Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter (Ben Stiller) is an exceedingly regular kinda guy, with 15 years at Life Magazine, working with photo negatives in a dark archival room, along side a nice, but overweight, equally dorky guy (Adrian Martinez). Like most of us who are still looking for love in our late 30’s and 40’s, we find ourselves spending a lot of time with siblings and our parents, and in my case a 70 year-old aunt. In Walter’s case a sister (Kathryn Hahn) still holding on to low level acting aspirations and a mother (Shirley MacLaine) who needs help moving into a…
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Tribeca Film: S#X ACTS
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Israeli filmmaker Jonathan Gurfinkel’s and writer Rona Segal have created a film that feels more like a documentary exposing the cavalier relationship many teens and young adults have with sex. It would seem young women around the world give out BJ’s and hand jobs like it means nothing. If S#X ACTS weren’t in subtitles (Hebrew), I would have sworn the movie was set in a suburb of The United States. Gili (Sivan Levy) is an attractive girl of about 16 or 17, she’s not traditionally pretty, but definitely appealing, like a cheaper version of a young Marion Cotillard. The film begins with Gili taking selfies,…
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INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Don’t Ask Him to Sing for His Supper By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor This is the winter of Llewyn Davis’ (Oscar Isaac) discontent. He’s got no money, no coat, no place to live and no one really likes him much. He’s got some charm and sex appeal, he can sing and play guitar, but he’s one of these people who speaks first and thinks later and has little regard for the consequences of his actions, until after his words and/or actions make trouble for him. Still, he’s not nearly as bad as Jean (Carey Mulligan) the self-righteous, singing girlfriend of a friend (Justin Timberlake) tells him he is. With Inside…
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20 Years of Potstickers Will Do That To You: OLDBOY
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor My timing was off for seeing Dallas Buyers Club, but was on for Oldboy so saw it instead. Had no idea Spike Lee even had a movie out. How can a movie just sneak into theaters Thanksgiving weekend? If you’re wondering if it’s the film he got all that Kickstarter flack about, the answer would be No. That film is still in the works. Turns out Oldboy is an update of a Park Chan-wook movie that’s considered a cult classic. (Would love to hear from anyone who has seen the original, particularly anyone who has seen both). Tinsel & Tine plot summary – Joe Docette…
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Foodie Doc: SPINNING PLATES
Grant doesn't so much cook or create food for Alinea, he masterminds it. It's all about presentation and aroma and atmosphere. Behind the scenes at Alinea, far more resembles a laboratory than a kitchen. You've heard of painters going blind, musicians going deaf, surgeons losing a hand and now here's a chef with tongue cancer, a fact that merely spurred Grant on to greater heights of single minded ambitious and art...
