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Movie Blog Post: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEURFLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Not dissimilar to her role as Julia Child in Julie & Julia (click for T&T post) the magnificent Meryl Streep straps on the pounds and falsetto voice to play another eccentric matron with a devoted husband. An once again, I loved it! There’s just no denying the fact that Streep is every bit as good as the credit she’s always given. Streep in the eponymous role of Florence Foster Jenkins opens the film as a very full bodied angel of inspiration being hoisted above a piano on ropes held by straining stage hands. She’s performing for an…
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BLACK MASS Fantasy Departure for Johnny Depp
Highlight: Johnny Depp as James “Whitey” Bulger By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay I’m not really big on gangster films, although I do think, like most people, that Goodfellas is excellent. Despite my aversion, now is the time when the movies that will most likely be nominated for a Golden Globe or even an Oscar start hitting the theaters, so I try to see the ones with buzz, like BLACK MASS. Although, I’m not putting myself through SICARIO, thankfully, Blog Contrib Mikhail Revlock’s covering that one. Johnny Depp over the years has chosen roles where he’s disguised – starting with Edward Scissorhand, to the fey Pirate Jack…
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The First Fruits – Apple: JOBS movie
I’m strictly a Windows and Android kinda girl. Probably due to financial constraints. But even when I do win the Publishers Clearing House $5000 A Week for Life, not a commercial, truly my destiny! I’ll still probably stick with Windows and Android over Apple because it’s what I know. With that being said, I was still highly anticipating the biopic Jobs directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Why? Because Steve Job’s life represents the world we’re so immersed in on a daily basis – Technology! How involved was Apple? JMS: They weren’t [involved] at all. They don’t have anything to gain by coming out for or against it. All of…
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Much todo about hot dogs: Hyde Park on Hudson
How could anyone seduce the President of the United States wearing oxfords, long printed frocks and spinster cardigan sweaters? Even if said President was crippled by polio and the year is 1939. Yet Margaret “Daisy” Suckley (Laura Linney) dressed thusly, and became Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (Bill Murray) intimate confident and companion during a major portion of his life. Daisy being 5th cousin to the Roosevelt family and the only relative available one summer afternoon; was called on by FDR’s mother to come make a visit to Hyde Park, her home in Upper State New York, to which her son, The President, often used as an extension to The White House.…
