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Seeing BATTLE OF THE SEXES with the Next Generation
Ed’s and my thorough enjoyment of the movie “Battle of the Sexes” was both enhanced and tempered by the group of preteen girls the theater’s reserved seating placed to my right. Tempered because of the above average distractions I have … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1970's, Alan Cumming, Apollo 100, Battle of the Sexes, Bill Pullman, Billie Jean King, bisexual, Bobby Riggs, Cabaret, children, Crimson and Clover, homosexual, Joan Jett, Jonathan Dayton, Joy, lesbian, Lewis Pullman, LGBT, Linus Sandgren, Manohla Dargis, Margaret Court, movie code of conduct, Nicholas Britell, Tommy James and the Shondells, Valerie Fais
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#OscarsSoCrazy – The Worst Best Thing that could have happened to La La Land and Moonlight.
In a moment that will be hard to beat as the strangest, most gasp-inducing thing to have ever and might ever again happen at the Oscars, “Moonlight” was revealed to have been the actual Best Picture winner after “La La … Continue reading →
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Tagged Awards Daily, Barry Jenkins, Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Damien Chazelle, director, Gay Movie, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, Linus Sandgren, Moonlight, PricewaterhouseCooper, Sasha Stone, Spotlight, The Revenant
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LA LA LAND’s Nod to CABARET
“La La Land”, writer/director Damien Chazelle’s widely critically and popularly acclaimed original movie musical currently basking in the glow of 14 Academy Award nominations, is a love letter to romance gained and lost, to Los Angeles and its tribe of … Continue reading →
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Tagged audition, ballet, Benj Pasek, Bob Fosse, Cabaret, Damien Chazelle, dance, Dream Sequence, Justin Hurwitz, Justin Noble Brown, La La Land, Linus Sandgren, Liza Minnelli, New York New York, Oscars, Ryan Gosling
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