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AMERICAN PASTORAL
What happens when one try to immolate the perfect life? It literally blows up in your face. Swede (Ewan McGregor) and Dawn (Jennifer Connolly) Levov were perceived to be the…
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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Being a Buddhist, I love how the Japanese culture of prayer is honored in this piece. It very earnestly demonstrates the results of an honest prayer versus a prayer that…
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FENCES
August Wilson wrote his first play “Jitney in 1979, but it was “Fences” that put this Pittsburgh born playwright on the map.. “Fences” received a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award…
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Manchester By The Sea is taking this American Cinema award season by storm...literally. With award-winning performances by Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges, the audience is taken on the journey of…
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LaLa Land
Being a Broadway Baby, I live for a good musical movie! LaLa Land is it! Whiplash director Damien Chazelle takes the endearing old-school Hollywood musical, modernizes it with a…
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A KIND OF MURDER
Being a huge Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith (“Carol”) fan, this film was on my radar from day one of the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and it did not…
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MISS SLOANE
As whip-smart, ruthless lobbyist Elizabeth Sloane, Chastain masters and delivers rapid fire dialogue notably associated with celebrated television writer Aaron Sorkin. Sloane's commitment to taking anyone and everyone down, including…
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Miss Sharon Jones
If Sharon Jones thought fighting the ignorance of the music industry toward her looks and talent was tough, she had no idea how hard the struggle toward battling the Big…
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Nocturnal Animals
From Gucci to Hollywood, Tom Ford proves that he not only can design a fantabulous suit, but he can pop off a good thriller with top-rate performances
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Happy 100 Birthday Kirk Douglas
Legends in Hollywood are few, far and in-between like waiting to watch a shooting star. In 2016, we were lucky enough to celebrate two shooting stars...Olivia de Havilland and on…
