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Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: Electrifying America

‘The Current War: The Director's Cut’ Re-Imagines American Business by Sandra Olmsted Writer/director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's bio-pic, 'The Current War: The Director's Cut,' illuminates George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), Thomas Edison (Benedict…

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Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: Yes, Awards Already!

Awards Season Begins in Earnest by Sandra Olmsted Familiar favorites Morticia, Grandma, Gomez, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Pugsley and Lurch are voiced, respectively, Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, Oscar Isaac, Chloë Grace…

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22nd Annual Florissant Old Town Fall Festival

October 13! The pumpkin decorating station (above photo) located in front of Dooley’s Florist and  Gifts is a popular attraction every year for both children and adults! Participants are encouraged…

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SANDRA OLMSTED’S CINEMATIC SKINNY: ‘JUDY’:

Judy: Zellweger

Channels Garland

by Sandra Olmsted

[caption id="attachment_20581" align="alignleft" width="300"]Zellweger-in-Judy.jpg Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland belts out a song.[/caption] Largely driven by Renée Zellweger's compelling and loving performance, director Rupert Goold's heartfelt biopic Judy chronicles only the last month's of Judy Garland's life. Financially ruined by film producer and third-husband Sid Luft's (Rufus Sewell) gambling addiction, Judy Garland (Zellweger) finds herself penniless, homeless, and mostly unemployable by 1968. Read more on Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: ‘Judy’

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