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Tropic Sprockets: Sing Sing
Seldom are prison films concerned with the inmates as human beings, soulful selves with humanity, emotion, and sensitivity. “Sing Sing," from drector Greg Kwedar, does this very thing flawlessly with great openness, heart, and a trace of humor.
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Front Row at the Movies: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
“This year’s film, ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,’ takes a look back at the wave of feminism in the mid 1960s in hopes of re-energizing attendees,” says Darlene Thomas, President of Key West National Organization for Women. “With many of the successes accomplished being pushed backwards, we need to pull together and push forward.
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Tropic Sprockets: War Game
This is no feel-good film or popcorn flick, making for some extremely arduous viewing. Regardless, it reveals what is fearsome and fragile within the country.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Searchers
“The Searchers” may be the best Western movie ever made … starring the greatest cowboy star ever (John Wayne) … directed by the best Western director ever (John Ford).
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Tropic Sprockets: Skincare
The drama is aided by spacey cool visuals of Los Angeles, making it a blend of “Mullholland Drive” and “The Stepford Wives.” Behind every pink walkway is a reptilian being out for blood.
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Tropic Sprockets: It Ends With Us
Despite its best intentions and compelling performances by Blake Lively and Jenny Slate, the story cannot escape its soapy trappings and the Hallmark card predictability.
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Front Row at the Movies: Auntie Mame
One of the bestselling satirical novels of the 20th century, “Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade” chronicled the adventures of a boy growing up as the ward of his eccentric aunt. Rosalind Russell played the title role in the Broadway adaptation, and then starred in the movie version, winning a Golden Globe for her screen portrayal.
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Tropic Sprockets: The Conqueror–Hollywood Fallout
Though “The Conqueror” was a critical disaster, in popularity the film proved a great success. But the entire cast unwittingly worked in mounds of radioactive soil brought in from the location to enhance authenticity.
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Front Row at the Movies: Trap
Starring Josh Harnett and Ariel Donohue, we meet a likable dad who is taking his daughter to a Lady Raven rock concert to reward her for good grades. At the concert, they notice an unusually high number of police. He comes to realize this is an elaborate trap to catch a serial killer – him.
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Tropic Sprockets: Trap
The intrigue of the film is its commentary of Pop stardom on young teens. Riley is completely enraptured by Lady Raven. Not even the fear of a psychotic dad can lessen her devotion to the Diva singer with the watchful Keane eyes.
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