Film Review: FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT has the wedding bell blues

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Co-written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller and directed by Nicholas Stoller, "Five Year Engagement," stars Emily Blunt and Jason Segel as a couple who just can't seem to get it together to get to the church on time. Our host, Stefanie Alleyne, meets with today's host at Brooklyn local bar ...

Something Afoul At Washington Houses in East Harlem

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Residents of Washington Houses in East Harlem and members of Community Voices Heard rallied and protested during a March 13th, 2012 debriefing held by NYCHA over concerns about a new development being built by Harlem RBI and its partners within the public housing complex. To to make way for a new ...

Film Review: MONSIEUR LAZHAR is a lesson in healing

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The fourth film by Canadian writer and director, Philippe Falardeau, "Monsieur Lazhar," is based on a stage play written by Evelyne de la Cheneliere. The story takes place during a snowy winter in a public school in Montreal, Quebec where a class of sixth graders are coming to terms with their own ...

Film Review: BULLY is a wake up call to action

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"Bully," the feature documentary directed by Lee Hirsch and co-written with Cynthia Lowen, is an alarming vision of the state of bullying in our schools across America today. Part documentary and part advocacy, it is a true wake-up call to action. Our host, Stefanie Alleyne, meets up with today's ...

Film Review: FRIENDS WITH KIDS plays well with others

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Based on her own life experiences with friends having kids and falling off the radar, Jennifer Westfeldt's directorial debut, "Friends with Kids," grapples with a number of contemporary parenting scenarios. Today's panelists, Jessy Blanchard, the owner of her own cupcake company; Danielle Winston, ...

Film Review: A SEPARATION connects us with gripping authenticity

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A classic tale of cause and effect, it's easy to understand why the Iranian film, "A Separation" has had endless major accolades globally (46 wins and 20 nominations) bestowed upon it in the past year. And, as this year's Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, this masterpiece's dexterity to ...

Film Review: RAMPART cruises with the demons of a dirty cop

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It's 1999 Los Angeles and Rodney King's request for us all to just get along has come and gone, as have the riots that followed. Most residents were eager to move on from this embarrassing time for the City of Angels while a precious few could not. Meet Dave Brown...Vietnam Vet and a battle scarred ...

Film Review: WE is a lipstick feminist fairytale

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WE is the sophomoric directorial offering of pop icon, Madonna. The film interweaves true life details of the early 20th century love affair in Great Britain between the future King of England, Edward VIII and the American-born divorcée, Wallis Simpson, with a fictitious tale of a modern day ...

Movie Review: THE HELP doses up a spoon full of sugar

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The controversial and wildly popular hit film, The Help is based on the book by Kathryn Stockett of the same name and directed by Tate Taylor. It follows the lives of a number of black women working as maids in the South during the radical 60's and an aspiring young writer who believes their ...

Film Review: MOZART'S SISTER depicts the life of a stifled genius

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Filmed and produced in France, the film, Mozart's Sister is directed by Rene Feret. Truly a family affair, his daughter, Marie Feret, is in the main role as Nannerl Mozart while another daughter, Lisa, is featured as Louise de France, one of the daughters of Louis XV, the King of France. The ...