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    By Greg Popil In 2005, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller teamed up to co-direct an adaptation of Miller’s graphic novel “Sin City” and created what many people felt was an evolution in film itself. T...

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    By Greg Popil In 1993, Lois Lowry’s young-adult novel “The Giver” was an award-winning breakthrough, a book that introduced an entire generation to the type of dystopian-future literature that domina...

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    By Greg Popil Given how little respect the subgenre of comic book movies receive from filmmakers, critics and audiences alike (right up until it became the most lucrative and beloved subgenre right a...

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    By Greg Popil You have to give director Luc Besson this much credit:  He never, ever feels like he’s on autopilot.  If Besson were a baseball player he would be one of those frustratingly inconsisten...

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  • “PURGE” SEQUEL SMARTLY EXPANDS PREMISE
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    By Greg Popil Ever since the rise of blockbuster culture in Hollywood in the 1980s, the “hook,” or basic premise for a film, has largely taken precedence over characterization, plotting or even story...

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    By Greg Popil There are many wonderful pleasures to being a filmgoer, but perhaps the greatest joy someone that really cares about movies can experience is the all-too-rare sensation of watching a mov...

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  • UNPLEASANT McCARTHY CHARACTER DOOMS “TAMMY”
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ANGELO SANTORO: BEST ALBUMS & CONCERTS

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NEW OF MONTREAL SONG: “SHE AIN’T SPEAKIN’ NOW”

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ECHOSMITH BRINGS HANG AROUND TOUR TO GRAMERCY THEATER

ECHOSMITH BRINGS HANG AROUND TOUR TO GRAMERCY THEATER

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BON IVER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, ’22, A MILLION’: HEAR 2 TRACKS

BON IVER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, ’22, A MILLION’: HEAR 2 TRACKS

Aug 14, 2016
UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS UNLEARNS OLD LESSONS ON DEBUT ALBUM

UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS UNLEARNS OLD LESSONS ON DEBUT ALBUM

Jan 21, 2015
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May 19, 2025

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