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THE BULLETIN • JUNE 3 - 9, 2021
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“Movie: Battle of the Sexes”
“Movie: Brewmance”
The world of craft beer is front and
center of this documentary from director
Christo Brock (“Touch the Wall”), which
follows the efforts of two groups of
home brewers from Long Beach, Calif.,
to open their breweries and bring their
product to the world. Legendary brewers
Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada), Fritz
Maytag (Anchor Brewing) and Jim Koch
(Boston Brewing) offer commentary.
BY JAY BOBBIN
“The Wizard of Oz”
“The Harvey Girls”
“A Star Is Born”
Emma Stone and Steve Carell both
received Golden Globe Award
nominations for their performances as
tennis icons Billie Jean King and Bobby
Riggs in this 2017 British-American
biographical sports film that takes a
lightly comedic approach in its chronicle
of events leading up to the highly
publicized 1973 match between them.
Despite mostly very good reviews and
additional accolades, the film double-
faulted at the box office.
“Movie: Indignation”
“Movie: Skyfall”
James Schamus’ 2016 drama chronicles
the coming of age experiences of a young
Jewish man (Logan Lerman) who leaves
Newark to attend a small college in 1951
Ohio. There he falls in love with Olivia
(Sarah Gadon), a patrician beauty, and
clashes with the dean (Tracy Letts) of
the school. Linda Emond and Danny
Burstein also star in the film.
Arguably the best-reviewed James Bond
film since “Goldfinger,” this 2012 entry
offers Daniel Craig’s third round as
Agent 007, who struggles to reclaim his
place in MI6 after an assignment goes
awry. He tries to protect boss M (Judi
Dench) and the agency from an enemy
(a superbly showy Javier Bardem). Adele
performs the title song.
BEST JUDY GARLAND MOVIES
“The Wizard of Oz” (1939) Well, of course.
Generations continue to regale in the adventures of
Dorothy Gale, Garland’s character who is whisked
from a Kansas farm – along with Toto, of course –
into a magical land where she makes fast friends with
the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion
(Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr).
“Babes on Broadway” (1941) One of the
best of the variations on the “Let’s put on a show!”
theme well-covered by Garland and Mickey Rooney,
this musical-comedy finds their characters staging a
charity benefit.
“For Me and My Gal” (1942) Garland and
Gene Kelly are expectedly terrific together as a
performing team whose act – and budding romance
– may be bashed by wartime obligations. The film is
part of a Garland birthday tribute Thursday, June 10,
on Turner Classic Movies.
“Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) The duet of
“Under the Bamboo Tree” by Garland and Margaret
O’Brien is an irresistible part of this tale of four sisters
who resent their father’s job transfer to New York –
which means they’ll have to move from their beloved
St. Louis with him.
“The Harvey Girls” (1946) Musical highlights
including “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa
Fe” help fuel this great Garland musical about
several train passengers headed West to open a
restaurant.
“Easter Parade” (1948) You surely know on
which holiday this picture always makes a television
appearance. Irving Berlin’s score fuels this saga with
Garland, Fred Astaire and Ann Miller as performers
whose career choices largely are dictated by their
romantic ties, past and present.
“In the Good Old Summertime” (1949)
The premise of unidentified loves that also has
driven “The Shop Around the Corner” and “You’ve
Got Mail” services this great musical, which – as
Liza Minnelli points out in “That’s Entertainment!” –
features her, at a very young age, with mom Garland
in the closing scene.
“Summer Stock” (1950) Reunited with Gene
Kelly, Garland is highly enjoyable as a farmer who
lends her barn to a theater troupe, with typical
MGM-musical romantic complications following in
3 ... 2 ... 1.
“A Star Is Born” (1954) Garland is the main
factor setting this version of the much-told tale apart
as she plays Esther Blodgett, whose showbiz career
rises – under the stage name Vicki Lester – as that of
the man she loves, Norman Maine (James Mason),
sinks. Standout musical performances by Garland
include “The Man That Got Away” and “Born in a
Trunk.”
“Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961) Garland
hadn’t made a movie in several years when she
became part of director Stanley Kramer’s all-star cast
in this gripping drama about war-crime trials.
“Gay Purr-ee” (1962) The vocals by Garland as
Mewsette, a French feline who wants to experience
city life in Paris, are key to the success of this
animated treat.