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Author Archives: Shows N' Tunes
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
For five brief seasons, this emotionally rewarding television series gave us the trials and triumphs of high school football coach Eric Taylor. Set in a mid-sized town in Texas for which the high school football team’s success is everything, we … Continue reading →
Posted on May 10, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
Sneakers, which has a star-studded cast, including Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley, is a fun thriller that will keep you stuck to your seat. College age Marty (Redford) and Cosmo (Kingsley) are computer hackers—Cosmo is caught and sent … Continue reading →
Posted on May 3, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
J. Edgar is a character study of J. Edgar Hoover, the founder and director of the FBI for over 50 years. Leonardo DiCaprio gets under the skin of this enigmatic man. The most outstanding feature of this movie is the overall … Continue reading →
Posted on April 19, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
After ten years of creative silence, David Bowie’s newest album The Next Day came as a surprise to many fans. Apparently crafted over the course of four years, The Next Day was a closely guarded secret by everyone involved in … Continue reading →
Posted on April 12, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
In this witty journey film, filmmaker John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make a serious social statement in his upcoming film. The only problem is he knows nothing of hardship and so sets out into Depression-era America to experience … Continue reading →
Posted on April 5, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
I loved Big Miracle, which tells the inspiring, heartwarming story about a family of whales trapped in the ice in Alaska in 1988 and the effort that was undertaken to try to save them. The world becomes aware of the whales’ … Continue reading →
Posted on March 29, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
After hearing the nonstop buzz about Homeland, I watched the first season and I was not disappointed. The plot centers on CIA agent Carrie Mathison, who was warned by an Iraqi source that an American prisoner of war had been … Continue reading →
Posted on March 22, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
White Heat is one of the best crime dramas you’ll ever see. James Cagney plays Cody Jarrett, a sadistic, vicious thug who meets the textbook definition of the phrase “criminally insane.” Cagney gives a performance that no other actor could … Continue reading →
Posted on March 15, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
This comedy is just pure fun, something to chase away the blahs. Jumping the Broom is about traditional wedding customs in the rural south. It is often a time-honored custom in modern marriages as well. And so the fun begins, a modern … Continue reading →
Posted on March 8, 2013 by Shows N' Tunes
Yes, sir. There are only bad options. It’s about finding the best one. You don’t have a better bad idea than this? This is the best bad idea we have, sir, by far. I loved Argo so much that I’ve … Continue reading →
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