At The Movies – Saving Mr. Banks

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2014 Edition Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Emma Thomson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatte “Inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic ‘Mary Poppins,’ made it to the screen.” When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ […]

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Saving Mr. Banks

By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the May 2014 Edition Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Emma Thomson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatte “Inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic ‘Mary Poppins,’ made it to the screen.” When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ […]

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The Monuments Men

By Suzanne A. Marshall  from the April 2014 Edition Director: George Clooney Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, ”An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners”. This is a true story based on the book by Robert M. […]

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

By Suzanne A. Marshall  from the April 2014 Edition Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender, “In the antebellum United states, Solomon Northrup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.” This movie was nominated for 9 Oscars and took home 3, including Best Picture and Best Supporting […]

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Making Sense of Life

By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2014 Edition These days, it often seems difficult to make sense of life, with much of what comprises it almost overwhelming us.. But, perhaps, we are remiss in failing to focus on the basic beauties of our existence all the simple things on which we should more often ably apply and employ […]

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The Wolf of Wall Street

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2014 Edition Director: Martin Scorcese Starring: Leonardo DeCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey “”In the Wolf of Wallstreet, DiCaprio plays Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s security scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in […]

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