Saturday, May 5, 2012
Catch a sneak peak at this summer's blockbuster film.
The Dark Knight Rises promises to be this summer's blockbuster movie and you can catch a sneak peak now! Warner Brother's trailer #3 for the latest film in the series is today's most popular YouTube video, racking up more than 3 million views and counting. Christian Bale returns as the star of The Dark Knight Rises, and he is joined by Gary Oldman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, among others. The movie opens in theaters and Imax on July 20. The Internet Movie Database summarizes the plot this way: "Eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face's crimes, a new terrorist leader, Bane overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that brands him an enemy." What do you think of the trailer?
Friday, May 4, 2012
Renowned Jazz artist and Milford resident Jay Rowe is hosting his annual "Smooth Jazz for Scholars" concert this Saturday, May 5th at the Parsons Complex.
With Arts programs needing more help than ever, the $41,000 Jay Rowe's annual "Smooth Jazz for Scholars" concert has raised over the years for the Music Department of Milford Public Schools does a great deal to support the Arts in our community. This week, Rowe spoke with the Milford Patch about the latest Scholars concert, which is this Saturday, May 5th, at the Parsons Complex. This year's show features legendary musicians such as Jeff Kashiwa, Steve Cole, Marion Meadows, Chieli Minucci and Ken Navarro, among others. Tickets are $40 with all profits going to Milford Public Schools' Music programs. You can get tickets at Cafe Atlantique, Milford Fine Arts Center, Arcioulo Shoe Store, Villa Gourmet or at www.jayrowemusic.com.
Monday, April 30, 2012
High school students from all over Southern Connecticut will be at the Westfield Shoppingtown Connecticut Post tonight at 6:30 p.m. along with Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro who will announce the 3rd Congressional District winners of the 2012 Congressional
Students from Connecticut's 3rd District (which stretches from Stratford to Middletown) have art displayed next to the food court of the Westfield Shoppingtown Connecticut Post in consideration to win the 3rd District Congressional Art Competition. The work of the 1st place artist will be featured in the U.S. Capitol and Legislative office buildings for one year. The 2nd place student's art will also be displayed in Washington, D.C. The 3rd place artist's work will be featured at the District Office in New Haven. Since beginning in 1982, the Conngressional Art Competition has welcomed the participation of 650,000 high students contestants. The theme of this year's competition is "An Artistic Discovery." Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro will be …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Ellen Painter Dollar of West Hartford wrote the book she wished she'd had when trying to make difficult decisions about her family's future.
Non-fiction books don't usually grab me the way fiction does. When I start one, it's not unusual for me to put the book down for weeks before I pick it up again. But there are exceptions, and "No Easy Choice: A Story of Disability, Parenthood, and Faith in an Age of Advanced Reproduction" is one of them. I read it in a matter of days, and I was sorry when the book ended, so caught up was I in Ellen Painter Dollar's morally complex struggle to determine whether her Christian values were compatible with using advanced reproductive technology to prevent a disabling disease in her children. Dollar, who grew up and lives in West Hartford, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), more commonly called "brittle-bone disease." Those who have the…
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Julian Barnes' slim novel will spark some great discussions.
At 176 pages in the print version, Julian Barnes' "The Sense of an Ending" will appeal to many book clubs if only because it will spare many members from that last-minute Evelyn Wood speed reading session to see what happens at the end. But whether or not readers choose this 2011 Man Booker Prize winner because of its length, the novel provides ample opportunities for discussion and commentary. As if that weren't enough, it's amusing as well. Barnes is an esteemed writer with more than a dozen previous novels, but he seems to have hit a sweet spot with "The Sense of an Ending." The book is by turns humorous, tragic, surprisingly emotional and yet restrained, and most wonderfully, the title only makes sense when the last page is turned. The…
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Coming up on Academy Award seasons, this week I highlight past Oscar-winning films.
Well, friends, the Super Bowl of the entertainment awards – The 84th Annual Academy Awards – will air next Sunday at 8:30 p.m. But in the meantime, let’s take a look back at one of my favorite films from the last ten years of Oscars. “The Social Network” (2010) (see full review on QuadNews.Net) Certain films portray more than just a story; they take a snapshot of their generation. “The Social Network” is a nearly pitch-perfect account of the beginnings of Facebook and the start of the social network revolution. Jesse Einsenberg shines in his award-winning portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, but the most praise belongs to David Fincher’s slick direction and Aaron Sorkin’s witty, wordy script. Almost a postmodern “Citizen Kane,” its flashback …
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The Rock, Michael Caine and Vanessa Hudgens all take part in this outlandish fantasy film.
There’s a whole scene in “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” where The Rock and Michael Caine sit around a campfire and the ex-wrestler takes out a ukulele and sings all three verses of “What A Wonderful World.” Caine’s grandson had injured his ankle and The Rock’s song was meant to make to take his pain away. If it was me with the broken ankle, I would have asked to chew on one of the tree-sized mushrooms growing a few feet away. That scene, which takes place about halfway through the film, is noteworthy for two reasons. One is self-explanatory. The Rock. Is singing. To Michael Caine. ‘Nuff said. The other reason is that it is the turning point in the movie when this wonderfully, ridiculously overblown family adventure movie went from …
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Three kids go in a underground cave and come up superheroes in this new film
If you suddenly got supernatural powers would you use them to rescue pretty, innocent girls and save the tri-state area? If you believe superhero movies, that’s the typical course of action. One day you’re a geeky little schnook and then BOOM! the next thing you’re battling tooth-and-nail for the safety of the metropolis. But that’s not really what many people would probably do. Take Andrew, Matt and Steve, for instance. One day they wake up with the power to move things with their minds and their first instinct is to use it to build things with LEGOs, blow up their classmates’ skirts and win beer pong. Basically, they’re typical upperclassmen in high school not superheroes. If you want a film about altruism, go next door to “Big Miracle…
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Glenn Close plays a 19th century cross dresser in this quiet drama
“I think you are the strangest man I’ve ever met,” cheerful chambermaid Helen (Mia Wasikowska) tells Albert Nobbs (recent Oscar-nominee Glenn Close) during a long walk in the park. On one hand, she is absolutely right. Albert is a painfully shy, serious butler who works at a posh hotel. Nobody knows much about Mr. Nobbs other than he does an excellent job caring for the hotel’s guests. But Helen is also very, very wrong for Albert isn’t a man at all. He is a woman, who decided to live as a man in order to gain employment. We never learn much about his life as a female, other than it was lonely and traumatic. Now as an adult, Albert lives in fear of his secret being revealed and his years of secrecy has left him with an almost Asperger’s-…
Pam Landry
9:28 am on Friday, May 4, 2012
Thank you Jay Rowe for this wonderful annual event in Milford! more ›