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At the Movies: 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards

By Megan Bianco This month’s Screen Actors Guild awards remind us why they are still the smoothest-running televised awards show out there. No host and…

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‘A Night at the Oscars’ Approaches 10th Anniversary

By Collin Breaux | Email: cbreaux@picketfencemedia.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/collin_breaux An annual San Juan Capistrano event celebrating the Academy Awards is coming up on its 10th…

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At the Golden Globes 2020

By Megan Bianco Some have been wondering if cutting back awards season a few weeks this year was a good or bad move. For me,…

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At the Movies: ‘Pain and Glory’ Has a Lot of the Latter

By Megan Bianco Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, Pain and Glory, is said to be influenced by Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ (1963). This is redundant and…

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At the Movies: ‘The Sound of My Voice’ Gives Fans an Inside Look at Legendary Musician’s Life

By Megan Bianco From 1974-1978, there was no bigger female solo music artist in the U.S. than Linda Ronstadt. Now, with the help of Rob…

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At the Movies: ‘The Farewell’ is Bittersweet

By Megan Bianco Nora Lum, also known as Awkwafina, has to have one of the biggest “glow-ups” in modern pop culture. She gained a viral…

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At the Movies: ‘Midsommar’ is Intoxicating

By Megan Bianco For those who found Hereditary too gruesome viewing last summer, I should warn you that director Ari Aster’s follow-up feature released in theaters over…

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At the Movies: ‘Toy Story 4’ to the Rescue for Families

By Megan Bianco Pixar’s Toy Story franchise is truly the gift that keeps on giving, as the saying goes. And unlike the Air Bud and…

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Residents Launch Club for Kids in RMV

By Andrea Clemett Since Rancho Mission Viejo residents Peter and Roy Dang created their movie night club for children two years ago, participation has grown…

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At the Movies: ‘Halston’ Becomes Vogue Again

By Megan Bianco When the topic of legendary fashion design comes up, you typically hear the usual names: Valentino, Dior, Gucci and Yves St. Laurent….

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At the Movies: Non-Fiction: More than a French Re-Write

By Megan Bianco I know what you were thinking if you might have seen the trailer for Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction before whatever indie movie you were attending:…

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At the Movies: ‘Long Shot’ is a Safe Bet

By Megan Bianco Jonathan Levine’s new political romantic comedy, Long Shot, marks the return of the once-common “hot actress paired with slovenly Seth Rogen” trope….

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At the Movies: ‘Amazing Grace’ Lives Up to Its Name

By Megan Bianco In 1972, Warner Bros. hired filmmaker Sydney Pollack to shoot footage of a small two-day concert that featured legendary soul singer Aretha…

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At the Movies: ‘Gloria Bell,’ Once More in English

By Megan Bianco ‘Gloria Bell,’ Once More in English In what is becoming the Year of the Remake, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria Bell is the third film this…

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At the Movies: ‘Greta’: So Close, Yet So Far

By Megan Bianco Greta is one of the very few Hollywood movies for which French cinema royalty Isabelle Huppert crossed overseas. Huppert is by far one…