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Movie Review: IRON MAN 3
Release date: May 3, 2013 Directed by: Shane Black Screenplay by: Drew Pearce & Shane Black Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Stephanie Szostak, Paul Bettany Rating: … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged Ben Kingsley, extremis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man 3, Kimberly Gadette, mandarin, Marvel Comics, Robert Downey Jr., sequel, Shane Black, The Avengers, third installment, tony stark
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Bibi and Me
Prime Minister’s Girl Friday Ponders What Might Have Been [published in The Forward, March 22, 2013] Twenty-nine years, and not one phone call from the man. Not one flower. Not one letter. Sure, a VIP like Bibi can’t be expected … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections on the Daily Silliness
Tagged 1984, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibi, essay, humor, Regency Hotel, The Forward, The Jewish Daily Forward
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Move Over ‘Girls;’ Time for Cable TV’s Real Women
There are the marvelously complex heroines of cable TV’s comedy/dramas . . . and then there’s Hannah Horvath. Other than raindrops, April is showering us with the return of three smart cable comedy/dramas with fascinating female protagonists. HBO’s “Veep” (second season) and Showtime’s … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Girls, Hannah Horvath, HBO, Lena Dunham, Nurse Jackie, Showtime, The Big C, Veep
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Movie Review: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
Release date: March 8, 2013 Directed by: Sam Raimi Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff Rating: PG; Running Time: 130 minutes In the 1939 L. Frank Baum-based film, a young girl named Dorothy Gale flees … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged Disney, Dorothy, James Franco, Judy Garland, Kansas, Kimberly Gadette, L. Frank Baum, Margaret Hamilton, Mila Kunis, Oz the Great and Powerful, prequel, Rachel Weisz, Sam Raimi, The Wizard of Oz, Toto, witches
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The Wonderful Reinvented World of Disney
Poor Toto… his fate is still as much up in the air as a bunch of flying monkeys. You’d think that between The Wizard of Oz‘s five directors and twenty screenwriters (credited and not), some bright bulb on the MGM set might … Continue reading
Posted in Movies - General
Tagged Disney, Dorothy, Kimberly Gadette, Oz the Great and Powerful, The Wizard of Oz, Toto
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Filmdom 2012: Best and Worst
Unlike so many of 2012′s films that took a slow, tortured walk to get to some dramatic kernel (e.g., Cosmopolis, The Magic of Belle Isle and People Like Us), let’s jump right into the fray: The Best: The U.S. box office, reporting $10.84 billion, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies - General
Tagged 2012, best, cinema, film, Kimberly Gadette, movies, The Avengers, worst, Zero Dark Thirty
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Hollywood’s Most Miserable Time of the Year
After the opening paragraph, following is a link to my holiday 2012 article published in Salon.com on Dec. 26, 2012: Ever since George Bailey attempted suicide on Christmas Eve in 1946’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Hollywood’s been blurring our visions … Continue reading
Posted in Movies - General
Tagged christmas, Christmas 2012, entertainment, George Bailey, holiday season, hollywood, It's a Wonderful Life, Kimberly Gadette, movies, Zero Dark Thirty
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Movie Review: ON THE ROAD
Release date: December 21, 2012 Directed by: Walter Salles Screenplay by: José Rivera Adapted from the novel “On the Road” by: Jack Kerouac Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Elisabeth Moss, Alice Braga, Kirsten Dunst, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Beat Generation, bebop, benzedrine, Cannes 2012, Jack Kerouac, Kimberly Gadette, Kristen Stewart, marijuana, Neal Cassady, On the Road movie review, road picture, writer
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Movie Review: ZERO DARK THIRTY
Release date: December 19, 2012 (ltd.); wide release January 11, 2013 Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Written by: Mark Boal Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Mark Duplass Rating: R; … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged 9/11, Abbottabad, capture, global terrorism, Jessica Chastain, Kathryn Bigelow, kill, Kimberly Gadette, Mark Boal, Osama bin Laden
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Movie Review: AMOUR
Release date: December 19, 2012 (ltd.) Written and Directed by: Michael Haneke Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 127 minutes A couple holds each other tight, shuffling and swaying together as they effect an … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannes winner, elderly couple, French actors, Kimberly Gadette, Michael Haneke, octogenarian, old age, Palme d'Or, sickness, stroke
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