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Set in the 50’s Flicks: BROOKLYN and TRUMBO
Quick Look at 2 Period Movies In Theaters Thanksgiving Weekend BROOKLYN & TRUMBO By Tinsel &Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Thought I’d do a combined post on these two movies as both have single word titles, are set post-WWII, and both have strong leads torn between what’s comfortable and taking risks. BROOKLYN stars Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Grand Budapest Hotel) as Eilis a young Irish woman who can’t find decent work in their small town of Enniscorthy, so her older sister who treats her almost like a daughter, even though they both live at home with a loving mother, arranges for her passage to America through a priest in New York…
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Mikhail & Le Anne Talk: JUPITER ASCENDING
Dual Review on Andy & Lana Wachowski’s JUPITER ASCENDING By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor Mikhail Revlock & Editor Le Anne Lindsay Tinsel & Tine Readers, It’s Mikhail kicking off my joint review of Jupiter Ascending with Le Anne. We caught a preview screening of the Wachowski’s latest offering at the Rave in University City, and I think it’s fair to say we were both underwhelmed by this space opera thing. As this unclassifiable epic crawled to a dismal “have your cake and eat it” finish, I was reminded time and again of “Matrix” sequels and “Star Wars” prequels: dull blockbusters bursting at the seams with elaborate set pieces and…
