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Worst Superhero Movie Ever

May 8th, 2012 | 1 Comment | Movies |

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Terminator Salvation

January 19th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Movies |

Is this trip really necessary? The “Terminator” franchise is a great example of a sci-fi mythology, and mining its veins of self-reference and historical paradoxes has been a rewarding enterprise for most (though not all) of the movies, as well as the “Chronicles” TV series. But generally, you want to move the ball ahead a [...]

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The Week In Reviews

January 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Art, Entertainment, Movies, Music |

I spent most of my time over the break with LF out there in real life, and I offer a thousand apologies for not posting anything. Well, trying to get back on track, here are a few capsule reviews of some of the various entertainments we availed ourselves of.

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Inglourious Basterds

October 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |

3.5 stars for gratuitous but cathartic violence.

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Roman Polanski and The Pianist

September 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies, Music |

This deeply moving, deeply felt and beautifully rendered film is something everyone should see. If for no other reason, the climactic scene of a freezing and starving Polish pianist playing Chopin for his life.

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Two Movies About French Food

September 8th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Food, Movies |

Babette’s Feast and Julie and Julia.

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Hey Sammy, Come Here Boy

June 6th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies, Music |

Sam Butera, Louis Prima’s arranger and tenor sax man, dead at 81. Here’s a cut from the 1956 album “The Wildest,” Oh Marie. It’s a nice example of the goofball stage antics and raw energy of the Prima band in its prime. Oh Marie

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Movie Roundup

June 2nd, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |

Over the weekend LF and I caught up with two movies, “Valkyrie” and “Frost/Nixon,” two stories of politicians and what went wrong.

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Star Trek

May 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |

The LF and I went out to see the new Star Trek pic Saturday night. The local theater at Essex Green was showing it on its biggest screen, which was especially nice.

But does it live up to the hype?

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Duplicity

March 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |

It’s a winning kind of movie with a mousetrap plot and some clever twists and turns along the way, and a cast that that makes it look easy.

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On The Waterfront

February 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |

There may be better movies out there than this, but not very many and they’re not better by very much.

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Music From The BBE Concert

February 17th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies, Music |

I just got my master CD of the last orchestra concert, and to celebrate I’m putting up an audio clip of some band music.

For a few minutes there, we were the best concert band in town. Er, wind ensemble.

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