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• Roads to Memphis

  

  In April 1968, two men from two different worlds with entirely different backgrounds and entirely different missions unfortunately and tragically crossed paths... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• West Side Story on Broadway at Playhouse Square

  

  So I know that this is a film blog, but for as long as I can remember I have loved West Side Story. So towards the end of last year, when I heard it was coming... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Swing Time

  

  "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels."-Faith Whittlesey For the movie going public during the years... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Letter to Elia

  

  Elia Kazan was a brilliant filmmaker who brought a sense of realism to the movies and had a strong emphasis on acting, so much so that he was one of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lebanon

  

  On the first day of the Lebanon War in 1982, a group of Israeli soldiers manning a tank are stopped outside of a town when a commanding paratrooper enters and... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Welcome to the Rileys

  

  Doug and Lois lost their teenage daughter in a car wreck and have slowly been drifting apart. She is a frail mess never leaving the house and he seeks comfort i... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Stonewall Uprising

  

  In 1969 New York City policemen raided the Stonewall Inn which was mob run and was operating without a liquor license. These reasons did not have a role and... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  

  Frank Capra won his second of three directorial Oscars for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a film made with his longtime collaborator and screenwriter Robert Riskin. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Brazil

  

  In an Orwellian alternate reality emphasized by bureaucracy, a pencil pusher from an affluent family spends his time fancying himself a hero in his dreams and... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• John Muir in the New World

  

  With the telling of the story of conservationist John Muir, American Masters has crafted another fascinating story about an incredible life. Muir emigrated... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Of Gods and Men

  

  In the mid 90s, a group of French Catholic monks reside among a local Muslim community in Algeria. The film follows them as they engage in their day to day... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fort Apache

  

  Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday is grumbling in his stagecoach en route to his new detail in a remote fort in the American southwest. He has a stellar war... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Long Good Friday

  

  There has been ten years of peace in the London underworld, and now mob boss Harry (Bob Hoskins) has finally found his chance to go legit. With a lucrative... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mona Lisa

  

  After doing a stretch in the joint, George returns to his boss who said he would take care of him with the expectations work. He is given the gig of chauffeurin... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Water for Elephants

  

  Oh how critics can put a damper on your expectations for a film. When I saw the previews for Water for Elephants, the adaptation of Sara Gruen's beloved... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Others

  

  On the British Isle of Jersey, a woman and her two young children await in seclusion in a Victorian mansion for her husband serving in World War II. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Red

  

  A retiree has formed a relationship with a customer service representative by tearing up his CIA checks and engaging her in conversation when he calls and asks... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Thirteen Days

  

  In the fall of 1962, a spy plane took pictures of Russian missiles being assembled in Cuba. This led to a nearly two week conflict in which the United States an... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Certified Copy

  

  A British author is late for his own book discussion at a gallery in Tuscany, Italy. He has written a book that shares its name with the film's title, and is... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Conspirator

  

  As John Wilkes Booth carried out his monstrous deed in Ford's Theater on April 14. 1865, it was part of a grander plot that included the attempted assassination... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES