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Zach Braff Uses Kickstarter to Make Second Film

April 29, 2013April 28, 2013 - by Thomas Pelkey - Leave a Comment

Actor-director Zach Braff has raised funds for a sophomore directorial effort by circumventing traditional equity financing and appealing directly to fans in a $2 million campaign on the crowdfunding site, Kickstarter. …

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Cruise’s ‘Oblivion’: Admirable Yet Empty

April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 - by Jon Giardiello - Leave a Comment

Say what you will about Tom Cruise, former biggest star in the world and current resident alien/troll of America, but the man has always been able to light up a …

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The MadCap: ‘The Collaborators’

April 16, 2013April 15, 2013 - by Sharon Weissburg - Leave a Comment

“What do you have to be guilty about?” “I’m a horrible person.” Characters on AMC’s Mad Men are falling back into old patterns, as they have done over and over again. It’s …

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The MadCap: ‘The Doorway’

April 9, 2013April 9, 2013 - by Sharon Weissburg - Leave a Comment

“They ruined it, they ruined everything. I can’t imagine it getting any darker.” The MadCap is back, and the world of Mad Men is a dark one–and getting darker still. Teetering …

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I Shouldn’t Be Watching This: ‘The Carrie Diaries’

April 5, 2013April 6, 2013 - by Adrian Burke - Leave a Comment

The CW’s The Carrie Diaries borrows the names of the characters of its mega-hit predecessor, but not much else. Although HBO’s flagship series Sex and the City connected with millions of …

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The ComiQuad: Superheroes Zoom On To Netflix!

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 - by Jon Erik Christianson - 2 Comments.

Boom! Wham! Pow! The ComiQuad is a column dedicated to the spandex-laden world of comics and superheroes. It goes up each Wednesday and will alternate between comic book reviews and other comic book news. …

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I Shouldn’t Be Watching This: ‘The Bachelor’

March 20, 2013March 20, 2013 - by Adrian Burke - Leave a Comment

I Shouldn’t Be Watching This takes a writer who would otherwise have no interest in watching a show and throws them right into it. The aim is to assess how a …

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The Quad Goes to SXSW

March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 - by Jon Giardiello - Leave a Comment

Over the past ten days or so, in between your spring break beach visits and mixed drinks, you probably checked your Twitter and/or Facebook feeds. You were probably confused as …

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Midterms, and Essays and ‘Oz’—Oh My!

March 10, 2013March 10, 2013 - by Joseph Martelli - Leave a Comment

The week of March 8, 2013 is one that I have been awaiting since the early months of 2011, and, although it happened to fall on quite a cluttered academic …

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I Shouldn’t Be Watching This: ‘Pretty Little Liars’

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 - by Adrian Burke - 4 Comments.

I Shouldn’t Be Watching This takes a writer who would otherwise have no interest in watching a show and throws them right into it. The aim is to assess how a …

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Predicting the 2013 Academy Awards

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 - by Jon Giardiello - Leave a Comment

For last Sunday’s issue, I examined the recent trend in award shows toward the unexciting and traditional and away from the groundbreaking and challenging. This year’s Oscar nominations took a …

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Rel Dowdell Celebrates Black Cinema with New Film

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 - by Joseph Martelli - Leave a Comment

Gerald Peary, film critic and professor of film studies at Boston University, held a rather special cinematheque this past Friday evening. In honor of Black History Month, Peary invited independent …

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