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Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave Movies for 2025

TOP FIVE Sinners Weapons La Grazia Sentimental Value The Secret Agent Honorable Mention: Blue Moon, The History of Sound, Bugonia SINNERS This is the fifth film directed by Ryan Coogler and the fifth to star Michael B. Jordan. Jordan plays identical twins in this movie, and with him being one of the handsomest men on earth and all, what a treat to have twice as much screen time looking at him. But in addition to that he gives an impressive couple of performances. He different

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Fabulous Friday: "I Want Candy"

I had a little "I Want Candy" moment on my recent trip to Spain. I'll save that story for my travelogue! Here's the song as recorded by Bow Wow Wow, always sure to get me on the dance floor: I read some of the comments on YouTube and was surprised to learn that it's not an original by Bow Wow Wow, it was a cover of a song written by The Strangeloves. Anyone heard of them? I'm sure my brother Howard has. Their original version is pretty fabulous, it made me want to hear it don

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CDA: Ileana Cotrubas

I just read in The Times about the death of the Romanian soprano Ileana Cotrubas (age 87). She had retired by the time I started going to the opera but I know a bit of her work from recordings and telecasts. Here she is in one of her signature roles, as Mimi in La Bohème. She was known for playing fragile, wounded characters. There was something sincere and heartbreaking about her performances. Or so I've heard. There was a funny story in The Times obit about La Bohème. They

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