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Talent, Training, & Chemistry Can Overcome All: A Star Is Born

It would be easy to raise the question: why create another remake of the film A Star is Born?  The 1937 version (Janet Gaynor, Frederich March), and the 1954 version ( Judy Garland, James Mason) are of Academy Award linage and as view-able today as when released.  The 1976 version (Barbara Streisand, Kris Kristofferson) is Read More…

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A Champion Maybe, A Winner For Sure: Bohemian Rhapsody

The music group Queen made its mark with an uncanny number of Anthem type songs at the height of Stadium Rock and Roll in the later 1970’s and 1980’s.  We Are Champions, Another One Bites The Dust and other Queen songs play at sporting events to this day. Bohemian Rhapsody the Brian Singer (The Usual Read More…

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First Man is Grade A

It takes great talent and skill to tell a story we think we already know with an outcome that is also believed to be well known and make it compelling. With the film First Man Director, Damien Chazelle (AA Whiplash, 10 Cloverfield Lane, AA La La Land) demonstrates he has the talent and skill on this Read More…