Washington, Wall Street to blame for woes
Yes, Virginia, we are in a recession. It’s a problem that not even Santa Claus can fix. You see, money is tight. A lot of mommies and daddies like us are having tough times. I’m sorry you won’t have much in your stocking or gifts under the tree on Christmas morning. We don’t have any choice. We just cannot afford it this year. Unfortunately, this is a reality many of us know all too well.
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Review - Milk
MILK [R]
review by Roger Brigham
Hope may be defined as the realization that we cannot change the way people are…but we can always work to change the way they will be. That was the essential political message and legacy of Harvey Milk’s life, and it is captured with a sublime performance by Sean Penn in Milk, director Gus Van Sant’s biopic of the former San Francisco city supervisor who changed the American political landscape.
“Milk” world premiered at the Castro Street Theatre in San Francisco - Milk’s old neighborhood. The film’s archival footage, location shots from a retro re-made Castro Street, and tight adherence to the facts result in a portrayal that accurately captures not just the very different social climate of 1970s San Francisco and the gay-ghetto Castro district, but as well as possible the personal and political idiosyncrasies that made Milk Milk.
The film begins where the story ends, with [...]
Original post by Robert Newton
Review - Yes Man
YES MAN [PG-13]
review by Padraic Maroney
Jim Carrey had instant stardom once he leapt onto the big screen with “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.” His catered to the same slapstick-happy audience with another couple of films before trying to go the Tom Hanks route and become bankable and respected in Hollywood. En route, he began to lose his way.
Over the last decade, Carrey went from a guaranteed box office king to a spotty record of hit and miss comedic and dramatic roles. With the exception of “The Truman Show,” the actor has never really gotten his bearings on dramatic films. His comedic roles went from classic films to middling. Lloyd Christmas from “Dumb & Dumber” became Count Olaf in the “Lemony Snicket” film. “Ace Ventura” morphed into the remake of “Fun With Dick And Jane.” Now, though, we can all take heart in knowing that Carrey may have found his way back [...]
Original post by Robert Newton
Review - The Tale Of Despereaux
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX [G]
review by Kilian Melloy
As far a animated pictures about brave little mice go, you can’t do better than The Tale Of Despereaux. But the film, being a curious cross-section of narrative complexity and top-flight CGI, may be a bit too complicated for little kids. Adults, on the other hand, are likely to enjoy the movie’s action-adventure heroics and dark palette of color and mood–not to mention its sense of humor.
“The Tale Of Despereaux,” based on a book by Kate DeCamillo, is a modern fairy tale set in an appropriately vague place (a kingdom where soup is the highest culinary art and everyone has British accents) and time (the Middle Ages, more or less; an age of three-masted sailing ships and talking rodents). The instructional subtext of the tale has to do with life’s difficult, complex emotional states: how grief can unhinge reasonable people, how forgiveness can [...]
Original post by Robert Newton
Ecomomic slump won’t KO All-Star Classic
Applying to play host for the annual AHL All-Star Classic is probably like having kids: It seemed like a better idea at the time than it did nine months later.
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Worcester needs commitment to transparency on records
For weeks we’ve watched city misrepresentations and delays for releasing the citizen complaint files requested by the Telegram & Gazette in April. Worcester should be having a far different conversation though. We should be worried by the city manager’s repetitive justifications that rewrite Worcester’s public records policy, defining new protocols along City Hall’s corridors and for every department.
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Years before Moore’s poem Santa was children’s friend
The files of the American Antiquarian Society contain many thousands of scarce and priceless items, including Cotton Mather’s library, Isaiah Thomas’ printing press and two miles of shelving stacked with many thousands of newspapers dating back to the 1700s.
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Airport transition
Massport’s choice of an aviation professional with 25 years of experience in commercial passenger service to manage Worcester Regional Airport signals a redoubled focus on customer service at the municipal facility.
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