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Just a Taste: Salmon Fishing in Yemen
Although I had trouble becoming engaged for the first 30 minutes or so of the film; by the end I was taken in by the zen outlook of the endeavor. I was also quite taken with that charming Sheik. For a man like that, I might consider being wife number 10 or 11.
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Tinsel & Tine: ANNUAL OSCARS ROUND UP 2012
Tradition may be safe, but not necessarily boring. Billy Crystal was the go to, tried and true choice to host The 84th Annual Academy Awards (9th x) after the Brett Ratner "gay slur" firing and subsequent pull out of Eddie Murphy as host...
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Commentary – THIS MEANS WAR
My screening of This Means War was courtesy of and reviewed for Cinedelphia Take a little True Lies, mix in a dash of Mr. & Mrs Smith, add a touch of Ocean’s Eleven and then half-bake and you’ve got a mildly entertaining, McG romantic, spy comedy. This Means War stars Reese Witherspoon as the lucky lady being courted by two super cute spies. Of course Reese’s character, Lauren thinks she’s just dating two super cute guys. Lauren is an executive at a consumer products research firm, who lately has had a run of bad luck or no luck in the romance department. Her older, married friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler) decides…
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Commentary – BIG MIRACLE
by Le Anne Lindsay – originally written for CINEDELPHIA I truly enjoyed this movie! Yes, it’s my aim to accentuate the positive in all my film write ups, but this is not me trying to be upbeat. I really would like to see Big Miracle do well because it works. Not because of the whole “save the whales” thing. I am not an animal activist and I don’t give to Greenpeace. I respect all God’s creatures, cause they’re here and we’re here sharing the same space; but otherwise I don’t give em much thought. In fact, I don’t remember anything about this whole story going viral in 1988; well, back…
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Commentary – The Adventures of Tintin
I took my normally attentive 5 year-old niece and 9 year-old nephew to see this animated (performance motion caption) highly anticipated movie, and I don't know which one of us was more restless. I was so detached that when Eva said she needed to use the restroom, I actually welcomed the interruption.