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Queue Your Netflix with Class(ics): Blaxploitation Films

September 26, 2010September 27, 2010 - by Monica Castillo - 1 Comment

Don’t let your mouth get your ass in trouble. Of the founding fathers of the blaxploitation genre, Shaft was mainstream Hollywood’s first foray into ethnocentric entertainment geared towards black urban …

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Mean Streets: Boston’s Reputation on Film

September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 - by David Braga - Leave a Comment

It’s a pleasant feeling when you walk by something that you’ve seen before on a movie screen. It feels larger than life, immortalized. When you get that feeling in Boston, …

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‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ Review: Silly and Sappy in a Psych Ward

September 24, 2010March 11, 2011 - by Paul Squire - Leave a Comment

Craig Gilner is 16-years-old, a taciturn, nervous, shell of a teenager. His face, boyish and innocent, sinks between his two scrawny shoulders, as if it could hide from the troubles …

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Let’s See That Again: ‘Best Week Ever’

September 22, 2010January 26, 2013 - by Lauren Wiegand - 3 Comments.

Remembering the pre-dating show era of VH1

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9500 Liberty Review: It’s the Salsa Music that Really Scares Me…

September 21, 2010October 3, 2010 - by David Braga - 2 Comments.

I grew up in Prince William County, Virginia, the location and subject of Annabel Park and Eric Byler’s fascinating new documentary, 9500 Liberty. It is not a bad place, and …

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Double Feature: ‘The Town’ Review: Get Out of Town

September 21, 2010January 8, 2011 - by Paul Squire - 2 Comments.

Ben Affleck’s latest Boston-bound flick The Town prides itself on its Beantown roots. The characters sport jerseys of Bruins and Red Sox heroes and speak in a slurred concoction of …

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Premiere Review: “Boardwalk Empire”

September 20, 2010January 26, 2013 - by Kan Long - 1 Comment

HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” is an expensive, height-aspiring prohibition drama that might just be dead in the water.  Yes, I am taking a negative stance on a Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”) …

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‘The Town’ Review: They Run This Town

September 20, 2010September 21, 2010 - by Monica Castillo - 1 Comment

Who runs this Town? Ben Affleck apparently wants to. He, along with Martin Scorsese, are hell-bent on depicting Boston as the sequel to New York City’s gritty Times Square of …

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‘Going The Distance’ Review: Right Time, Wrong Place

September 16, 2010September 27, 2010 - by Chree Izzo - Leave a Comment

Both on screen and off, Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are adorable, almost annoyingly so. They’re like those Sour Patch Kids commercials: one minute you want to punch them in …

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‘Animal Kingdom’ Review: Growing Up Wild

September 15, 2010November 11, 2010 - by David Braga - 1 Comment

Animal Kingdom, the Australian crime export from first time director David Michôd, is a pretty good film that falls short of being great by making one crucial mistake. It’s remarkable …

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‘The American’ Review: See ‘False Advertising’

September 13, 2010September 21, 2010 - by Paul Squire - Leave a Comment

The trailer for George Clooney’s latest film, The American, shows Clooney’s character taking a page from Jason Bourne’s book. He shoots bullets and steely gazes and cocks guns with a …

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The Best Fall Previews Preceding the Worst Summer Films Coming to Theatres Near You!

September 13, 2010September 13, 2010 - by Monica Castillo - Leave a Comment

Don’t know what to watch out for this Fall? Well, it isn’t the leaves you have to worry about. It’s the month of October.

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