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If you like Leo Tolstoy, Helen Mirren or Christopher Plummer, you will love this movie. And even if you don’t like any of them, you will enjoy seeing how flower children first blossomed on Tolstoy’s farm and not a farm in Woodstock.  Pre-order The Last Station on Amazon.
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Inspiring heart-felt film detailing the challenges faced by Temple Grandin, a woman with autism, growing up in the 1970s.  I was impressed by the light that was shed on the beef industry,  appreciated the humorous dialogue between the characters, and was truly swept away by Danes’s convincing performance.  Buy the DVD or Temple Grandin’s...
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A plethora of stars in a Shakespearean classic. It’s Hamlet gone dark.
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*SPOILER ALERT* The Da Vinci Code “Why’s he doing that to himself?  Looks painful.” “Well, at least they won’t bother with the sequel.” Angels and Demons *Snoring* Inglourious Basterds “Mmm.  They spelled it wrong.  I just noticed that.” “Wait, did they just shoot him?  Wasn’t that Hitler?  I thought that was Hitler.” “When did...
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“Battleship Potemkin… is that the one where Steven Seagal is the Navy SEAL disguised as a cook?”
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1derful Seconds from J.D. Amato on Vimeo. Filmmakers see the world differently than most.  It’s their gift. Judging by his work, J.D. Amato‘s world is colorful and tightly edited.  It’s surreal and fanciful but based in reality.  (Note: Even the cover to his mix-tape is bright!) Give him a small space, limited characters (see:...
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In our world, only two types of people exist: 1) Those who take the “Which Freaks & Geeks Character Are You?” quiz and pray for Bill Haverchuck; and 2) Those who have no idea who Bill Haverchuck is. Needless to say, we prefer to hang out with the first type.  We also suggest a...
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Like any normal person, I dig through the TED archives when I can’t fall asleep at night. (Readers, you heard it here first: when you don’t have a television in your bedroom, video apps are the next best thing.) Which is how I stumbled upon this inspirational gem circa 5 or 6 in the...
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Upon first glance, it’s hard not to compare Jenny Deller to Al Gore.  (Although, let’s face it, Jenny Deller is much better looking.) In Future Weather, Jenny’s first feature film, the main character finds the effects of global warming so terrifying that she sets out to try to stop it. Moreover, like Vice President...
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It was love at first sight when we first heard Jenny Deller, the writer/director of Future Weather, speak at an Ignite Philly event. Out of all of the awesome (literally, all of them) Ignite Philly presentations, the Future Weather team – Jenny Deller and Kristin Fairweather – made this shy girl go up and...
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