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Nick Clemons
03-01-2013 Hits:905 Live Music Head
Live Music HeadNick Clemonsan interview by Lisa McDonaldLive Music HeadPhoto courtesy of Nick ClemonsBorn in New Jersey on November 25, 1968, Clarence Anicholas Clemons grew up to be a musician like his...
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SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA: THE 1950s: TEN G…
28-03-2013 Hits:1035 DDT's Pop Flies
Darryl Tahirali
As a film genre, science fiction by its very speculative and imaginative nature holds the potential to be very good or very bad. Having to depict unreal circumstances can lead...
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Classic Movie Reviews
Remembering: The China Syndrome
14-05-2013 Hits:204 Classic Movie Reviews
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Remembering: The China SyndromeAmerican thriller directed by James BridgesStarring Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael DouglasReleased 1979by Lisa McDonaldLive Music HeadIt’s about people, people who lie.And people faced with the agony...
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2013 Stanley Cup Playoff First Round
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Kidd’s Corner2013 Stanley Cup Playoff First RoundApril 30, 2013 Happy playoffs everyone! To think just a few months ago we were trying to decipher what Hockey Related Revenue was, and...
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Remembering: Frances
Category: Classic Movie Reviews Created on Monday, 21 January 2013 19:29 Written by Live Music Head Hits: 308
Remembering: FrancesAmerican drama based on the life of movie actress Frances Farmer
Directed by Graeme Clifford
Starring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard
Released on December 3, 1982
by Lisa McDonald
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The film about the rebellious life of Hollywood actress Frances Farmer may be filled with inaccuracies, a dramatized account of facts, but the results endeared her to me. Watching the film, I sympathized with her all the way. You see, Farmer saw through the bullshit early on.
At the age of 16, Farmer won a high school contest for writing an essay called God is Dead, shocking the community by saying she found no evidence He exists. Later, when her talents as a great stage and movie actress became apparent (she made her first film for Paramount Pictures in 1936), it was at a time when the movie studios called all the shots, and she simply would not, could not play their game. Despite her growing popularity and success as a good actress, she would not, and could not play the game of anyone who set out to control her, or mold her into what they thought she should be.
Frances Farmer was institutionalized for her resistance to conformity, and if the film is to be believed, grossly mistreated while incarcerated. But who would argue that in the year 2013 this kind of injustice still happens? Jessica Lange does an outstanding job portraying Farmer and was Academy Award-nominated for it.
The trailer for Frances...
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340. Morrissey
We can’t imagine that anyone would doubt that should Morrissey crack the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it should be with the Smiths before his own solo career. Despite that statement, Morrisey’s solo efforts generated multiple hit singles (in England) and spawned critically acclaimed albums. His lyrics remained poignant, and with a voice as unique and as powerful as…Comments (1)