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‘Journey 2’ plays male-bonding theme for jokey, adorable laughs
While ‘most consider’ the stories of 19th-century novelist Jules Verne ‘works of science fiction, Vernians know otherwise.’
Amid the ice, ‘Big Miracle’ is heartwarming and likable
Much like the book that inspired it, the movie balances its sentimental side with a healthy dose of cynicism.
At the Movies
‘Journey 2,’ ‘Safe House,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘This Means War’ and ‘The Vow.’
New England blues legend Montgomery keeps on playing
Montgomery has toured and recorded with everyone from Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Springsteen to B.B. King and The Allman Brothers Band.
’70s: Jive Talkin’ catch phrases from the era
‘Sorry, Charlie!’ Source: “Charlie’s Angels” (TV series, 1976-1981) One could argue that this catch-phrase-turned-put-down originated with the Charlie the Tuna commercials for StarKist Tuna, but we remember it best from the original “Charlie’s Angels” TV show about three beautiful women who alternated between flirtatious damsels in distress and kick-butt private eyes. They never knew the […]
’70s: Album reviews from the era
The folks who bring you Go every week share their picks for best albums of the ’70s.
Off Beat: Free admission, free food – it’s College Night at PMA
Anyone who has ever been to, or even near, a college campus will tell you there’s one sure way to get college students to show up to something: Throw a party. So the folks at the Portland Museum of Art are doing just that tonight at the museum’s annual College Night. There’ll be a DJ, […]
From the Editor: The good, the bad and the cheesy of one far-out decade
The ’70s were a turbulent decade. Vietnam, Kent State, Watergate, Black Panthers, Patty Hearst, gas shortages, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Three Mile Island disaster, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, inflation, energy crisis, malaise. But that’s not what we’re commemorating this week. What you now hold in your hands (or are reading online for free, in […]