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A Revlock Review: ROOM
Room is Harrowing yet Humane By Tinsel & Tine Contributor, Mikhail Revlock One cannot fault a sensitive, horror-averse moviegoer for balking at the premise of ROOM. On paper, the film reads as a realist revitalization of torture-porn tropes: Joy (Brie Larson) is kidnapped at nineteen by a bearded creep whom she refers to as Old Nick (Sean Bridgers), he imprisons her in a fortified garden shed and rapes her with nightly regularity, she gives birth to a child, and they live together in this tiny room for five years. With Eli Roth (Hostel) or James Wan (Saw) at the helm, Room could have represented an exercise in limit-pushing. However,…
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T&T Giveaway: ORGANIC MERCHANTS POPCORN
Here’s a perfect Film and Food Giveaway! ORGANIC MERCHANTS POPCORN There’s nothing better than good old-fashioned popcorn to make for a perfect movie, baseball game or midnight snack. While most popcorn kernels are genetically modified, Organic Merchants lets you enjoy a healthier popcorn without all of the GMOs and chemicals found in traditional popcorn. Additionally, if you’re gluten-free or looking into healthier eating alternatives, Organic Merchants popcorn provides a natural, certified, organic choice that’s packaged in an eco-friendly, resealable bag. Organic Merchants Co. is a family owned, vertically-integrated importer, packager and direct consumer retailer of premium natural and organic products. Organic Merchants Co. is a family owned, vertically-integrated importer, packager…
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The Pink Cake Looked Delicious: BIG STONE GAP
You just can’t convince me, no matter how small and country a town might be, that anyone who looks and acts like Ashley Judd would ever wind up a spinster. She’s the epitome of the super cute girl next door that most men immediately marry, and so is her character Ave Maria in Writer/Director Adriana Trigiani’s Appalachian Mountain folksy tale BIG STONE GAP. I knew Big Stone Gap was a comedy, but I thought in terms of getting attached to a small town and its inhabitants, the movie might have in it a little Steel Magnolia, Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean or even that little…
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: lebua Hotels and Resorts Café Breeze Coming to Philadelphia
Quick T&T Interview with lebua CEO Deepak Ohri By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Early Sketch Rendering of Café Breeze Philadelphia You may have read last month that Deepak Ohri, the Thai-based hotel magnate, plans to open a lebua Hotels & Resorts dining experience here in Philadelphia. Deepak Ohri’s best-known watering hole is the neon-lit Sky Bar atop Bangkok’s 68-story State Tower, scene of some dangerous buffoonery in The Hangover Part II READ MORE Philly.com Mayor Nutter met Ohri by chance while visiting Frankfurt to establish the sister-city relationship and took the opportunity to introduce Ohri to Philadelphia and the unique opportunities presented by the city. A series…
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Sisters in the Struggle: SUFFRAGETTE, FREEHELD, THE KEEPING ROOM
Discussion of Three Female Driven Movies Screened Back to Back – “Suffragette”, “Freeheld” and “The Keeping Room” By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay SUFFRAGETTE – which takes place in England (1920’s) during the height of the feminist movement led by Emmeline Pankhurst’s (Meryl Streep) Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) which was founded in 1897, but after years of peaceful methods of trying to gain women the right to vote without success, the WSPU began practicing militant, radical and rebellious methods to call attention to their cause. Most of the characters in the film are composites of Suffragette’s of the time representing both upper class and working class…
