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Searching for Sugar Man

newslang89 wrote 5 days ago: (A quick aside before my actual review begins. I have to do two movie reviews today. I watched this … more →

Tags: 2010s, 2012, Best Documentary Feature, Biographical Documentaries, Classic Rock, Documentary, Oscar Winners, rock & pop, Rockumentaries

Les Miserables (2012)1 comment

newslang89 wrote 2 weeks ago: Occasionally, I will watch a large-budget, Hollywood blockbuster that is such an unmitigated failure … more →

Tags: score, Romance, Period Pieces, Drama, Romantic Drama, Romantic Drama, tearjerkers, 2010s, Oscar Winners

Billy Rose's Jumbo

newslang89 wrote 2 months ago: Long time readers know that I have a soft spot in my heart for musicals. I used to review Glee eery … more →

Tags: score, b, Romance, Romance Classics, 60's, 1962, musicals, Classic Movie Musicals

Speaking in Strings: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

newslang89 wrote 4 months ago: Perhaps more than any other genre of film, documentary film-making has the chance to enthrall me wit … more →

Tags: 90's, score, a, Documentary, Classical Music, 1999, Biographical Documentaries, Indie Documentaries, Classical instrumental music

Babes in Arms1 comment

newslang89 wrote 4 months ago: Over a year and a half ago, when Hot Saas’s  Pop Culture Safari was still in its infancy, I re … more →

Tags: score, Comedy, B, Drama, classic comedies, 30s, Showbiz Dramas, musicals, Classic Movie Musicals

short and sweet: a weekend at the sarawak rainforest world music festival

Francine wrote 10 months ago: Photo Credit: Emily Fister Last Friday, my fellow Canadian interns and I left Kuala Lumpur’s smog-co … more →

Tags: Travel, Summer 2012, Malaysia

kicking off an artsy fartsy weekend

Francine wrote 11 months ago: My roommates and I won’t be using much of our work-sanctioned three-day weekend to relax in our apar … more →

Tags: Franny, Travel, Summer 2012, Malaysia

a dance party for one in kuala lumpur

Francine wrote 11 months ago: After spending my first full day in Kuala Lumpur–which also unexpectedly marked my first day as an i … more →

Tags: Summer 2012

where the fence is low

Francine wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier post, I started compiling my Epic Summer 2012 playlist with the intention of adding a … more →

Tags: 2012 Summer Playlist, Travel, Music, Lights

easy to be hard, easy to be cold...

Francine wrote 1 year ago: Especially people who care about strangers; Who care about evil and social injustice. Do you only ca … more →

Tags: TV/Movies

1776

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve got a page on this blog dedicated just to requests that people can make for movies/TV sho … more →

Tags: score, Comedy, Period Pieces, Drama, C#, Political Dramas, Classic Dramas, classic comedies, 70's

Hair

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: If you haven’t checked out my reviews of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or The Electric Kool-A … more →

Tags: score, b, Period Pieces, 2oth Century Period Pieces, Drama, Political Dramas, 70's, musicals, 1979

The Court Jester1 comment

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: One of the first things I was forced to learn as a film critic was that I had to distance the qualit … more →

Tags: score, Comedy, Children & Family, Family Adventures, 50s, B-, classic comedies, Action/Adventure, Spoofs and Satires

Going My Way

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: I have not made it much of a secret on this blog or in my personal life generally that I am not a ma … more →

Tags: score, Comedy, classic comedies, 40s, C+, Oscar Winners, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture

The Rose1 comment

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: Musicals are my ultimate guilty pleasure. Often threadbare plots are orchestrated around giving peop … more →

Tags: score, Drama, Romantic Drama, C+, Biographies, tearjerkers, 70's, Showbiz Dramas, 1979

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog1 comment

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago: My freshman year of college was the screenwriter’s union strike. All of my favorite shows had … more →

Tags: score, b, Comedy, 2000s, 2008, indie comedy, Action/Adventure, Comic Book and Superhero Movies, Independent Action & Adventure

Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense2 comments

newslang89 wrote 1 year ago:  My tastes in music often trend dangerously close into hipster territory. I firmly believe that Radi … more →

Tags: score, A, 80's, 1984, rock & pop, Modern & Alternative Rock, Must-See Concerts

Gypsy2 comments

newslang89 wrote 2 years ago:  A couple of years ago, one of my friends went to New York City with our dorm as part of a trip. Lik … more →

Tags: score, B-, 60's, 1962, musicals, Classic Movie Musicals

Swing Time1 comment

newslang89 wrote 2 years ago: Why, God, why? My very first Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movie, 1936′s Swing Time, was turn … more →

Tags: score, b, 30s, musicals, Classic Movie Musicals, 1936, Musical, Classic Movies, Fred Astaire


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