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2010-10-10 10:42 pm
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Love that Dirty Water

Hey, some of you out there are from Boston/ the Boston area, aren't you? Have you seen Ben Affleck's The Town?

I saw it this afternoon, and totally recommend it, even if it does depict a Boston--violent, insanely insular, deliberately thickheaded-- that only a Bostonian could love/feel nostalgic for (and most will tell you that it's that kind of shit that made them leave).

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2010-03-07 11:25 pm
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Project Milliner

This afternoon, through no fault of my own, I saw Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

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2010-02-21 09:24 pm
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Uma Thurman's Head in a Bag

Very, very minor spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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2009-06-28 12:12 pm
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The Hurt Locker and some Post-War Berlin Stuff

Did anyone see The Hurt Locker this weekend? I love Kathryn Bigelow, and it's been getting rave reviews, but of course hasn't made it to NC yet. It sounds like a hard one to watch, but if it really is that good, maybe I'll try to see it when I'm in NYC next month...Anyway, curious to hear people's opinions/reactions--

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