April 29, 2022
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There are more than 200 films that will be a part of the MSP Film Society’s 41st annual MSP International Film Fest, and many of them are of Jewish interest. The 2022 festival, which kicks off on May 5, is a hybrid event with a full slate of in-person screenings at the new MSP Film […]
Continue readingFebruary 16, 2022
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Sometimes, the best way to open up your heart to another on Valentine’s Day is to show them a good movie or television show. Gal Gadot fans are in for a special treat this weekend at the theaters, so let’s quickly into what’s worth watching, reading on, and avoiding all together this weekend in Jewish […]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2022
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Is it better to fight back and avenge or take the higher road when dealing with bullies? An ageless question that Netflix’s hit series, Cobra Kai, bases the weight of its story upon, and which includes quite a few Jewish ties and themes. But at what point does the bullied become the bully? For Jon […]
Continue readingJanuary 21, 2022
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Corey Stoll is the Jewish everyman actor can sink into just about any ensemble you put him in. Hopefully you caught his amazing portrayal of a young Junior Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark on HBO Max, but he is getting a bigger role this month on Showtime. After having a supporting role in the […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2021
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Disclaimer: This is a review of a slasher/horror movie, full of gore, blood, violence, gratuitous nakedness, and levels of swearing even those of us who are sailors would blush at. TL;DR for the love of all that is holy (and your sanity) do not watch this movie. This review is as PG as possible, written […]
Continue readingNovember 30, 2021
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In time for the film revival of the beloved musical West Side Story, Jewish a capella group Six13 has channeled a medley of Stephen Sondheim’s classics for West Side Chanukah Story, their annual holiday-themed parody effort.
Continue readingMarch 23, 2021
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Six13’s latest – and very 2021 – Passover parody mix!
Continue readingDecember 4, 2020
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How many ways are there to rhyme with Hanukkah? If you’re Daveed Diggs, the Tony Award-Winning co-star of Hamilton, there are plenty. Diggs’ Puppy For Hanukkah song and video dropped just in time for Hanukkah to start next week. It’s a fun journey to find out if the kids in the video get what they […]
Continue readingNovember 6, 2020
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Admittedly, I was a few years late to this glorious party as Schitt’s Creek, created by the Canadian father and son Eugene and Daniel Levy, premiered back in 2015, but that did not get in the way of me devouring all 80 episodes in 10 days. The show’s from riches to rags theme focuses on […]
Continue readingApril 17, 2020
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I should have known that spending the night in a rental car watching Netflix wasn’t going to end well. It was a Thursday night — technically early Friday morning. My eldest daughter and I had just left a wedding in New York, and my flight home to Minneapolis was at 6 a.m., which would get […]
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