Posts Tagged ‘review’

Tim Heidecker in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing

‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ Review

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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim may be two of the funniest comedians working today. Since the early 2000s, the Los Angeles duo has amassed a devoted following for a series [...]

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Feb 3, 2012 | Leave a response

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The Milk Carton Kids: 2011′s Best Kept Secret

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The Milk Carton Kids, AKA Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, explore musical minimalism in their newest album, Prologue. Prologue was released in the summer of 2011, although its music—the simple [...]

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Dec 12, 2011 | Leave a response

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Surfer Blood’s “Tarot Classics” Preserves Soul, Signals Shift in Sound

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Last year’s Indie darlings Surfer Blood released their long-anticipated Tarot Classics on Kanine Records today. The EP serves as a trailer for Surfer Blood’s next full-length release, and contains four [...]

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Oct 25, 2011 | Leave a response

Diamond Rings at Paradise Rock Club. Photo by Meghan Gilligan

The Many Faces of Diamond Rings

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One-man show John O’Regan, better known as Diamond Rings, redefined stage presence at the Paradise Rock Club Thursday night. Accompanied by fellow genre-straddler Twin Shadow, O’Regan went out with a [...]

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Oct 10, 2011 | Leave a response

Lost in Translation

BU Film Society Gets Lost in Translation

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What if what a person had been searching for was right where they least expected it, halfway around the world? Would they pause reality for it? These are some of [...]

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Sep 26, 2011 | Leave a response

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‘Drive’ Review: Ryan Gosling Enters the Shark Tank

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Ryan Gosling’s character does exactly what the film title says: “I drive.” Auto mechanic/stuntman by day and getaway driver by night, Gosling lives behind the wheel. The audience never learns [...]

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Sep 22, 2011 | Leave a response

Insert troll comment here about repressed male sexuality. Poster from Paramount Studios.

‘Transformers 3′ Review: The Transformer Drinking Game

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No plot, no real acting, too loud, too offensive, too stupid, too many foreground and background changes, too many cameos, over inflated, over done, over length, and I’m over it.

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Jul 5, 2011 | 4 Responses

When your main co-stars have names like "bitey" and "stinky"-worry. Alot. Poster from 20th Century Fox.

‘Mr.Popper’s Penguins’ Review: Positively Preposterous

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In the event that you have forgotten a favorite among the reading lists of your elementary school, let me sum up the premise of Mr. Popper’s Penguins. A painter and [...]

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Jun 17, 2011 | Leave a response

Director Aaron Burns attempts to explain the differences between what he made up and what he created in the movie.

Reel Straight SXSW: ‘blacktino’ Review

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blacktino, a new film about a mixed-race teenager, touches on interesting issues but ultimately falls flat thanks to a sub-par lead performance.

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Mar 15, 2011 | 2 Responses

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Double Feature: ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ Review: Magic isn’t just Fun Anymore.

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Dear fellow Muggles, it’s time once again to congregate in strange clothes robes for the next installation of the story about the Boy who Lived. I did my Potter-head duties [...]

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Nov 19, 2010 | 1 Response

The Good, The Bad, The Remote

The Good, The Bad, The Remote

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There should be an opening day for television.  There should be some kind of hero’s parade/welcome/that scene in Gladiator when Commodus returns from Germania.  Then, when a hush has fallen [...]

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Sep 27, 2010 | 1 Response