‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Turn Detroit into a Sizzling Vampire Romance
Apr10

‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Turn Detroit into a Sizzling Vampire Romance

It’s Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as you’ve never seen them before. They look like the coolest, hippest rock and roll couple ever in Jim Jarmusch’s new film, “Only Lovers Left Alive.” And here’s a chuckle in this romantic tale. Their names are Adam and Eve. Yes, that’s a biblical reference and it’s amazing what long hair will do to visually represent the timelessness of love. In this case, Swinton sports waist length, platinum-y...

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Getting under Scarlett Johansson’s Skin in Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy New Film
Apr02

Getting under Scarlett Johansson’s Skin in Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy New Film

Would Scarlett Johansson in a brunette wig fool you into thinking she was someone else– like maybe, wait for it, an alien? That’s the jumping off point for an intriguing, thought-provoking and sometimes frightening new film, which finds the actress driving around Scotland in a creepy van, sussing out strangers in order to lure them to her lair, where even creepier things happen to them. The victims, as you might guess, are all...

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It’s the Alan Partridge Party, and America is Invited
Mar30

It’s the Alan Partridge Party, and America is Invited

America, meet Alan Partridge. He’s a fictional character who shares some of the same DNA as Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell’s buffoonish, boisterous and somewhat deluded 70s era TV news anchorman. Partridge is a British Burgundy, a radio jockey full of himself and never at a loss for schticky humor and silly catchphrases in Steve Coogan’s brilliant portrayal. Coogan, last seen on the big screen in the US in a much different sort of film,...

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TCM’s Magical Mystery Movie Tour: The Ultimate Ride-Along for Movie Lovers
Mar19

TCM’s Magical Mystery Movie Tour: The Ultimate Ride-Along for Movie Lovers

Too much, magic bus! That was the reaction of participants on board the first-ever Turner Classic Movies Locations Tour that took them to dozens of real-life settings that were the scenes of many of the most iconic moments captured on celluloid, going back to the earliest days of the movie industry. The clock where Harold Lloyd indelibly hung off the hands from 1923’s “Safety Last” may have been a movie prop but the building in...

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Oscar Countdown: Original Song
Feb22

Oscar Countdown: Original Song

U2, one of the world’s greatest bands, is rarely if ever on the losing end of any proposition. But even Bono admitted– on the first night of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that an animated character was likely to take the Oscar in the category of Original Song. That would be one big golden trophy for the ultra-catchy “Let it Go” from Disney’s “Frozen,” with music and lyrics by Kristin Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez...

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