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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, (PG) and Luck, (G) Friday, August 12, 2022 click to read more

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I’m not sure how much the Emmy Awards matter. The audience for the awards that claim to acknowledge the best in television, gets smaller every year, even as the number of shows and networks gets larger... Friday, July 29, 2022 click to read more

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What Amanda’s Watching Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, Thor and the Minions seem to have gotten many of the last holdouts back to the movie theater. That doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to watch on the small screen. And by plenty, I mean way too much. So once again, let Amanda be your guide to some of the buzzier shows and a few you might not know are out there. Thursday, July 14, 2022 click to read more

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ELVIS I am on the record in this publication as not being a fan of Australian director/auteur Baz Luhrmann. Far from prolific, Luhrmann has still managed to direct two of my least favorite movies of the past 25 years, Australia (2008) and his last film, 2013’s heaven-help-me 3-D The Great Gatsby. I don’t care for Luhrmann’s tendency to favor flamboyant, over-the-top visuals over story and character development. I gave Australia one star and spent the last half of the movie yelling at the screen Rocky Horror style along with the four other people in the theater... Thursday, June 30, 2022 click to read more

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Emma Goes to Hollywood Note: My daughter Emma Glam, who is even more devoted and schooled in film than yours truly, agreed to write this guest column on our recent trip to Hollywood... Thursday, June 16, 2022 click to read more

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As I am writing this column, I am just recovering from watching the finale of the NBC series This is Us.  My daughter Emma and I have been devoted fans of the popular drama about the Pearson family since its premiere in 2016, and we have not missed an episode in six seasons... Monday, June 6, 2022 click to read more

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Our friends at PBS have brought us Great Performances for 50 years and many of the series highlights have showcased music. On May 13, the series premiered the big-time London production of the 2021 revival of the classic Broadway musical Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney... Thursday, May 19, 2022 click to read more

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Our friends at PBS have brought us Great Performances for 50 years and many of the series highlights have showcased music. On May 13, the series premiered the big-time London production of the 2021 revival of the classic Broadway musical Anything Goes, starring Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney... Thursday, May 19, 2022 click to read more

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