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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: Remembering Roger: A tribute to a great critic and man

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Thursday, April 11, 2013. Remembering Roger: A tribute to a great critic and man. Thursday, April 4, 2013, Roger Ebert, arguably the most renowned film critic ever, passed away. It has taken me some time to process this information and I am still grappling with what this loss means to me on a personal level. I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed several tears. Ebert's writing style was both informal and formal at the same time. He wrote as if he was speaking directly to you...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: February 2013

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Friday, February 22, 2013. In defense of the Academy Awards. The 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony airs Sunday, Feb. 24, at 8 pm This is the culmination of an award season that seems to add several new award shows every year. I've never particularly cared about the other ceremonies. I just wait for the big one. We care because when we fall in love with a movie we feel an emotional attachment to it and we will defend it to the bitter end. This is the same deep connectio...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: August 2012

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Friday, August 31, 2012. Rome' a mixed bag off Woody Allen stories. Woody Allen continues his European film tour, which has included stops in London, Barcelona and Paris, with "To Rome With Love," a collection of stories set in Italy's capital that hits more often than it misses. This is a one-joke story, but at the very least it is a very funny joke, with a nice, and not overly heavy-handed, message that isn't too late to follow a dream. In the fourth, and weakest, story, a...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: Dramatica presents new original play at Barnstormers

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Thursday, May 27, 2010. Dramatica presents new original play at Barnstormers. Rae McCarey's excitement about being part of the new original play “Bikers” can barely be contained. With the reliability of Old Faithful, she gushes every few minutes about how “jazzed” she is to be in the show. 8220;It is actually completely different than what the title alludes to,” O'Reilly said. “However, it does focus on motorcycling and cycling. There's a lot of reference...The play is a com...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: March 2013

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Worth the price of 'admission'. How much a film is enjoyed is often all about expectations. "Admission," from its poster to its trailers, is being marketed as a romantic comedy starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd. Even most of the reviews are describing it that way, and the consensus seems to be it isn't a very good one. That's because it isn't a romantic comedy. As was true of director Paul Weitz other films, such as "About a Boy" and "In Good Company,...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: October 2012

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Friday, October 26, 2012. Why do we watch scary movies? My girlfriend, who has little to no tolerance for being scared, recently asked why I watched horror films. How was it that I could derive any pleasure out of films that disturbed me? I turned to friends, some who work in the film industry, and asked them what they thought the impetus behind watching scary films is? Frank Farley, a doctor of psychologist at Temple University, discussed in a WebMD article this idea of nee...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: July 2012

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Friday, July 27, 2012. Take a trip to 'La Mancha'. The Mount Washington Valley Theatre Company’s 42nd season continues with a smashing and thoroughly engaging production of “Man of La Mancha,” which opened Tuesday, July 24, at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway, N.H. and is playing through Aug. 4. In the play-within-a-play, Quixote is joined by his loyal squire Sancho Panza (Patrick Michael Valley) in his courageous quest. Their journey brings them to an inn...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: May 2013

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Thursday, May 30, 2013. Danny' and the provocative night of theater. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," which opened Thursday, May 30, at M&D Productions Your Theatre in North Conway, N.H., is an intense, dialogue-driven character study that, in its own way, is one of the most honest love stories you'll ever see. The play, written by John Patrick Shanley, who is best known for films like "Moonstruck" and play-turned-movie "Doubt," is almost a non-stop conversation that runs the e...

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr: December 2012

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But Seriously with Alec Kerr. Friday, December 28, 2012. Jack Reacher' delivers action with smarts. Jack Reacher" opens with a shooter making preparations to go on a shooting spree. We are forced to see through the shooter's scope as he picks off five people in a crowd. This would be difficult to see in any context, but given the recent school shooting in Connecticut it is particularly rough to watch. Having not read any of the books, I can't say whether Cruise captures the essence of the character, but,...