This holiday season, there seemed to be more must-see films than ever before! I can’t remember another year when I actually wanted to see just about everything coming out. Here is a TGATP rundown.
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The new musical “After Midnight,” featuring the Jazz At Lincoln Center All Stars conducted by Daryl Waters and guest stars Fantasia Barino, Dule Hill and Adriane Lenox, is a smash hit! I have NEVER had more fun and been more thoroughly entertained at a Broadway show. There are unforgettable vocal performances, rousting tap numbers, jazz jams, and FANTASIA!
While I loved “Ender’s Game”, I I found out after writing this positive review that the author of the film is a hate filled wingnut, who has expressed both racist anti-Obama views and anti-Gay sentiments. It’s an interesting dilemma that has never occurred for me. I loved this film and its story but the messenger is odious! So I guess this is another case, like that of John Mayer, where great positive artistic works are created by a total idiot.
The Broadway hit “A Trip To Bountiful” starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr, Vanessa…
Jennifer Muller/The Works are my favorite NY dance company and it was an honor to join them for their 2013 gala and shoot their performance.
Definitely make it a point to see this troupe in the future as they are not to be missed.
While Brian Helgeland’s biopic “42” is an ok movie, for me it lacked one crucial element – the man the film is supposed to be about Jackie Robinson! I wanted this to be the definitive movie on Robinson’s life but instead walked away with as many questions about him as I came to the theater with. Calling on Spike Lee to make a true biopic on this iconic hero!
Funny, engaging, and moving “The Sapphires” is a perfect feel-good film and not to be missed! With its parallels to the experiences of African-Americans and the universality of the trials that women still experience, I have not loved a movie as much as this in a very long time. From start to finish, I laughed, I cried and I rejoiced and by the end, I was on my feet! If you see only one movie this month, make it the “The Sapphires”!
Oz the Great and Powerful is a visually stunning prequel to “Wizard of Oz” that stands on its own as an instant family classic. With adorable and fun new characters, China Girl, Findley and the Tinkers mixed with familiar ones, Glenda the Good Witch, the Wicked Witch of the West and the Munchkins, this new cinematic take on the Oz story will thrill and delight audiences of all ages.