AMERICAN SYMPHONYMOVIE REVIEW 0:00 / 0:00 American Symphony If you can watch American Symphony without crying at least once, then you might need to have your tear glands checked. The documentary is about musician, Jon Batiste, and his wife, Suleika, a bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning journalist. Around the same time Batiste decides to compose a symphony […]
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MOVIE REVIEWS:LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND AND LOVE & OTHER MONSTERS 0:00 / 0:00 Leave This World Behind A glutton for punishment, last weekend I watched two end-of-the-world movies: Leave the World Behind and Love and Monsters. (Yes, my social life leaves a lot to be desired.) Leave the World Behind stars four wonderful actors, Julia
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NO HARD FEELINGSMOVIE REVIEW 0:00 / 0:00 No Hard Feelings Jennifer Lawrence is a good actress with broad range. If you don’t believe me, check out one of her earlier, pre-fame films, Winter’s Bone. The movie is based on a gritty book by Daniel Woodrell and portrays the desperation of extreme poverty. The actress gives
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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTMOVIE REVIEW 0:00 / 0:00 Love at First Sight On December 20th, on her way to her father’s second wedding, Hadley Sullivan (played by Haley Lu Richardson) misses her flight to London by four minutes. This is not surprising. She is late 21% of the time, which, coincidently is the average battery
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RYE LANEMOVIE REVIEW Last week, we invited friends over for dinner and a movie. I had dinner under control but couldn’t decide on a movie. I knew I didn’t want a thriller or tear-jerker or anything artsy that would tax my tired brain cells. So, I decided to look for a rom-com. While driving
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DEAR EDWARDREVIEW OF APPLE TV SERIES I’ve just finished watching the tenth and final episode of Dear Edward, a drama series you can stream on Apple TV. I loved this show, great writing, gorgeous cinematography, lovely music and wonderful acting, even down to the most minor of characters. The series is one of the best
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CHA CHA REAL SOMOOTHMOVIE REVIEW When I heard that 25-year-old, Cooper Raiff, wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the quirky, indie film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, I had low expectations. I remembered suffering through two ponderous movies where Clint Eastwood and Denzell Washington directed their own acting. In both cases, the camera lingered much too
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The Kindness of Strangers seems to have slipped into existence with few people noticing. Except for a couple savage reviews, you won’t see much about the film online. The movie was released in December 2019, just before Covid kneecapped the world. Between that and the Rotten Tomato score of 31%, I don’t think it has
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SWAN SONGMOVIE REVIEW Last night, I needed to take a vacation from real life, so I watched a movie called Swan Song. Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris play married couple, Cameron and Poppy Turner. Unknown to Poppy, her husband is about to die. Cameron meets with Dr. Scott (Glen Close) to discuss a radical option,
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BANDITSMOVIE REVIEW My mother broke her arm last week and is now staying with us. As you might imagine, it has been a challenging few days, so we decided to watch a movie last night. Finding the right film is always tricky. Mom is no fan of bad language, violence, angst, subtitles and you can
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