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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024
A fun, rambunctious rollercoaster ride featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in their Looney Tune fame and glory. The sleek animation here is solid for the big screen. And it comes to life with a glorious showcase of magical hues, plus the splashes of neon pink and green overlooking spooky darkness and high-def ticks and booms. It’s perfect enough that this could easily play during Halloween season. Hands down, this is Porky and Daffy’s best feature since 1988’s ‘Who Framed…
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The World According to Allee Willis 2024
Allee Willis worked tirelessly in the background as a dependable lyricist and songwriter on some of the hottest pop and R&B hits. Songs like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and much of the flawless ‘I Am’ album, Patti LaBelle’s “Come What May” + “Stir It Up” and the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance” are just a few golden examples of her excellence. This documentary tells the story of the elusive, eclectic creative. The musical journey takes up much of the time, while…
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Love to Love You, Donna Summer 2023
“Ohhhh, hate to hate ya, Donna doc.”
I’m a big fan of Donna Summer. With my devout love for disco music, the charm in Donna’s voice and her ability of blending escapism, imagination and beauty in almost any lyric, it’s hard to not like Donna. The Casablanca years, in which she reigned as the premier diva of disco, are among my favorite albums from Summer, particularly her magnum opus ‘Bad Girls.’ So it’s hard for me to really write these…
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A Prince in Paradise 2023
“I think I might take one more shot at that fairy tale ending.”
I’m starting to believe that there is no guilty conscious of plagiarism in the world of rom-coms. Here we have a romance novelist about to spend a vacay with her partner only to be dumped in the first ten minutes of the Adrian Powers-directed ‘A Prince in Paradise.’ Now heartbroken, visibly shaken and struggling with writer’s block, Olivia (played by Rhiannon Fish) takes off to the very…
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