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    FREE SCREENING PASSES (NJ) HOMEFRONT

    SYNOPSIS: HOMEFRONT is an action movie about a widowed ex-DEA agent who retires to a small town for the sake of his 10-year-old daughter. The only problem is he picked the wrong town. This edge of your seat action thriller features an exciting ensemble cast. Jason Statham and James Franco face off in a quiet southern town as Winona Ryder and Kate Bosworth become entangled in a fight that consumes everyone.  HOMEFRONT will be the MUST-SEE action thriller this Thanksgiving!   See below link and code for free screening passes to see HomeFront Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Where: AMC Cherry Hill (2121 New Jersey 38, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002)…

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    FREE SCREENING PASSES (Philly) – BLACK NATIVITY

    POST UPDATE: TINSEL & TINE BLACK NATIVITY REVIEW BLACK NATIVITY In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston (Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs’ rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima (Jennifer Hudson). Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and along with new friends, and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true…

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    Thor-ing Around- THOR: THE DARK WORLD

    Here’s what I want, said Thor: The Dark World cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau: I want a real slow tilt up Hemsworth’s abs. I want the Asgardian light to be especially slanty and dramatic in this little gazebo here and I want Hemmy’s pecs to look absolutely humongous. Got that? I mean I want those suckers to look huge. And I don’t care if this body shot has nothing to do with the story. That’s irrelevant. This is Hemmy we’re talking about. So I want water from the sieve — yes, of course there’ll be a sieve — to drip slowly down his beautiful cosmo-Nordic hair and face, over the mountainous (again,…

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    Highlight: American Promise

    Have you heard about this doc – AMERICAN PROMISE ? It’s an emotional tale about race, class and the exclusive struggles that black boys in America must endure when attempting to achieve academically.  The film intimately chronicles the lives of  Idris Brewster and Seun Summers, a pair of middle-class African-American male students trying to navigate one of the nation’s most prestigious schools from kindergarten to graduation.  Storytellers (parents) Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, both first generation college graduates, have been traveling the country speaking about the labor of love that won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. “We both have come to understand…

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    Sometimes I Actually Eat at Home: FALL HASH

      If you follow Tinsel & Tine regularly, you know I’m a foodie who can, but rarely cooks.  I like to be cooked for!  I have done a couple of Trader Joe’s posts, which I need to get back to – Trader Joe’s: Chicken Quesadillas & Lobster Ravioli Trader Joe’s Balela Traders Joes: Veggie Dishes But I’m not one to normally put up recipes, However, this morning I threw together a Fall Hash that I thought was delish! So I thought I’d share: I had some left over baked sweet potatoes, an apple almost going to rot, some celery on its last legs, half an onion and 2 chicken thighs…