I love Us the Duo! Here is their tribute to the hits of 2016. See them on tour!

At The Daily Beast, Marlow Stern has an excellent list of the most overlooked movie performances of the year, including Ryan Gosling in “The Nice Guys” (a masterpiece of comic timing and physical grace — great work from everyone in that film), Ralph Fiennes in “A Bigger Splash” (he said he took the role because …

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In Slate, Aisha Harris has a very comprehensive list of the movies that inspired writer/director Damien Chazelle in creating the musical romance, “La La Land,” from the more obvious (“Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”) to the more arcane (“Boogie Nights?”). I enjoyed especially her comments on “Funny Face” and the Fred Astaire …

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We mourn the loss of Carrie Fisher, who has died of a heart attack at age 60. Her first two movie roles were in films that have becomes icon of their eras: “Shampoo” and the original “Star Wars,” now known as “A New Hope.”  In both, she wore white. Other than that, they had little …

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