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…arts&life film My Five Totally Crazy Very True Celebrity Tales From & The 2017 Film Festivals MARA REINSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS D etroit-native Mara Reinstein is the Us Weekly film critic and Parade magazine movie contributor. She also has her own site, MaraMovies.com, and serves as the Michigan-based Emagine theater chain’s designated movie expert. She is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Detroit Film ...…
…“Excuse me, you’re sitting on my wallet.” I was not smiling five minutes after this photo was taken. “The night we met the lady and the champ.” LEFT: Photo by Kate Upton. RIGHT: Photo by Justin Verlander. “Talk about an inconvenient truth!” Gore and Keadle walk the carpet for An Inconvient Sequel. TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SEPT. 2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, JAN. 2017 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, MAY 2017 Bryan D’Arcy James is a genui...…
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