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Movie Blog Post: NOW YOU SEE ME 2
The Four Horsemen Return for More Robin Hood-esque Magical Hijinx By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay It’s a year later and three of the Four Horsemen are still fugitives – Magician (J Daniel Atlas /Jesse Eisenberg), Mentalist (Merritt McKinney/Woody Harrelson) sleight-of-hander (Jack Wilder/Dave Franco) Isla Fisher was pregnant at the time of filming and declined to reprise her role as Illusionist Henley Reeves. There’s a little talk of Daniel being hurt by Henley’s departure, romantically, but otherwise, her leave taking is not part of the plot. Lula (Lizzy Caplan) steps into Fisher’s shoes easily. Although, the natural inclination is to pair the only girl in the group with…
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Side Effects
As you can see Soderbergh's latest work Side Effects (written by Scott Z Burns) ranks fairly high on my list, yet I'm stuck on what I want to write about the film; mainly because I don't want to give away any plot twists, but even by saying that it kinda gives something away,
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Très Bon: Les Misérables (Golden Globe Nominated)
It’s hard for me to remember a time when the song “Do You Hear The People Sing” has not been among the top rotation of songs that just constantly live in my head. I’m not very political and I’m far too afraid of being arrested to ever actually participate in a sit in; nonetheless, I have a fantasy about taking a stand for some injustice and just when defeat seems imminent and those that stand with me seem about to cave, I break out loud and clear with: (see video below) The truth of the matter, I, like so many others have listened to Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil‘s score…
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The Art of Presentation: Anna Karenina
As the theater darkened, I thought – I can’t wait to be swept up in a romantic, dramatic, grand scale period piece. And then Anna Karenina began with lighthearted hustle and bustle both on and behind a theater stage. The underlying music had comedic tones, the whole thing was choreographed as if it were the opening to a high stepping, rousing musical theater piece. WTF! What does any of this have to do with what I’ve known of Leo Tolstoy’s immortal classic “Anna Karenina”? Tom Stoppard’s screenplay holds no poetry. It’s deliberately streamlined. Certainly not written for anyone looking to get caught up in romantic, elegant dialogue or narration. Director…
