Culture Maven c d kaplan joins Duke every Tuesday morning to catch listeners up on what's worth seeing at the cineplex. Hilarity often ensues. If you missed a single star-studded episode, you can download it here. Or not, really, it's up to you.
Culture Maven c d kaplan joins Duke every Tuesday morning to catch listeners up on what's worth seeing at the cineplex. Hilarity often ensues. If you missed a single star-studded episode, you can download it here. Or not, really, it's up to you.c.d. talks briefly about Jack White and the New Orleans Jazz Fest. Then he turns his focus to two films starring Michael Fassbender…Shame…a compelling adult drama and A Dangerous Method…pay your money and take your chances.
Sir cd starts off with a nod to Johnny Otis and Etta James…both past away last week. Then he reviews The Artist…sweet and very enjoyable. Not so much for Haywire…an odd action film that he feels falls flat.
First The Maven decries Madonna’s behavior at the Golden Globes. Then he unveils his Most Memorable Female performances of 2011. Meryl Streep…never a clunker…Michelle Williams…the depth of her work…Charlize Theron…comfort playing ugly characters…just to mention a few.
c.d. begins bemoaning the boring BCS Championship Game between Alabama and LSU. Then he turns his attention to the dark…brooding…intriguing…and well-acted Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
cd Kaplan begins fondly remembering an encounter with chocolate almond ice cream New Year’s weekend…transitioning into the cutest girl in the recorded history of the world in We Bought A Zoo. Finishing with a 1999 Comedy about Watergate with Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams…”Dick“.
cd reviews three for us this week. Starting with My Week With Marilyn…he feels it’s not ground breaking but Michelle Williams as Ms. Monroe is mesmerizing and stunning. Secondly…Girl With The Dragon Tattoo…better than the Swedish version and rests on the performance of Rooney Mara. Bringing up the rear…Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol…a cut above the last one…more gizmos…less Tom with his shirt off.
His Maveness found Young Adult with Charlize Theron to be one of the best of the year. ‘Sham’ and ‘run of the mill’ are two of the nicer remarks about Sherlock Holmes.
Mr. Kaplan educates us about two movies with a local touch and a question in the end. Like Crazy…a Sundance Winner…with Louisville’s Jennifer Lawrence…Do they live happily ever after? And the inquiring minds want to know…is Lexington’s Michael Shannon mad…in Take Shelter.
