As The Portland Press Herald’s resident indie film guy, I always meant to do a story on the Maine Studios. A small, scrappy local film studio featuring 43,000 square feet of soundstages, production facilities and offices, and blue- and green-screen capability, all devoted to Maine feature film, theater and TV production? Of course I’m going […]
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Making Noise: Clubber Lang: Off-the-wall, and on the charts, they hope
How do you plan a release party for your long-awaited debut record, and besides your sweet new tunes, feature zombie punch, trippy visuals and a human buffet? Dogged determination, that’s how. Portland’s favorite metal scrappers, Clubber Lang, have been predicting pain for almost two decades strong. The walls may crumble to the ground at Geno’s […]
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Disney turns ‘Rapunzel’ into a happy, hairy tale
Rapunzel, the girl locked in a tower with only her long, golden locks for company, gets a sassy, spirited screen treatment from Disney with “Tangled,” an animated fairytale musical from the Not Pixar corner of the company. Disney has turned her into a missing princess — naturally — and it’s not a prince who waits […]
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Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET No joke – Friday should be funny WORK OFF the turkey with some laughs at the Secret Lives of Comedians show, featuring stand-up, sketch comedy, skits and surprise guests. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday WHERE: Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland HOW MUCH: $10 INFO: www.lucidstage.com • CHEAP THRILL ExTRAINaganza event in Auburn NOTHING BRINGS […]
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DVD Releases: Hailing beauty (Roberts) and beasts (Sly and friends)
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “EAT PRAY LOVE,” starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. Based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s runaway best-seller of a memoir, this involving “dramedy” finds Roberts indulging her long-suppressed desire to travel, traversing four countries and making and abandoning friends alike on an entertaining if somewhat superficial path to fulfillment. Director Ryan Murphy […]
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Face the Music: Hear what you like on radio and lots of Beatles live
Flashback to yours truly circa fifth grade wearing a Pilgrim outfit and singing a little tune called “No One Could Kill the Turkey.” Ouch to both of those things, but happy Thanksgiving just the same. To help you digest, I’ve got lots of shows to tell you about. However, let me first gleefully wish Mark […]
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The Movies: Holiday flix & picks
It’s winter movie season, where Hollywood trots out its traditional banquet of Christmas movies, Oscar contenders, and all the other stuff ladled out for the undiscriminating.
What warrants a second helping, and what should you avoid like that fruitcake of indeterminate age? Well, each movie gets its own Thankfulness Rating (TR), based on how grateful I think you’ll be seeing it on your holiday movie table. Release dates are subject to change.
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What Ales You: Holiday sampler precipitates a bit of humbug
It’s time to get ready for Christmas. For me, that means tasting Christmas/holiday beers. And while I hate to be a Scrooge, the sampling was a bit disappointing. I went to RSVP on Forest Avenue and bought two each of St. Nick Porter from Andrew’s Brewing Co. in Lincolnville, Shipyard’s Prelude and Gritty McDuff’s Christmas […]