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Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment?
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Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment? Every Tuesday, "Check
South Sound Cinema
Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment? Every Tuesday, "Check This Out" recommends
South Sound Cinema
Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment? Every Tuesday, "Check This Out" recommends movies available at
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Tara Reid, Bram Stoker, the Olympia Film Festival. Admittedly an odd list to kick off any conversation, even for me, but trust me when I say they all have one thing in common. Thanks to my tireless fact-finding, I've uncovered a startling truth: T-Reid, the Stokes and OFF each turn
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Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment? Every Tuesday, "Check This Out" recommends movies available at any of the
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Seahawks fans, assemble! Now let's make sure we have everything: Tickets? Yep. Snacks? Check. Autograph book? (You never know) ... Got it. OK, good. Just one more question - Y'all ready for some film-ball? (confused silence) Come, come people ... this time of year stands for more than pigskins, touchdown wins and 12th
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"I want to get Tacoma, the film community, and the Latino community educated," local actor Melinda Raebyne tells me. If you haven't yet seen her in a South Sound movie, she spends the rest of her time behind the scenes on multiple film events, like the upcoming Tacoma Film Festival,
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Don't be misled by the "new" in The Grand Cinema's 25 New Faces film festival (which opens today and runs until August 22nd). Though the word may imply a lack of experience, many of the moviemakers receiving recognition for their freshness and originality have already spent years honing their craft. Like
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Ah, the dog days of August. The sun still shines, but summer seems to be fading fast. Most of the biggest and shrillest Hollywood releases have come and gone by the time the last July 4th firecracker has petered out. Leave it to The Grand Cinema to fill this void with
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I see you now, peeking out your bedroom window with trepidation, scanning the skies for the next threat of rain. (Don't ask how I know where you live, just ignore the nondescript vehicle cruising slowly past your home ... YOU LOOKED! *tires squeal*) Where was I? Right, your feeling of house
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We begin this month's edition of South Sound Cinema in Tacoma's quaint Proctor District, where since early February the esteemed Blue Mouse Theatre has transformed itself into a veritable Stargate portal to global cinema. The Sister Cities International Film Festival has already flung audiences to Israel, Cuba and Japan, and
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And if you desperately missed all the snow and ice denied us this season, or, like me, prefer watching all winter activities through an indoor screen, the Capitol Theater has an event that should make both camps happy. Friday, March 8, the Olympia Film Society and The
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I only have one thing to say to you: OSCAR!! Well, I guess I can say a little more. (The Volcano does pay me by the word, you know, and doesn't cue the exit music when I ramble on.) But speaking of drawn-out speeches, the 85th annual Academy Awards has arrived,
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Let's review: So what did you get accomplished in 2012? Some of you graduated from high school/college, some welcomed a bouncing baby boy/girl into the world, still others found/lost that perfect job. (My condolences to the latter.) As for me, just another typical year fighting my future self while rising
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In 1985 the world met The Goonies, then nothing happened for a while. Suddenly, goon-mania returned with a vengeance last year, starting with the Seann William Scott's hockey comedy called ... yep, Goon. And only last month did Matthew Perry begin starring in yet another sitcom entitled Go On. (Okay,
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Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned. Spartan king Menelaus loses Helen to Paris, and he launches a thousand ships to reclaim her and raze Troy as a pretty bonus. Mark Zuckerberg's girlfriend dumps him, and he passive-aggressively retaliates by building his own empire not on land, but online
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I wouldn't go so far as to say The Writer's Lodge in Seattle will cast a spell over all visitors, but the ambiance does work some kind of magic. A combination of senses hit me at once upon seeing the newly-opened Lodge last week - the sunshine, the bubbling fountain
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Watching a good independent film at a festival is a bit like meeting The One, then losing his/her number - you may never run into each other again. But The Grand Cinema, our local cinematic Cupid, believes in second chances, and second screenings. So in case you missed Losing Control
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I pledge allegiance to the flag ... Our Father, who art in Heaven ... What else can you recite verbatim from your school days? I know that after 17 years of private and public education, not much stuck with me into adulthood. And don't ask me about the Bible - just trying
