By Le Anne Lindsay (Tinsel & Tine)
I fell down on my PFS blogging duties, as I wasn’t able to attend last Thursday’s screening of Almost Famous, as part of the Rockin’ Reels at the Piazza summer series, in collaboration with 102.9 WMGK.
I also missed last Saturday’s screening of Wings (1927), the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (the only silent film to ever do so), screened at Macy’s (Old John Wanamaker Building) with live organ accompaniment.
And although I’ve yet to catch the wave of dedication and passion for the Twilight saga ; it would have been fun to witness the pandemonium of screaming fans who showed up to the Free screening of Twilight: New Moon, introduced by second tier stars Jackson Rathbone and Bronson Pelletier which also took place on Saturday. Click HERE to see Rathbone and Pelletier Q&A footage, filmed by PFS Managing Director before the screening.
If any readers were at any of the above events, we’d LOVE to hear your comments and feedback!
My reason’s for not being able to attend some PFS happenings, had to do with blogging conflicts with my own site, Tinsel & Tine – check out my posts from the movie premiere event The Evils and coverage of the NYC FoodFilm Festival.
Last night PFS offered a limited number of tickets for the preview screening of Despicable Me (Directors Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud). 
The latest in what seems to be a slew of Computer-animated 3D films. Steve Carell gives voice to the super-villain, despicable Gru, who’s in the midst of hatching a plan to steal the moon, assisted by his near senile, evil scientist, Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) and his brood of commercially viable minions (pictured). The plan goes awry when he decides to involve three orphaned girls, Margo, Edith & Agnes (Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher) and gets further complicated by the young, super-nerd villain, Vector (Jason Segel).
The film’s humor and writing is not as spot on ridiculously funny as the Shrek movies or as clever as the Toy Story movies, but it is delightful! Its silly humor often caught me off guard, creating sudden bursts of laughter. And I am a sap; there’s a Grinch’s heart growing out of the frame element to the movie that will melt the hearts of children and adults alike.
Next up: Shine a Light (7/15 7pm Piazza at Schmidts) A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, directed by Martin Scorsese.
DVD Swap (7/21 6:30-8pm Triumph Brewery) One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – plus for singles it could be a really cute meet! I might pretend I wanted Beowulf, if the guy holding the DVD was hot enough. $10 admission benefits the upcoming Philadelphia Film Festival (Oct. 14-24)