “Cake” I saw these two films Julianne Moore in Still Alice and Jennifer Aniston in Cake within days of each other and couldn’t help but be struck by the similarities. Both women are dealing with harsh realities not of their own making. Both women are in good income brackets, yet that fact only alleviates their situations in minor ways. And both women are mothers who can’t protect their children from a terrible fate. In STILL ALICE, Alice Howland (Moore) is a 50 year-old professor of linguistics. She’s esteemed in her field, has written books and is asked to…
