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5 New Films You Should Stream Right Now on Netflix: Entire “Rocky” Catalog Available in August

So it has come to this, would-be blockbuster summer: You’ve spent all your big shells, the heavy casings. X-Men: Days of Future Past, Sex Tape, […]

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Best Student Discounts at Philadelphia Arts Venues

We’ve done some research to put together this nifty, one-stop-shop of the best ways you can get the most out of that student i.d. card […]

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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Boys of Summer, The Story of Love and Equality, BlackStar Film Festival and More

Marriage Equality remains a controversial topic for folks on both sides of the issue. Because the battle is so heated, people rarely take time to actually […]

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Movie Meter: Guardians of the Galaxy Will Obliterate the Weekend Box Office—And Rightfully So

SEE IT NOW! Guardians of the Galaxy: Consider the summer movie season saved. What sounds like an unlikely sort of superhero action flick—seriously, two of […]

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Johnny Weir Shot Secret Gay Film at Sochi Winter Olympics

Apparently Olympic skater—and Quarryville, Pennsylvania native—Johnny Weir was doing more than moderating for NBC (and Instagramming his outlandish outfits) at this year’s Sochi Winter Olympics. Amid all […]

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What to See at the BlackStar Film Festival

The 3rd annual BlackStar Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, July 31st. The event comprises screenings of more than 40 feature and short films, and panels made up […]

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Movie-O-Meter: Our Take On Lucy, A Most Wanted Man, Happy Christmas, and More

SEE IT NOW! Lucy: Luc Besson’s bugnuts quasi-action-thriller-cum-time-and-space-meditation stars Scarlett as a student living in Taipei who gets embroiled in a nasty Asian drug cartel and accidentally […]

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INTERVIEW: Boyhood Director Richard Linklater

Writer/Director Richard Linklater has released a steady stream of critically adored indie films since 1988’s It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, but […]

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Philly’s Bradley Cooper and Will Smith Make Top 10 List of Hollywood’s Highest Paid Actors

Forbes just released its annual list of highest paid actors, and Philly boy Bradley Cooper makes an impressive show at No. 3. Forbes estimates he […]

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Movie-O-Meter: Boyhood Shines, Sex Tape Fizzles + Our Take On Other New Releases

SEE IT NOW! Boyhood: Easily one of the most-anticipated films of the summer by film critics and indie fans since its debut at Sundance this […]

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Rapid-Fire Questions With a Grumpy Zach Braff

Zach Braff is best known as the affable Dr. Dorian on the long-running TV comedy Scrubs, but the actor/writer/director has also made his own films, beginning […]

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Movie-O-Meter: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Could Be the Summer’s Best Blockbuster

SEE IT NOW! Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: The improbable rise of the apes continues, both in the film’s narrative and in the […]

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Philadelphia Orchestra Meets Outdoor Cinema at Movie Nights at The Mann

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is taking Philly’s summer obsession with al fresco movies to a new level. Next week, Movie Nights at The […]

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New Movie-O-Meter: Snowpiercer is In, Tammy is NOT!

Our weekly round-up of new releases, ranked for your viewing pleasure, by their indispensability and watchability. Yes, we made up that word.

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Movie-O-Meter: Save Yourself From Transformers: Age of Extinction, Go See The Discoverers Instead

SEE IT NOW! The Discoverers: It’s been far too long since Griffin Dunne has had a role of sufficient significance. Sure, the After Hours star has […]