April 30, 2009
"Anvil!: The Story of Anvil" - May 3rd
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 3rd at 7:20p for Anvil!: The Story of Anvil at the Kendall Square Cinema . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
"At 14, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever...But Anvil's career took a different pathstraight to obscurity. Director Sacha Gervasi has concocted a wonderful and often hilarious account of Anvil's last-ditch quest for elusive fame and fortune. His ingenious filmmaking may first lead you to think this a mockumentary, but it isn't. It's fascinating to see the reality of their day-to-day lives as they struggle to make ends meet, take a misguided European tour, and engage in antics on the roadwhich is not always lined with fans."John Cooper, Sundance Film Festival
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April 21, 2009
"Food, Inc." - Apr 26th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 26th at 5pm for Food, Inc. at the Brattle Theatre . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
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The unspoken mantra of consumer culture may as well be Bigger, better, faster, more! The American business sector never stops innovating when it comes to meeting customer demandbut just how many innovators have gotten to our food before we do?
Fruits, vegetables, and livestock still carry connotations of a farmer waking up with the roosters crow to raise fresh, organic life in the fresh, organic air. The pastoral image masks an intensely mechanized, capitalistic system that is as hell-bent on efficiency, revenue, and competitive advantage as any other industry. The nations largest food production and distribution companies have amassed enough influence over the years to control every single stage in the lifespan of our purportedly wholesome ingredientsand their wallets may be too big for our stomachs.
Director Robert Kenner connects with Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and a host of expertsfarmers, professors, corporate leaders, politicians, and advocatesto trace just some of the innumerable effects of commercial food production. He casts a wide net, examining everything from chemical applications to the treatment of animals; from sanitation practices to workers rights; from disease epidemics to legal battles. At the core of the study is a call to viewers to demand the details of what they put in their mouths. Needless to say, FOOD, INC. will give you plenty of food for thought.
- Sandra L. Frey
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April 16, 2009
"Crank: High Voltage" - Apr 19th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 19th at 7:25pm for Crank: High Voltage at the AMC Boston Common 19 . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
In this sequel to Crank (2006), Chev Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
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April 9, 2009
"Sin Nombre" - Apr 12th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 12th at 7pm for Sin Nombre at the Coolidge Corner Theatre . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
"Honduran teenager Sayra (Gaitan) reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a feateful journey of unexpected events."
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April 2, 2009
"Adventureland" - Apr 5th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 5th at 7:15pm for Adventureland at the Coolidge Corner Theatre . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
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A funky, self-professedly funtastic Pennsylvania amusement park, Adventureland appears to be the bane of recent college graduate James Brennans (Jesse Eisenberg) existence. He previously had big plans to spend the summer on a life-altering trek through Europe that would initiate him into real adult life. But when his family suffers an economic downturn in the middle of the Reagan 80s, James only summer trip is straight to a minimum wage job manning a game booth so existentially bankrupt, no one is even allowed to win the "giant-ass" stuffed panda. Welcome to ADVENTURELAND, where the worst job imaginable is about to inadvertently turn into the summer that changes everything."
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