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THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

One of my “Must See” picks at Los Angeles Film Festival 2015 was “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” from writer/director Marielle Heller based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s novel of the same name.  Finally opening in theatres, “Diary” is a  unique coming of age story set circa 1976 and revolves around

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BEST OF ENEMIES

The 1968 presidential race forever changed the way television would provide election coverage; not to mention saving a lagging news department at ABC.  Dead last in the ratings and unable to provide continuous gavel-to-gavel coverage of both the Democratic and Republican conventions (George Wallace, running as an independent did not

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FANTASTIC FOUR is far from “fantastic”

Let’s just cut to the chase.  But for the Atmos sound (and that’s only relevant to about four key scenes and then you still have to find a theatre equipped to play Atmos), there is nothing fantastic about “Fantastic Four”.  Although based on the beloved comics, in this second cinematic

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SOUTHPAW

You know by now after all these years, if there’s fisticuffs involved, this gal from Philly is gonna have a ringside seat.  Written by Kurt Sutter and directed by Antoine Fuqua (so you know the film screams testosterone), while “Southpaw” is not a perfect film and, in fact, on more

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ANT-MAN

It’s long been said that the best gifts are the ones in little packages; uh, or for the ladies out there, those little “Tiffany Blue” boxes (you know what I mean!).   Well, Marvel has now joined the ranks of giving one of its biggest and best gifts in the smallest

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