The Astaires: Fred & Adele
By Kathleen Riley
Oxford University Press, 2012
Before Fred and Ginger, there was Fred and Adele. When I started reading The Astaires, I expected that phrase would best describe this tribute to the legendary sibling dance team. I was wrong.
The gist of it is really t read more
Fred e Ginger, Ginger & Fred Fred Astaire e Ginger Rogers formaram uma das duplas mais famosas do cinema. Suas figuras são tão indissociáveis quanto as de O Gordo e o Magro, Romeu e Julieta ou Tom e Jerry. Dançaram juntos em dez musicais que renderam milhões nas bilheterias. Era de se esperar read more
Hearts and Diamonds involves a lovable fat man (John Bunny) out to marry a rich woman. Eventually it becomes all about baseball, which makes very little sense. It turns out the woman, played by Flora Finch, loves baseball so Bunny ends up holding a game to impress her. Until the game, which drags o read more
Ginger & Fred (1986) I’m not sure why I keep returning to Fellini films thinking the result will be different. I’ve seen more of the director’s films than any other Italian actor or director and yet I continually dislike what I see. I know I keep trying to enjoy them beca read more
