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10 Hottest Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirts of 2013

Wildwood is a town where fashion is important. Hear me out. Wildwood fashion may be trashy, but the boardwalk is a place to be seen. […]

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Reviews: Is After Earth the Worst Movie Ever Made?

Well, After Earth is finally out. The latest movie from Philadelphia-area filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan stars Will Smith and his son Jaden, and it seems […]

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Frances Ha and the Death of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

For the past couple months, I’ve told anyone I can get to listen to me about an essay by journalist Michelle Orange, called “The Dream […]

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Is This The End of Kirk And Spock’s Gay Love Affair?

It’s a lesson that must be learned and re-learned, yet it always ends up as something of a surprise: There’s nothing either so beautiful or […]

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Bad Movie Monday at Milkboy

Milkboy Philadelphia will be screening Big Trouble in Little China this Monday, May 20, as part of its Bad Movie Monday series. Big Trouble is one of those classic […]

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10 Things to Know Before Seeing Star Trek Into Darkness

For the most part, I am excited to see new movies (save for those in the Twilight series or anything starring Julia Stiles). But the movie that […]

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Star Wars And Doctor Who Fans Rumble at UK Convention

My wife and I are raising our 4-year-old son in a multi-faith household: He loves Doctor Who, Star Wars, and Star Trek. Why on earth […]

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Spotted: Denzel Washington at Penn Commencement

In the bleachers at Franklin Field: Denzel Washington, whose son Malcom is graduating today: Great Shot of Denzel Washington at the Penn Graduation on @fox29philly […]

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The Great Gatsby: Luhrmann vs. Fitzgerald

Today, the fourth cinematic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, and Joel Edgerton) opens in […]

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Hava Nagila (The Movie) Tells the Story of a Famous Song

  Hava Nagila (The Movie) employs everyone from rabbis and scholars to Harry Belafonte to describe the story—and cultural impact—behind the famous song. The film, […]

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Ku Klux Klan Guy Screening Documentary at the Mutter Museum Tonight

First he was a Daily News Sexy Single. Then he was a guy on Chestnut Street dressed as a Klan member. And now, fresh off being […]

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WATCH: Trailer For Lee Daniels’ New Movie, The Butler, Starring Oprah Winfrey And Other, Much Less Famous People

Philly’s Lee Daniels has made, er, quite a splash with his last two movies: Precious made everybody feel very bad about poverty and slightly impressed […]

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The Best Movie Theater Snacks in the Philadelphia Area

In the May issue of Philadelphia magazine the staff put together the Movie-Lover’s Guide to Philly’s Screen Scene. Almost 50 theaters were visited and rated. Along the […]

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WATCH: Girl Most Likely Trailer Puts Kristen Wiig in Ocean City

This just popped up on Twitter: Holy god Kristin Wiig and Ocean City? Two of my favorite things, like, EVER? Yes. Yes and yes and […]

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Ray Harryhausen, Special Effects Wizard: RIP

Kids: Back in the old days there was no CGI to make extraordinary events in movies look real. Seriously, that stuff’s only been around about […]