COUNTRY STRONG
By: debbie lynn elias As I left the screening room after the final credits rolled by for COUNTRY STRONG, my mind was playing the lyrics
By: debbie lynn elias As I left the screening room after the final credits rolled by for COUNTRY STRONG, my mind was playing the lyrics
By: debbie lynn elias BIUTIFUL is the type of film that doesn’t come around too often. It doesn’t leave your mind, or your heart, long
By: debbie lynn elias It is rare indeed to experience the adaptation of an excellently crafted and performed, emotionally impactful play, into an equally excellent
By: debbie lynn elias Sofia Coppola is masterful when it comes to mood and attention to detail in a film. Just take a look at
By: debbie lynn elias Think you know what’s coming with Academy Award nominations? Well, think again because as the title infers, all good things comes
By: debbie lynn elias Several years ago at AFI Fest, I had the privilege of meeting and befriending the exceptionally talented cast and crew of
By: debbie lynn elias I still remember the first time I heard the hauntingly beautiful, melodious tones of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet, “The Nutcracker.” It
By: debbie lynn elias As the boys of summer are putting down their bats, heading for the showers, and we head into the home stretch
By: debbie lynn elias They are our best friends and sometimes, our greatest competition. They are the guys and girls next door. They are jocks,
By: debbie lynn elias Empowering! Inspirational! Sally Hawkins is entrancing. Miranda Richardson is the icing on the cake. Bob Hoskins is deliciously fun. The human
By: debbie lynn elias One rock. One man. The forces of nature. A really crappy off-brand Leatherman tool. 127 hours. Who else but Danny Boyle,
By: debbie lynn elias Given the gravitas of today’s political climate and in light of this week’s elections, it seems only just, proper and fair
