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June 10, 2021 /

by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor

I just can’t write even a #MiniMovieReview for everything I see, as it still requires research and contemplative writing to create my goal of “A lot said in a modicum of words”.  

Which means there’s a lot of stuff I only post to social media which disappears from my feed too quickly; so that’s what this page is for, the even quicker or “Super” Mini Movie Reviews and random thoughts, including Misc TV & Entertainment Tidbits.

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Best & Worst Movies of 2020

END OF THE YEAR WRAP-UP THOUGHTS

2020 couldn’t stop me from still seeing enough Movies to post my end of the year – Best and Worst List! …

Posted by LeAnne Lindsay on Friday, January 8, 2021

PINK: ALL I KNOW SO FAR

PROFILE

VINTAGE: THE GOONIES

THUNDER FORCE

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

CHAD

GODZILLA VS KONG

THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

THE MAURITANIAN

MLK/FBI

Vintage #SuperMiniMovieReview: CRIMES OF THE HEART

THE MAGICIANS

So happy The Magicians is back on Netflix 😊 ✨So sad it’s the final season 😌 But man has it been a magical, pop-culture,…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

DISNEY+/MARVEL WANDA VISION

Starting today Streaming on Disney+ WANDA VISION MCU Series starring Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlett Witch…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Friday, January 15, 2021

#WandaVision Post Update 2/8/21 *Spoilers* Okay, so I’m caught up! Love seeing “the show” through the lens of the…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Mad About You Reboot

I really enjoyed this 12 episode reboot of “Mad About You” the entire rhythm of the show picked up where it left off.  Definitely felt like these people stayed together the last 20 odd years loving and annoying the hell outta each other. Mark remarrying a black woman (Kecia Lewis) after Fran left him seemed exactly what that character would have done, and damn she can sing!

PHILADELPHIA’s LANDMARK RITZ 5
MOVIE THEATER REOPENS

Super #MiniMovieReview MARTIN EDEN

Super #MiniMovieReview THE WHITE TIGER

#AwardsSeason #MiniMovieReview THE WHITE TIGER Netflix an ambitious driver, from a low Caste, Balram Halwai (Adarsh…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Super #MiniMovieReview SOUND OF METAL

#AwardsSeason SOUND OF METAL Amazon Studios (writer/director Darius Marder) starring Riz Ahmed & Oliva Cooke – I was…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Friday, January 1, 2021

Super #MiniMovieReview THE DIG

#AwardsSeason THE DIG starring Carey Mulligan & Ralph Fiennes starts streaming on Netflix 1/15/21, but counts for 2020…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Sunday, January 3, 2021

Super #MiniMovieReview THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND

#awardsseason THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir Judd Apatow) starring Pete Davidson – there’s a part in this movie when…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Saturday, January 2, 2021

Super #MiniMovieReview THE MIDNIGHT SKY

Super #MiniMovieReview ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

FINALLY got to see ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI! Every accolade I’ve heard thus far is true in my book! Oscars should go…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Super #MiniMovieReview THE LIFE AHEAD

#AwardsSeason THE LIFE AHEAD (La vita davanti a sé) I’ve finally found someone to nominate for breakthrough performance…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Super #MiniMovieReview I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS

Super #MiniMovieReview DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD

Super #MiniMovieReview FRENCH EXIT

Super #MiniMovieReview THE FATHER

 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Winner

Super #MiniMovieReview NEWS OF THE WORLD

Just watched NEWS OF THE WORLD dir Paul Greengrass with Tom Hanks. It’s basically THE MANDALORIAN with a blonde asset….

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Thursday, December 17, 2020

I can’t explain why this off-the-cuff post on “News of the World”, caught organic lightening! I posted it at Midnight after watching the screener as just a first thoughts type of thing. But look how many views, likes, comments and shares, the most ever for any post of my 11 years doing this. I didn’t spend a dime and it continues to get attention everyday since I posted – weird!

RIP DAVID L. LANDER BELOVED KOOKY SQUIGGY OF LENNY & SQUIGGY ON LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

David L. Lander, Squiggy on ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ Dies at 73 Oh, sad day! #LaverneandShirley still one of my all time…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Saturday, December 5, 2020

Warner Bros. Goes All In With HBO MAX

Read what others are saying about how this new deal affects whether or not we ever return to the movie theaters – LinkedIn

ELLEN PAGE ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO ELLIOT PAGE AND TRANSGENDER IDENTIFICATION

I gotta say, Ellen Page’s announcement of now being Elliot Page is very unexpected. Never would have thought of Page as…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Tuesday, December 1, 2020

SAVE YOURSELVES
Written & Directed Eleanor Wilson & Alex Huston Fischer

A young Brooklyn couple ((Sunita Mani & John Paul Reynolds)) head to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack.

NETFLIX THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Written & Directed by Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance

#AwardsSeason2020 Love this hardcover book with great onset photos and screenplay @TheChicago7film https://tinseltine.com/misc-movie-tv-news-tidbits/_wp_link_placeholder Netflix #TrialoftheChicago7

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Saturday, December 26, 2020

NETFLIX SERIES EMILY IN PARIS
Starring LILY COLLINS

DOLLY PARTON ORNAMENT BY ROKA ROCKS ! AVAILABLE NOW …

When the COVID-19 Moderna Vaccine started making headlines, so did Dolly Parton, due to a tweet earlier this year – “My…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Tuesday, November 24, 2020

I have to go back and watch the final episode of THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR I know they sold the house, but I can’t really remember what happened to each character…

Like Everyone Else I Feel in Love with
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT on Netflix!
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy

Just finished Netflix’s THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT Bravo! It was as masterfully created as Beth Harmon’s Chess prowess:…

Posted by LeAnne Lindsay on Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Which was in response to this Buzz Feed News Article on the Anya Taylor-Joy Chess playing surprisingly engaging mini-series – There’s A Very Good Reason Why Everyone Is Watching “The Queen’s Gambit”

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY

EVERY MONDAY LOVED TUNING INTO THE SAFE TRIBBLE TRAVEL GUIDE LOVECRAFT COUNTRY Recap and Rehash

THE TRIP TO GREECE

T&T’s THE TRIP post from 2011

T&T’s THE TRIP TO ITALY POST FROM 2014

Was Very Upset to Hear The Regal Riverview
Movie Theater had to Throw in the Towel.

I get it, but it’s another sign that returning to movie theaters post-COVID may not be a thing…

#MovieNews This is very disheartening to me as I practically lived at this theater. I think the only one I frequented…

Posted by Tinsel & Tine on Thursday, November 12, 2020

If You Haven’t seen UPLOAD on Amazon Prime – See it before Season 2 starts! Really one of my favorite escapes during the early days of Sheltering in Place…

UPLOAD – (on Amazon Greg Daniels) It’s crazy to me that I love this show because I don’t just dislike but down deep hate THE OFFICE, PARKS AND RECREATION and KING OF THE HILL – I know that’s sacrilege to a lot of people, but in fact, if I had known Upload was a Greg Daniels show before watching, I wouldn’t have started it. But this show seems to have a completely different kind of absurdist tone that sits well with me that the others don’t.

Upload takes place in the not too distant future. The main character is Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell) he’s a very good looking white guy who dies, well actually he’s killed, which the audience knows but we don’t know really why. Well, that not actually true either, he’s nearly killed and convinced to Upload. Most everyone else thinks his death was the result of a malfunctioning self-driving car.  Anyway, his consciousness or soul is uploaded to a “digital afterlife program.” It’s like a permanent resort or retirement village called Lakeview. He can still call and chat with his living friends and family, and he can see what’s happening on giant screens. But the technology doesn’t yet exist to download deceased people back into a physical body. In fact it’s messy when they try.

Lakeview is created and run by a big Amazon like corporation, who tries to sell them stuff within the program, added extras as if you were in a video game.  And it’s things like this that really make me a fan of the series, because the show is more sci-fi than comedy, although there are two very funny side characters (Aleesh, Zainab Johnson & Luke, Kevin Bigley). There’s great world building going on.  They think of little details, like they can simulate peeing, but the stream never misses the toilet and they can have simulated sex with someone in the real world if that person is wearing a sensitivity suit and just other great things and malfunctions that you imagine would happen if this kinda consciousness uploading was an actual business.

Nathan’s rather vacuous girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) pays for his After-life – only, he was trying to breakup with her before his death, now he’s beholden to her.  Only, he’s falling for Nora (Andy Allo) the Customer Service Rep for Lakeview, what they call “Angels”, Nora is this cute mixed race chick who lives in the real world and she’s found herself becoming too close to Nathan which is forbidden on the job and she’s also helping to solve the case of his murder…

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