News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Sunday January 11th 2026
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
Mediapro
Uptown
****1/2
Cast: Owen Wilson (Gil Pender), Rachel McAdam (Inez), Mimi Kennedy (Helen Pender), kurt fuller (John Pender), Tom Hiddleson (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Marion Cotillard (Adriana), Corey Stoll (Ernest Hemingway), David Lowe (T.S.Eliot), Adrien Brody (Salvador Dali), Olivier Rabourdin (Paul Gauguin), Francois Rostain (Edgar Degas), Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (Pablo Picasso), Kathy Bates (Gertrude Stein), Michael Sheen (Paul), Thierry Hancis se (Phil), Lea Seydoux ( Gabrieela).
PG-13. Running time: 100 minutes. Director: Woody Allen.
“Midnight in Paris” is proof the old “hopeless” romantic director, Woody Allen, still packs a punch in his cinematic mind. Most of his more recent films such as the flat “Melinda and Melinda” (2004) and slightly entertaining “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008) have been rather torporific works. He wrote the screenplay for “Midnight in Paris” which should be considered for an Oscar for 2011. “Midnight in Paris” is extraordinary. Adding to an excellent script, the compelling fantasy with novelist Gil Penders, Played beautifully by Owen Wilson, on vacation in Paris with fiancee Inez (Rachel McAdams) and her parents John (Kurt Fuller) and Mimi Kennedy (Helen).Gil is fascinated with Paris, especially back in the 1920s. Gil gets his wish strolling through Paris alone at midnight. … Read the rest “Midnight in Paris”
Fish Tacos by La Sirena Gorda, “The Fat Mermaid.”
By Courtney Algeo
The truth is this: I went to the Midtown Global Market on a rainy Tuesday evening to review Pacific Islander Cuisine. We went around 6:00 p.m.”“prime dinnertime”“but only one person was working at the restaurant, cooking and dishing up all of the made to order food herself. She looked like she was working extremely hard, and the food she was making smelled delicious. Unfortunately, I suffer from what some call the hanger. Hanger is a portmanteau of the words “hungry” and “angry”, that signifies the emotion contained in the moment when your desire for food turns into a hot, burning rage. Or, perhaps it”'s just a case of crippling impatience.
To shield those near me from my hanger, I simply turned around in the aisle at Midtown Global Market and ordered some delightful fish tacos from La Sirena Gorda, which means (hilariously) “the fat mermaid.” Although this was the first time a name had been associated with the restaurant, I had heard a lot about the fish tacos before I stumbled into this dining experience.… Read the rest “Fish Tacos by La Sirena Gorda, “The Fat Mermaid.””
Keep citizen journalism alive!
What”'s in a Name?
By Peter Molenaar
13,000 years ago the great glacier, which had covered these parts for many thousands of years, began to recede. Giant ice boulders left among the drift created the holes which became our lakes. One such lake would come to be called Mde Maka Ska.
The people migrated northward with the receding ice. Those who remained in this neighborhood began to alter the landscape with the repeated use of fire. Forest undergrowth was reduced. Pockets of prairie and oak savannah were expanded. Buffalo befriended the curious deer.
Time passed”¦
In 1803, the United States purchased “ownership” of this area from France. In 1805, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike acquired from the Dakota the site which would become Fort Snelling. In 1817, the then Secretary of War, one John C. Calhoun, sent in an army to survey the surroundings. Having located Mde Maka Ska, the troops decided to call her “Lake Calhoun”.
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