By Alexandra Pecci
Correspondent
PORTSMOUTH — If you’re already having Academy Awards withdrawals, it’s easily alleviated them with The Music Hall’s Extraordinary Cinema film series.
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By the writers of Last Word Features
(Ratings on a 5-star basis)
Jason & the Scorchers: ‘Halcyon Times’ (JCPL)
★★★★
In 1981, Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges put together a band in Nashville that kicked the doors down for …
Ratings based on four-star system.
‘Precious’
Rated R
★★★ 1⁄2
The first 20 minutes of “Precious” are so intense, you may not feel
like sticking it out. Stick it out. This is an exceptional film about
nearly unendurable circumstances, endured. …
Young Viewer’s Take
Greg Vellante
There is no such thing as a perfect book-to-movie adaptation, but “Shutter Island” is about as close to flawless as any film could possibly get.
Yes, in terms of transferring Dennis Lehane’s eerie …
Make an especially sweet date with the family to see “Willy Wonka Junior” at 2 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25 and 26, and at the Rochester Opera House.
The audience will join the charismatic, …
I am a coupon queen.
I wasn’t always. In fact, it’s not even a title I gave myself. But two years ago, I completely changed the way I shopped for groceries for my family. Perhaps you’ve seen stories in the news about some frugal person gleefully purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of groceries for pennies.
Ratings based on four-star system.
‘The Book of Eli’
Rated R
★★★
The latest in a wave of post-apocalyptic films is this sly “Mad Max”-y sort of Western, pitting Denzel Washington as a high plains drifter with God on …
Ratings based on four-star system.
‘The Book of Eli’
Rated R
★★★
The latest in a wave of post-apocalyptic films is this sly “Mad Max”-y sort of Western, pitting Denzel Washington as a high plains drifter with God on …
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