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IDEA Film Fundraiser -“The Evils”
Early in May I interviewed an up and coming actor, Lloyed E. Booker, click for post of interview & film review and gave a plug for the June 17th premiere of a film he’s in called The Evils (Director Hakim Hudson). The premiere doubled as a fundraiser for a non-profit organization called IDEA Performing Arts Center, which benefits at risk kids in Camden by channeling their energy into multi-media production, filmmaking, visual arts , music and dance. (pictured lft to rt: Funder, Booker, Primas below lft to rt actors: Skye Dennis & Brian Anthony Wilson) Contrary to my post at the time, I was able to attend this event after…
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Commentary – Jonah Hex
PFS held a preview of Jonah Hex on Wednesday, June 16th. For those of you as in the dark as I was, Jonah Hex is a Sci-Fi, Western DC comic book character. I don’t believe Josh Brolin who plays the lead character will be as immortalized as Jonah Hex as Robert Downey Jr is as Iron Man, but then again, everyone knows my lust and love for the latter makes me biased. Read Tinsel & Tine Jonah Hex film commentary on the Philadelphia Film Society website.
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NYC Food Film Festival 6/23 – 6/27
This is without a doubt, what Tinsel & Tine is all about! Would LOVE to be there covering all 5 days. I’m working on a press pass for at least Saturday, (6/26). If any readers attend this cornucopia of Food & Film, please write a post or two as a Tinsel & Tine corespondent. Send your musings, commentary, review, pictures to: tinseltine@gmail.com. Opening night gets underway at South Street Seaport with the “Great New York Shuck In Suck” – Featuring 7 shorts about Oysters, Chef Michael White and Chocolate! Click the link to view the impressive Oyster themed menu, and info on Shuck ‘N Suck Contest.
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Commentary – Cyrus & John C. Reilly Q&A
How great was it that PFS got John C. Reilly to come to the preview screening of his film Cyrus – Really great! The screening was packed with PFS members who are fans of Reilly’s work and Reilly was laid back with good quips for the audience at the Q & A following the film. (read Q&A highlights below) I had seen a trailer for Cyrus, but hadn’t read any reviews from Sundance. The trailer led me to believe it was a total comedy, maybe not as broad as Step Brothers, but close. If you’re looking for that type of movie, then you’ll be disappointed in Cyrus, but if…
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Commentary – The Secret In Their Eyes
I highly recommend seeing Juan Jose Campanella’sThe Secret In Their Eyes, (winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film – Argentina). If you read the reviews or even the synopsis, it makes the film sound too complicated and slow. True, it is a hearty soup of genre’s – Film Noir, Murder Mystery, Drama, Love Story, Crime Novel, but the ingredients compliment each other, never one overpowering the other. (pictured Ricardo Darín & Soledad Villamil)The subtitles are written as if nothing is lost in translation, particularly the surprising humor. The story within a story, storytelling has been done a million times before, but in this case it’s done…
