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Where’d You Go, Bernadette
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE My friend told me I shouldn’t say that Richard Linklater is one of my favorite directors because I’m not a big fan of his early work – “Slackers”, “Dazed and Confused”, “Waking Life”. While this is true, I am a big fan of “School of Rock”, The “Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight” Trilogy, “Boyhood” and now, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” – so I guess in the future, I’ll preface by saying, he’s one of my favorites when his stuff is sentimental and dialogue heavy. Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) is a difficult, creatively frustrated misanthrope and former architect who won a MacArthur “genius” grant and…
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The Farewell
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview THE FAREWELL, this summer’s indie hit which reached the top ten in its 2nd weekend with the fewest theaters of any movie all year! This is the one you’ve probably heard is “based on an actual lie,” which happened in writer/director Lulu Wang’s life – The handling of her grandmother’s end-of-life care. “The Farewell” stars Awkwafina (aka Nora Lum) best known for playing the outrageous, over the top friend from college in “Crazy Rich Asians”. Here she’s given the opportunity to tone it down as Billi, an unassuming, pensive, millennial Chinese American young woman who’s already having a hard time trying to make ends meet, pursue…
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The Lion King
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview THE LION KING (Director Jon Favreau) “photo real” they’re not calling this one “live action” This movie was made in multiple ways – First in VR, and then animated, and then live action filmmaking techniques were used. It’s gorgeous! The production value is like “Jungle Book”, but stays closer to the look and feel of the original 1994 Lion King in many ways. Scar looks so much like the animated version down to the thin butt and raggedy ear, but he also looks so much like an actual lion. I have to do some more research on the making of, cause the blend of visuals is…
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Toy Story 4
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview TOY STORY 4 (Director Josh Cooley) The opening sequence featuring that torrential downpour was just gorgeous, and so realistic, is there nothing animation can’t do incredibly well now? There’s no doubt Toy Story 3 was a super, well-crafted piece of storytelling, not good for animation, just good, and I would say #ToyStory4 comes very near to being as involving and as well written. And this one went through some upheavals before making it to the big screen – John Lasseter, former chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios & Pixar stepped down from his position, but was allowed to finish guiding this 4th adventure with…
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview SPIDERMAN: FAR FROM HOME This is the movie we needed to assure ourselves that the MCU can go on despite the end of an era feeling of EndGame. We get to experience the aftershocks of recovering from the snap from the viewpoint of the younger generation, which gives us a fun High School movie wrapped inside a Superhero movie, relying on the humor that comes from teenage awkwardness. These movies get harder and harder to discuss without giving away spoilers. Every time I start down a path, particularly regarding comics long-time Spiderman nemesis Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), I have to veer away because if I talk about…
