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Before there was torture porn, human centipedes, and creepy kids crawling out of TV screens, there was a little 1996 movie called Scream. And before there were all those Scary …
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Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) has left his position as regional manager of Dunder-Mifflin. Here are some thoughts on his final episode.
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A how-to guide for the Royal Wedding nut in all of us.
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“The Assault,” a French thriller based on the real-life mission to recover a hijacked airliner, tries to be a serious meditation of the dangers and uncertainty of counter-terrorism teams, but gets dragged back down to earth by a stale narrative, shaky camerawork, and a bag of cliches.
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If 43 percent of the population suffers from a disorder, is it really a disorder at all? That question, among others, is what Orgasm, Inc asks its audience to consider. …
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The Independent Film Festival of Boston, the most attended film festival in the New England area, gets underway this Wednesday, April 27 at the Somerville Theater in Davis Square. For …
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I did not want Splinters. I have immensely disliked sports movies for as long as I can remember. The exception is Bring It On, only because it is nothing but …
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Pablo Croce’s documentary on MMA fighter Anderson Silva, “Like Water,” is an honest look into the life of a mixed-martial artist, with emphasis on the “art:”
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Numerous Japanese movie enthusiasts, Godzilla adorers, and sushi lovers piled into the 9th floor of the Boston University Photonics Center on Thursday night to treat themselves to an eye-opening lecture about postwar Japan followed by a screening of the original Japanese Godzilla film, Gojira.
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Call me a nerd, call me an anglophile, call me what you like. I love Doctor Who. The show returns to BBC America this Saturday at 9pm, and audiences could …
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Warning: This documentary contains as many sponsors as your average summer movie blockbuster. That factoid kicks off the inquisitive look at the wide world of marketing. The good, the bad, …
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There’s been a TV trend in the past few years that has reappeared several times this season. Let’s play a little game. I’m going to describe the premise of a …
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