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Author: Alexis Gentry
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‘Skills Like This’ sure to shine at Starz Film Fest
Max Solomon has just finished his last play and come to the awful realization that he’s just not that good at being a playwright. While dining with his friends, he decides to rob a bank and discovers that larceny might be his best skill. That’s the basic plot of Skills Like This, a quirky comedy…
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‘Across the Universe’ a visually stunning journey through Beatles’ music
Across the Universe is a stylistic musical from director Julie Taymor (Frida) and adapted from the Beatles songbook. The film, set in the 1960s, follows the story of a dockworker in Liverpool, aptly named Jude (Jim Sturgess), traveling to America to find his father. Upon his arrival in the US, he befriends a rebellious college…
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Guest Review: Control
Anton Corbijn’s Control, the biographical cinematic journey of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, takes story telling and filming making to a new level. From scene to scene, “Control” is framed in such a way that individual shots are piece of art. Corbijn’s background as a professional photographer and use of symmetry, as well as, an eye…
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“Everyone knows it’s Butters!”
Eric Stough is not Trey Parker’s little brother, though many people believe he is because he looks and behaves like the sweeter, younger version of the South Park co-creator. In fact, Stough, the inspiration for the Butters character, has been close friends with Parker since middle school and is, in many ways, the fifth Beatle…
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Toofy Film Fest showcases great indie films
Toofy Film Fest is a fun mix of fashion, music, art and film. The festival includes fashion shows, live music performances, and two days of film screening at the Boulder Theater. The films at Toofy are a refreshing break from the big-budget blockbusters that are in theaters during the summer.
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Britney’s “comeback” can’t save boring VMAs
Her performance had been hyped up for months before hand and was discussed practically nonstop on the VMA pre-show. With all the buzz that went into it, I was expecting her to do an elaborate 10 minute showcase, proving to everyone that she still had a career. Instead, I watched in horror as a chunky…
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‘Superbad’ is super funny
Superbad has made quite a splash at the box office this summer, grossing over $68.6M domestically since it’s release just over a week ago. It’s also become one of the most hyped movies around and is currently ranked at #1 on IMDb’s MOVIEMeter Top 10 list. Critics are saying that it could usher in a…
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“Trapped in the Closet” returns
R. Kelly is back with more episodes of Trapped in the Closet, airing right now on IFC.com. For those who don’t know, Trapped in the Closet has become a musical sensation and made R. Kelly even more infamous than those sex tapes he made with underage girls. Billed as a “Hip-Hopera”, Trapped is the story…
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The Lonely Island hits the big screen with ‘Hot Rod’
Hot Rod is the feature film debut from The Dudes of The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg stars as Rod Kimble, a lovable weirdo in the Napoleon Dynamite vein, who aspires to be a great stuntman like his deceased father. Rod is supported by his stunt crew of Rico (Danny R. McBride), Dave (SNL‘s Bill Hader),…
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Lil’ Mama’s “Lip Gloss” kills integrity of music
Fresh on the heels of my recent blog post about R.Kelly and Usher’s “Same Girl”, I was looking at the iTunes Top 100 today and was so horrified that I almost couldn’t believe my eyes. Right now, the list consists of so many horrible songs that it actually made me start to question the society…
