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SPARKLE 1976 vs. SPARKLE 2012
For anyone unfamiliar, Sparkle can easily be confused with DreamGirls, or even, Mariah Carey's 2001 bomb at the box office, Glitter. But Sparkle came first. It is the story of 3 choir singing sisters (siblings) who for a brief period of time become singing sensations in Harlem (1958), but are brought low by an abusive gangster and the pitfalls of reaching for a dream...
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Garnish: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
If you’ve seen the trailers for The Odd Life of Timothy Green, you know the deal – cute, simple Midwest couple (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) are told to give up on having a child, as one or both of them is incapable of procreating progeny. Despondent, they decide it’s best to lay the matter to rest; but first, one last night where they wallow in the fantasy, writing down on scraps of paper what their nearly perfect off-spring would be like if they had been lucky enough to conceive. Papers go in box, box gets buried in garden. Thunder, lightening, wind, rain and leaves produce magical child from buried…
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Dishing Up: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Warning! Seeing Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted will have you singing "Afro Circus, Afro Circus, Polka Dot, Polka Dot, Polka Dot, Afro" with a mash up of "I Like to Move It Move it" hours later.
