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Movies for the Young at Heart this Holiday Season

November 14, 2011November 14, 2011 - by Kelly Dickinson - 1 Comment

Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Winter Solstice or Festivus, chances are that this time of year is filled with memories of warmth, joy and juvenile giddiness. Some …

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Best Show You’re Not Watching: Downton Abbey

November 11, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Briana Seftel - Leave a Comment

Good heavens my lord, this is one addictively good show! Downton Abbey, with its petticoats and primness, is period drama at its finest. Set in 1912 following the sinking of …

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Melancholia, released 2011
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‘Melancholia’ Review: It’s The End of The World As We Know It, And Kirsten Dunst Feels Fine

November 10, 2011November 10, 2011 - by Sara Arnold - 1 Comment

Melancholia, the latest from controversial director Lars von Trier, is a consuming experience. From the opening, a dream-like sequence cutting to different slowed down scenes of the apocalypse as “Tristan …

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The Gleecap: “The First Time”

November 9, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Jon Erik Christianson - Leave a Comment

The Gleecap is a brand new column dedicated to recap and review the zany antics that occur in each episode of the television show Glee. Blog posts will be released each Wednesday following …

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‘Tower Heist’ Review: Subtly Smart Skyscraper Caper

November 9, 2011November 8, 2011 - by Ruth Chan - Leave a Comment

With Occupy Wall Street fresh in our minds, Tower Heist couldn’t have opened at a better time. Set in the world of the elite 1%, the film centers around the …

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Common's new album The Dreamer, The Believer comes out December 20th! Wait, wrong plug.
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AMC’s Hell on Wheels

November 9, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Adrian Burke - Leave a Comment

AMC’s slate of scripted programming, like any other network, has been hit and miss. It’s easy to idealize a network that produces gems like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, but …

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In Urbanized, Cities on the Silver Screen

November 8, 2011November 7, 2011 - by Allan Lasser - 1 Comment

A review of Gary Hustwit’s Urbanized, which was screened on November 4th at the MFA. It looks at the role urban design plays in shaping everyday life.

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YouTube: The Future of Television?

November 8, 2011September 29, 2021 - by Aria Ruggiero - 1 Comment

YouTube: the land of the free and the home of infinite cat videos. It’s where we all got our first taste of “Shoes,” the baby singing “Hey Jude,” and “Charlie …

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Characters in a Zombie Apocalypse: AMC’s The Walking Dead

November 3, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Adrian Burke - 2 Comments.

Are people more effectively defined in the direst situations or through their day-to-day mundanities? Do we get to know characters better when they are in the crucible of tense drama …

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The Gleecap: “Pot O’ Gold”

November 2, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Jon Erik Christianson - Leave a Comment

The Gleecap is a brand new column dedicated to recap and review the zany antics that occur in each episode of the television show Glee. Blog posts will be released each Wednesday following …

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The Three Musketeers
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‘The Three Musketeers’ Review: All for What?

November 1, 2011November 1, 2011 - by Ruth Chan - 1 Comment

Paul W.S Anderson and Milla Jovovich have done it. The husband and wife duo responsible for the Resident Evil trilogy have decided to expand their horizons and tackle some classic …

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Childhood Stories with a Not-So-Childhood Twist

October 31, 2011January 26, 2013 - by Leah Mackstutis - Leave a Comment

Aside from the fact that they’re both based on favorite childhood fairy tales and they both premiered on the same week, NBC’s Grimm and ABC’s Once Upon a Time could …

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