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Heartless America: BLUE BAYOU
Linda Ronstadt's version of the Roy Orbison classic "Blue Bayou" is still a song I don't mind hearing despite its over familiarity. Alicia Vikander singing it at a Vietnamese picnic, however, was completely unexpected, but enjoyable, never knew she sang...
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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…