What Happened to the Legacy of Miss Nina Simone?
Recently, in the midst of driving around, my iTunes shuffle landed on the track “Down So Low” from Chocolate Genius, …
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Ongoing Spotlight – March 8, 2016
LONDON HAS FALLEN [PG-13] D+ Iranian filmmaker Babak Najafi has already made a name for himself stepping in for the …
Making a Critical Example of ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’
LOOK BEYOND THE BEARD, PEOPLE By T.T. Stern-Enzi I wish I could have simply settled into my seat Friday afternoon, …
How Big Is Gerard Butler?
It’s a legitimate question to ask as we prepare to enter the second consecutive weekend of major mainstream releases featuring …
The Broken Notes of ‘Janis: Little Girl Blue’
HEARING THE LONG-LOST VOICE OF THE HIPPIE BLUES By T.T. Stern-Enzi We have gone through phases where the musical biopics …
Ongoing Spotlight – March 1, 2016
EDDIE THE EAGLE [PG-13] B- There’s the truly loveable sense of relating to Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) as The Little …
Appreciating the Art and Soul of Film Criticism
Last week, I joined the legion of readers descending, en masse, upon bookstores and Amazon for a chance to delve …
’45 Years’ Measures a Marriage & Finds It Wanting
DOES LOVE CONQUER ALL? By T.T. Stern-Enzi Film, so rarely, takes the road less traveled. The journey I am speaking of, …
Ongoing Spotlight – February 22, 2016
RISEN [PG-13] C- This Kevin Reynolds (former Kevin Costner partner-in-crime on “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” & “Waterworld”) interpretation of …
Still Running the Tragic American ‘Race’
The question of who is deserving of a biopic came to mind as I watched director Stephen Hopkins — television …
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