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may I please be your bitch, sir?

January 27, 2012

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may I please be your bitch, sir?

Dominance. It’s been a theme that keeps ringing ’round, turning up at my stoop. To begin, when I first moved to Boca, I was invited to join a new book club that was in its infancy; I missed the first…

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girls named pinky

January 7, 2011

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girls named pinky

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A short at the Savannah Film Festival, Girls Named Pinky has stayed with me. Not so much the actual film, but the Q&A session with the director afterward. Before I go there, here’s how the notes I’d scribbled…

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black swan

December 24, 2010

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black swan

I saw Black Swan at the Savannah Film Festival a few months ago. What follows are my notes, taken in the dark, on a yellow legal pad. But before I air and share, may I just say again how awesome…

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“how do you know” if a movie sucks?

December 21, 2010

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“how do you know” if a movie sucks?

There’s something so right about showing up at a 10:25 am matinee showing, in my sweatpants with my snot-covered sleeves—because I was too lazy to get up and search for the tissues. I was looking really gross is what I…

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savannah film fest 2010

October 30, 2010

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savannah film fest 2010

Some days you feel like you’re in a movie. You can almost mute your life and add your own soundtrack. I’m heading out now, myPod in hand, as I clear out for Guam while in Savannah, GA. I’m covering the…

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the goodbye girl

August 23, 2010

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the goodbye girl

The Goodbye Girl (1977) was in my Netflix queue, with a prediction of 4 stars. Logline: After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
I…

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you got to co-or-din-ate!

August 11, 2010

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you got to co-or-din-ate!

This PR material (above) landed in my inbox this morning, and I couldn’t help but think of John Witherspoon’s bit in the movie Boomerang. Is it just me, or would this outfit make his mushroom swell? David Alan Grier is…

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sex and what city?

June 8, 2010

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sex and what city?

My off the cuff, unedited take on this whole matter of deux:
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the first two acts of Sex & The City 2 (despite the repeated use of the term "interfriendtion"), also my expectations were…

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