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June 17, 2013 By iluvcinema Leave a Comment

Weekend Viewin’ Recap

This weekend saw a lot of movie-related activity on my part activity (see previous post), so I thought it right to provide a little recap for the events of the past couple of days.

NYCIFF, Night 1: As part of my coverage of this week long event, I attended my first screening, the World Premier of 10 Rules for Sleeping Around, a rather derivative ‘screwbally’ romantic comedy set in NYC (it gets props for that) whose highlight(?) for me was figuring out that at least some of what the “Brazilian Bombshell” was saying was actually Spanish.

This week, I have a few more screenings lined up; stay tuned to this space for my thoughts and reflections.

Man of Steel: The idea is that my thoughts will be posted in a separate and increasingly lengthy piece later today or early tomorrow (fingers crossed I can keep to that schedule).

MAN OF STEEL

Twenty Feet from Stardom: What more can I say? I LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS FILM. I cannot begin to explain how well this documentary – that chronicles among other things, the evolution and career ups and downs the people (mostly women) who end vocal support to some of today’s top musical acts. At the center of the story is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2011) Darlene Love. Born with a lead vocalist’s chops, her story is an amazing one, that by the time the closing credits roll at the end of the 90 minutes, you fully appreciate and understand why such an honor was given to perhaps one of the best known backup vocalists of her era.

Other highlights in the film included:

  • “Seeing” the voice behind the Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter, Merry Clayton and her story.
  • Rediscovering Lisa Fisher, former solo artist who was a backup to Luther Vandross (himself a backup artist to David Bowie on his Young Americans track).

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On a side note (and a nice treat to boot) – although I did not attend the live Q&A screening at the film center, on my way into my screening, I saw Ms. Love leaving the theater.

 

How was your weekend at the movies? If you did not see Man of Steel, what did you see?

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: man of steel, nyciff, recap, twenty feet from stardom

January 20, 2013 By iluvcinema 4 Comments

Happy Belated Birthday Cary!

This birthday message is coming a couple of days late but I am glad to send it out. In honor of Archie Leach’s birthday, I would like to spotlight some of my favorite performances featuring Bristol’s native son.

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The no-brainers:

  • The Philadelphia Story
  • North by Northwest
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • His Girl Friday
  • Notorious
  • Bringing Up Baby

A few favorites that I have covered on my website:

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
  • Penny Serenade 
  • People Will Talk
  • Suspicion

And a few that I have yet to cover (that you may not all be totally aware of) – stay tuned for that:

  • Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
  • My Favorite Wife
  • The Awful Truth

 

What are some of your favorite Grant films?

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: cary grant

December 25, 2012 By iluvcinema 10 Comments

Merry Christmas

No matter where you are or what you believe, take a moment to reflect and celebrate the wonders of the world.

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From me to you …. Have a very Merry Christmas Day!

~ Iba @ iluvcinema.com

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: merry christmas

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