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Spock Meet Spock: New Audi TV Spot With Nimoy and Quinto

By Norm Schrager at May 8, 2013 | 6:37 am | 0 Comment

Even the most casual fan of J.J. Abrams' version of Star Trek knows that we get two -- yes, two! -- Mr. Spock appearances: One young Spock played by Zachary Quinto (already a geek convention favorite from TV's Heroes) and Leonard Nimoy's "older" Spock, having crossed an alternate reality continuum or something to have a conversation or two. Audi knows just what to do with more...

Comedies , Featured , Movie Previews jj abrams, leonard nimoy, star trek, zachary quinto

1980s Video Stardom: The Quirky Queue TAPEHEADS Film Review

By Scott David at May 7, 2013 | 11:16 pm | 0 Comment

5 / 5 stars I still recall the first night that MTV hit the airwaves. Although most footage at the time was merely from old concerts, it didn’t take long for the music video format to take the record business by storm. Fueled by the visual rather than the aural, MTV successfully shifted the culture into focusing on artists who looked stylish and exciting rather than more...

Comedies , Featured , Quirky Queue , Reviews john cusack, mike nesmith, tapeheads, tim robbins

2013 Independent Film Festival Boston: 12 Movies to Watch

By Norm Schrager at April 24, 2013 | 12:30 am | 2 Comments

The Boston area boasts a hell of a lot of culture. The Institute of Contemporary Art. The American Repertory Theater. The Marshmallow Fluff Festival. But each spring brings my favorite annual arts event, Independent Film Festival Boston, which begins Wednesday night with Sundance favorite The Spectacular Now, starring Oscar nominee Shailene Woodley (The Descendants). more...

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The Wonderful Tale of Captain Super Sperm: STARBUCK Film Review

By Norm Schrager at March 18, 2013 | 6:00 pm | 3 Comments

4.5 / 5 stars Sweetness and sentimentality have lost their way in popular film, either booted miserably by another Nicholas Sparks adaptation, or often replaced by snide cynicism, the entertainment tone of the decade. Well, hipster cynics, you can go one of two ways with Starbuck, the unexpectedly tender Canadian hit about the world’s most prodigious sperm donor: more...

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