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February 3, 2011

Eat and Run: Split decision

Sampling the sandwiches at Port Bean Cafe leaves these diners full of good food and good feelings.
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February 3, 2011

Movie Review: Tackling ‘how to make love stay’ with brutal honesty

“I don’t ever want to be like my parents,” a teenage Cindy (Michelle Williams) tells her aged grandmother in the new “Scenes from a Marriage” melodrama “Blue Valentine.” Did those parents ever love each other? Did they once, and just get it out of the way? “Blue Valentine” is about that ultimate question writer Tom […]
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February 3, 2011

Indie Film: Thoughts on the best of 2010 from an ‘independent’ thinker

The Oscar nominations have been announced. And, as usual, the Academy blew it with safe, predictable and mostly just plain lame choices. Luckily, Indie Film Guy has a modest proposal. The Indie Oscars! Host: Patton Oswalt. There’s no bigger, funnier film geek on the planet. Watching the hobbit-y standup turn his nerdery on the movie […]
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February 3, 2011

Movie Review: ‘Another Year’ explores midlife as a seasonal layering

The English ensemble drama “Another Year” stars Jim Broadbent as a civil engineer who takes geological core samples of the world we stand upon and determines how much stress it can bear. In a way, that’s what Mike Leigh’s film does. Leigh digs deep into the lives of his characters and tests their resilience as […]
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February 3, 2011

Super Bowl Parties: Looking for a place to go Bowl-ing? Some ideas for Sunday

Are you pulling for Pittsburgh or going with Green Bay? Whether you’re rooting for the AFC or NFC during Sunday’s Super Bowl (6:30 p.m. on Fox), you’ll want to do your cheering along with others who love football. Check out some of these viewing options for the big game — just a few of the […]

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February 3, 2011

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “SANCTUM” (1:49) (R) Stars Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley and Christopher Baker. Directed by Alister Grierson. An underwater cave-diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. Language, some violence and disturbing images. Opening at: Cinemagic Saco (IMAX) Fri-Wed 12:15, 3, 6:45, 9:20; […]
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February 2, 2011

GO Poll: Art form or awful – what do you think of tattoos?
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January 27, 2011

GO Poll: What’s your creative snow-disposal idea?
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January 27, 2011

What Ales You: Shipyard Brewing vacations: heaven for beer geeks

As a home brewer, I jumped at the opportunity last week to take part in a Shipyard Brewing vacation at Federal Jack’s in Kennebunk, the birthplace of Shipyard. And when I found out we were going to be brewing Old Thumper, my favorite Shipyard beer, I was especially pleased. I skipped most of the vacation […]
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January 27, 2011

Indie Film: Old VHS tapes are a revealing glimpse of American society

Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are comedy magicians. They turn movie trash into comedy gold. Founders of the Found Footage Festival, a traveling exhibition of hard-to-believe VHS detritus culled from thrift shops and yard sales across America, Prueher and Pickett (comedy veterans with credits including “Late Night with David Letterman,” “The Colbert Report” and AVClub.com), […]

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