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'Arbitrage': Money TroublesBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:50AM / Thursday, September 20, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Robert Miller, played by Richard Gere, trades off ethics to further dig into a rocky, dark business world.Intelligently tense and absorbing, director Nicholas Jarecki's "Arbitrage" is about Robert Miller, an arbitrageur. That's fancy for fancy businessman, the guys who got all the boos and hisses when the Great Recession hit a few years back. But Miller is no ordinary Wall Street profiteer spouting his lame, trickle-down rationale. Rather, he is a great man. But heed, that's great with a lowercase "g" — not capital G, as in Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt or his fifth cousin, FDR. Meaning Miller, smartly 0 Comments
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North Adams Happenings: Sept. 19-25| 08:43AM / Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | |
 North Adams Happenings
EVENTS
DownStreet Art
September 27
6-9pm
FREE Click here for more information. Benefit for the Mohawk Theater: Spirit of Johnny Cash
September 29
Mohawk Theater
$75 VIP/$29 seated/$19 standing/$12 student Click here for more information. Fall Foliage Festival Parade
September 30
1pm
FREE Click here for more information.
EVENT
Pre-School Story Time (Ages 3-6)
North Adams Public Library
74 Church Street, 2nd Floor
(413)662-3133 ext. 14
10:30am
FREE
Click here for more information.
Bring your children for some storytelling and singing! Event is suitable for children ages 3-6. For more information, contact Kim Di Lego atnaplib@yahoo.com
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'Robot & Frank': An Electrical ConnectionBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:30PM / Thursday, September 06, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Frank hopes to pull off one last big heist with the assistance of Robot.Well, this is a real treat, one that ardent moviegoers will want to include on their dance card. In "Robot & Frank," set in the near future, Frank Langella gives a touching demonstration in the subtleties of reality. Multilayered yet exquisite in its simplicity, his semi-retired cat burglar at a major turning point is sweet, sour and provocatively honest. Directed by Jake Schreier from a screenplay by Christopher D. Ford, both members of the Brooklyn-based Waverly Films cadre and earlier anointed with the Alfred P. Sloan award at Sundance, it is a 0 Comments
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North Adams Happenings: Sept. 5-11| 11:04AM / Wednesday, September 05, 2012 | |
 North Adams Happenings
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
PERFORMANCE
MCLA PRESENTS! The Pedrito Martinez Group
MCLA Quad
(413)664-6180
3pm
FREE Click here for more information. Fall semester at MCLA kicks off with Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his highly successful, Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat band. Born in Havana, Cuba, Martinez is a world class conga player, singer, and bandleader. He has toured with artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson, and Ray Charles. Deeply Rooted in Afro-Cuban Rumba tradition, The Pedrito Martinez Group will bring a new mix of music to MCLA's campus with bata rhythms and vocal chants of the music of Yoruba and Santeria.
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North Berkshire
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'Hit and Run': A Movie ViolationBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:45AM / Friday, August 31, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Curiously mediocre acting and drab production standards mark David Palmer and Dax Shepard's "Hit and Run," which also scores lousy in the script department. The same old raucous tale of contrived redemption, its protagonist is Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a former getaway driver who steers into true love while in the witness protection program. It's great if you really aren't in the mood for a movie, but somehow wander into a theater showing this so-called action-comedy starring Kristen Bell as the pretty afflatus to Charlie's rehabilitation. Nothing here will disrupt your daydreaming. So go ahead, plan that home 0 Comments
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'The Odd Life of Timothy Green': Curiously CuteBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:15AM / Thursday, August 23, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Peter Hedges's "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" brings to mind the oft paraphrased axiom attributed to Winston Churchill. He said, if you're not a liberal when you're young you have no heart, and if you're not more conservative as you age, you have no brain. Had he lived, he might have added, if you see this film and don't cry, you have no soul. Yeah, that was me, 12th row left, aisle seat, rubbing my eyes, making like they were tired. But we all know the real score, occasional sap that I am for the treacly stuff. And this isn't even a very good movie. In defense, credit Hedges and company with astutely tugging at the 0 Comments
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'Hope Springs': A Fine Romance...With No KissesBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:40AM / Thursday, August 16, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
So this guy who wins $300 million runs into the house yelling, "Honey, we won the lottery, pack your bags." Thrilled, his wife asks where they’re going. He replies, "I don’t know where you're going, but pack your bags." Kay, the romantically disappointed wife in "Hope Springs," would politely laugh at that joke. But inside she'd be crying. Portrayed with heartrending conviction by Meryl Streep, Kay has, in the last five years or so, been suffering in silence. Her marriage of 31 years to Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) is on automatic pilot, its routine status delineated by perfunctory pecks on the 0 Comments
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North Adams Downtown Celebration Events| 10:09AM / Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | |
 Brought to you by the Office of Tourism & Community Events
August 16, 5:30-9 p.m.
Downtown North Adams
SPECIAL ACTIVITY AREASRecord Your Mohawk Theater Memories
5:30-9pm
Under the Miohawk Marquee
Click here for more information.
as they invite the public to go 'on the record' by taking video recordings of people's . These recordings will be compiled and screened before the "Spirit of Johnny Cash" . Northern Berkshire Christian Church Activity Area
5:30-9pm
Berkshire Bank Plaza
activity area, which will be located in front of Berkshire Bank Plaza, will offer a series of activities and services that will all be provided to the
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Long Closed Mohawk Theater Opens For 'Cash' FundraiserBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:43PM / Monday, August 13, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Mohawk Theater will open its doors for the first time in more than two decades with the return of Johnny Cash — at least in spirit — this September.
The Harold Ford & the Cash Band's performance, "The Spirit of Johnny Cash," on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8 to 10 will offer residents a look inside the theater while raising funds to continue the planning for its future. It's also likely to be a one-time event because of the safety issues related to the theater's condition.
"It's the 75th anniversary of the Mohawk Theater so we think that's very, very important to have a show to recognize that event," said Mayor Richard 5 Comments
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'Total Recall': FuhgeddabouditBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:45AM / Thursday, August 09, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
One's worst fears are imagined, realized and rummaged through to no end in director Len Wiseman's "Total Recall," a more or less reimagining of the 1990 film, also inspired by Philip K. Dick's short story, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It tempted me to visit Rekall, where I could buy memories of a better movie. I don't think I did. You see, Rekall is where you go for an ingestion of drug-induced fantasy in this late 21st century, post-apocalyptic Earth decimated by chemical warfare. Call it the opiate of the brave new world. Gee, and you don't even need a prescription...glad they finally got that settled. 0 Comments
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