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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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Candi’s Corner: Interview with Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, and Alexa Vega – MACHETE KILLS
“Spy Kids”, Ray Liotta, and Bikinis: Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, and Alexa Vega Talk “Machete Kills” in Philly By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor Candace Cordelia After enjoying the crazy fun of screening “Machete Kills”, I was lucky enough to sit down with Robert Rodriguez, Alexa Vega and Danny Trejo during a roundtable interview. It was wonderful to meet these three in this intimate setting and to see how close they are with one another. I must admit that I never saw the magic from all of the Spy Kids movies, but now I have to check out each one again on Netflix; I hadn’t recalled that Robert, Alexa and…
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Win a Copy of Shrek the Musical Deluxe Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD
Shrek The Musical Arrives on Deluxe Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD October 15 BRING THE MAGIC OF BROADWAY HOME WITH THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL STARRING EVERYONE’S FAVORITE OGRE Tinsel & Tine readers can enter to win a SHREK THE MUSICAL DVD/Blu-ray combo by selecting one of the following social media entry options using Rafflecopter: a Rafflecopter giveaway DreamWorks’ Shrek The Musical, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie, received eight 2009 Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley) and received a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Show Album. Fans can join in on the performance with sing along…
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Acclaimed Broadway Musical ONCE Coming to Philly!
I’ve only seen the movie Once – well, once, in the theater in 2006, two years before starting Tinsel & Tine, so I never wrote about it, but it’s always stuck with me. There’s a strangely magical simplicity to this little love story between a Dublin guitarist / singer-songwriter (Glen Hansard) who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners and this Czech girl (Markéta Irglová) who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day and takes care of her mom and her daughter by night. The soundtrack also struck a chord with me – particularly the song “Falling Slowly”, which I still listen to fairly…
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Food Truck: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in Philadelphia (9/14)
Here’s a fun little film and food thing that also fits into Tinsel & Tine’s Food Truck Series – On Saturday, September 14 at 12:00pm, the CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 Foodimobile Truck will be stopping by near the Please Touch Museum (4231 Avenue of the Republic Philadelphia, PA 19131). (For accurate locations, guests should always check out Twitter @Foodimobiles and the website http://cloudy2foodtrucks.com/ ). Who ever said there’s no such thing as a FREE LUNCH! – free of the charge, fans of all ages can order off the menu that will be full of options including Tacodiles (Tacos), Subwhales (Sandwiches), Hippotatomus (Baked Potatoes), Barry Strawberries, among…
