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City Life

Dispatch From a Princess Wars Survivor

It’s been a while since I last watched a Disney princess movie, and thank God for that. But 40,000 viewings when my daughter was between […]

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Does Tumblr Darling Loki Steal Thor’s Thunder in The Dark World?

Thor: The Dark World Philadelphia showtimes. Bold moves, big hammer, pretty straw-colored Aryan hair that’s totally begging to be twisted into Bo Derek braids (just […]

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Blockbuster Officially Busted

Netflix! (Shakes fist.) To the surprise of many, Blockbuster still has a few brick-and-mortar stores open, but today the company announced that it will close all of […]

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Tom Hanks Wasn’t Supposed to Play Lead Role in Philadelphia

On December 23, one of the LGBT community’s most iconic films, Philadelphia, will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The milestone will be marked on Nov. 12, […]

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5 New Gay Movies on Netflix

November is here, which means it’s not only the first full month of fall, but the official start of “snuggle up and watch a movie” […]

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Ender’s GameTop Gun with Tweens?

As much as Gavin Hood’s long-awaited adaptation of Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card’s most popular novel, purports to peel into issues of intergalactic peace and […]

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Sharon Needles’ 13 Best Horror Movies

If any drag queen can claim Halloween as her own, it’s gotta be Sharon Needles, the spooky, piercing-eyed winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4. […]

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Are the Redskins Changing Their Name to the “Bravehearts”?

TMZ has an intriguing report out that the Washington Redskins, whose name has become unacceptable to utter in polite society, may be contemplating a switch. […]

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Matthew Perry to Speak at Penn

Matthew Perry will take his traveling redemption tour to Penn in early November, where he’ll talk to students about substance abuse, substance abuse recovery, and […]

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Really, Truly, Most Assuredly: The Roxy Is Almost Open Again.

Victor Fiorillo may be skeptical, but it looks like the Roxy Theater might be close to re-opening. The date? Nov. 15

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New Gay Film to Be Set, Shot
in Philly, Probably

When local artist and film buff Kelly Burkhardt was working at TLA as the vice president of operations, a lot of movie scripts would come […]

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Why Millennials Should Opt Out of Obamacare

Sometime back in 2001, Denzel Washington brought his ’79 Monte Carlo to a dead stop in the middle of a bustling LA intersection to hold […]

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New Gay Movies You Can Stream Right Now on Netflix

What better way to kick off LGBT History Month than with a marathon of good gay flicks. But before you say, “I’ve already seen them […]

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Has the Boyd Theater Found New Life at Last?

Philly.com reports that Florida-based iPic entertainment has proposed renovating the long-empty Boyd Theater on Chestnut Street. “The new iPic Theaters at The Boyd will feature […]

The Scene

Screening of Susan Seidelman’s Musical Chairs

The Gerald and Janet Carrus Foundation recently hosted a screening of director Susan Seidelman‘s Musical Chairs, a delightful movie about love and wheelchair ballroom dancing (watch […]