It's double-review time! I always try to find common ground in the films I review together. These two are based on memoirs and are directed by women – both currently available on VOD. NYAD There have been quite a few biopics released in the past year, and this one centers on Diane Nyad, a marathon …
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Thursday Movie Picks: Films Directed by a Female Director
Happy almost Friday everyone! I'm a bit late to the TMP party but I love this week's topic that I still want to participate. The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of …
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January 2016 BLIND SPOT: Marie Antoinette (2006)
I have to confess that since I visited Paris a couple of years ago, I've become slightly obsessed with French history. Sofia Coppola's retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen promises a character study of the title role instead of a historical account that led to the fall of Versailles. I have no problem with that, after all I'm not expecting a documentary of …
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Everybody’s Chattin, Weekend Roundup + Music Break: The Eagles’ Hotel California
Happy Tuesday everybody! It's a short week with the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, and thank God we got an extra day off in the coldest weekend of Minnesota Winter. Well I sure hope this is as cold as it gets, with temps reaching double digits BELOW ZERO. We barely made it to zero the past couple …
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Weekend Roundup: The Americans (FX series) and The Bling Ring reviews
Happy Weekend everybody! WOW, everything's still very much awesome for The LEGO Movie, winning box office for the third straight weekend with $31 mil. It's now made $183 mil domestically, and with a production budget on only $60 mil, that's quite a huge hit for Warner Bros. The McG/Luc Besson's spy thriller 3 Days to …
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Spotlight on Bill Murray & my Top Five Favorite Roles
It was Bill Murray's birthday this past Saturday, he turned 63. I know it's a bit late but I can't resist making a tribute to the comedian whose practically a legend. I've always been a big fan of the Illinois native, he's perhaps my favorite SNL-grad (he's one of the original members) who's made it …
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Weekend Roundup: Somewhere and Super 8
You can call it the 'Elle Fanning movie weekend' 😀 I had never seen her in anything, and suddenly within one weekend, I saw two movies starring Dakota's 13-year-old little sister. I didn't think I'd have time to see two movies this weekend given how busy things got, but we had to watch Somewhere as …
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