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New Release: “Paranormal Activity 2

October 11, 2010 by

Like “The Blair Witch Project” 10 years before it, “Paranormal Activity,” a low-budget, independent horror film marketed under the guise of a documentary project, achieved the near-impossible ...
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“Frozen” Will Leave You Right On the Edge of Your Seat

October 7, 2010 by

Early on in “Frozen”, the latest film from cult horror director/writer Adam Green, the characters ask themselves what the worst way to die would be.
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Turns Out Zuckerberg Started Facebook Just So Girls Would Like Him

October 7, 2010 by

David Fincher’s “The Social Network” is one of the best American films in the past few decades.
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No Age Grows Up, Calms Down On “Everything in Between”

October 7, 2010 by

Some bands will forever remain inextricably linked to a time and place, for example: Joy Division and late-‘70s Manchester, Mac Dre and late-‘90s Northern California and The Strokes and early-2000...
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It Really Is Kind of a Funny Story, As It Turns Out

October 7, 2010 by

Based on the acclaimed young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is a coming-of-age indie dramedy in the same vein of 2009’s “Adventureland”.
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Das Racist Invites You To Take a Seat, Shut Up.

September 30, 2010 by

Before you read the rest of this review, catch up on some history and listen to a track from the band’s first mixtape, Shut Up Dude. It’s called “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” and it’...
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Maroon 5 Bores, Few Care

September 30, 2010 by

  Pop golden boys Maroon 5 are back with Hands All Over, the group’s latest studio effort. The album is Maroon 5’s return to the stripped-down, organic sound behind its breakout record and a ...
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Major Lazer Speaks!

September 30, 2010 by

When I walk in to Diplo’s green room, he’s bent over a piece of printer paper, writing a rider on it with a silver Sharpie.
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Seeing “You” Once is Enough

September 30, 2010 by

Let me start by saying that whatever preconceived opinion you have of You Again is probably right.
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Ben Affleck Dressing As a Nun? Always a Crowd Pleaser.

September 23, 2010 by

Ben Affleck’s latest brainchild, “The Town,” is also his latest ploy at attracting fans of the crime/ gangster/ heist genre.
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That One Chick From Superbad Made Another Movie!

September 23, 2010 by

Apart from slasher films and romantic comedies, high school flicks might just have the worst hit-to-miss ratio of any genre. For every gem, there is at least a dozen atrociously unoriginal, abysmal fi...
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Velvet Jones Presents: The Melvins!

September 23, 2010 by

Sludge metal goofballs The Melvins played Velvet Jones last Thursday, September 16.
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Can Steve Buscemi and Martin Scorcese Save HBO?

September 23, 2010 by

“Boardwalk Empire” is HBO’s shot at regaining the title of “Channel with the Best Original Show” from AMC.
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Joaquin Phoenix: More Present Than Ever

September 23, 2010 by

Casey Affleck’s admission that “I’m Still Here” was all a hoax makes it a much better movie.
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A Cut Above the Rest

September 16, 2010 by

Some movies are slow. They draw you in with nuances of character development and meditative contemplation of the human condition. “Machete” is not one of those movies.
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