BOOKS, FILM AND MORE.

Actors Directors Remembrance 

Penny Marshall, 1943-2018

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Ken Kurson 0 Comments A League of Their Own, Beverly Donofrio, Fran Lebowitz, Laverne DeFazio, Lorraine Bracco, Penny Marshall, Riding in Cars With Boys, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Ron Perelman, The Odd Couple, Tom Hanks

Director to Some, Laverne to Many, Beloved by All

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FILM 

‘Beale Street’: One Of The Best Films of 1959

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, Diego Luna, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, KiKi Layne, Sidney Poitier, Stephan James

Guess Who’s Not Coming To Dinner?

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TELEVISION 

No One’s Offended by ‘South Park’ Anymore

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Jeff Bezos, Matt Stone, Mr. Hankey, Santa Claus, South Park, Trey Parker, vaping

In An Outraged World, Outrageousness is Futile

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CREATORS FILM Music 

Ariana Grande, Mean Girl

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Bring It On, Burn Book, Elle Woods, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, Next, Regina George, Thank U

Um, Hello? Regina George Was the VILLAIN

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Actors CREATORS NON-FICTION 

The Coolest Square

December 17, 2018December 18, 2018 Lary Wallace 0 Comments A Hologram For The King, Apollo 13, Brian Grazer, Chet Haze, Dave Clark Five, David S. Pumpkins, Forrest Gump, From The Earth To The Moon, Gavin Edwards, Red Vines, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, The World According To Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Toy Story

‘The World According To Tom Hanks’

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COMICS FILM 

‘Aquaman’, Lord Of The Crab People

December 16, 2018December 18, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amber Heard, Aquaman, Atlantis, DC, Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe

Also, Dinosaurs and Willem Dafoe in a Wetsuit

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FILM 

A Very Old Man With an Enormous Bag of Drugs

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Andy Garcia, Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Dianne Wiest, Michael Peña, The Mule

Eastwood, as ‘The Mule,’ Still Kicking

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FILM 

London Crawling

December 14, 2018December 16, 2018 Jason Avant 0 Comments Her Majesty's Dragon, Hugo Weaving, Mortal Engines, Naomi Novik, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, steampunk

‘Mortal Engines’, Brought To You By The Guy Who Brought You The Guy

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FILM 

The Best Films Of 2018

December 14, 2018December 18, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Best Movies 2018, Black Panther, Coen Brothers, Cold War, Eighth Grade, First Man, Happy As Lazzaro, Hereditary, Isle Of Dogs, Museo, Star Is born, The Death Of Stalin, The Favourite, The Old Man And The Gun, Venom, Vice, Vox Lux, Widows

This Time, a List From an Actual Professional Film Critic

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CLASSICS FILM 

Godzilla, King of the Nightmares

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Ben Schwartz 0 Comments Godzilla, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, Ishirō Honda, King Ghidorah., Mothra, Rodan, Takashi Shimura

Here We Go Again

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COMICS FILM 

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse’

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Pine, Gwen Stacy, Hailee Steinfeld, Into The Spider-Verse, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kingpin, Lieve Schreiber, Marvel, MCU, Miles Morales, Nicolas Cage, Peter Parker, Phil Lord, Scorpion, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man, Stan Lee

Does Whatever a Spider-Man Movie Can

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FILM TELEVISION 

The Five Best Muppet Christmas Movies

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments Christmas, Muppets, Sesame Street

Out Of a Shocking Number Of Choices

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Directors DOCUMENTARY Remembrance 

Documentary Filmmaker Bill Siegel Has Died

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Rick Rizzo 0 Comments Bill Siegel, documentary filmmaker, Eleventh Dream Day, Great Books, Harrison Bergeron, Hoop Dreams, Kartemquin, Paul Kahan, The Trials of Muhammad Ali, The Weather Underground

Director of The Trials of Muhammad Ali Lovingly Remembered by Chicago Pal

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FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult 

The Best Books Of 2018?

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments best books 2018, Elizabeth Acevedo, James Patterson, Linnea Hartsuyker, New York Times, The Poet X, The Sea Queen, There There, Tommy Orange

The New York Times (and Everyone Else) Is Lying to You. But Here Are A Few Titles We Liked Anyway.

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FICTION Young Adult 

Breakdancing Badass Muslim-American Girl In Love

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Very Large Expanse Of Sea, Tahereh Mafi

Not An Easy Thing To Be In 2002

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