Last Night , the directorial debut from Massy Tadjedin, is a flawed but ambitious little drama focusing on a stylish, successful pair of New Yorkers. Joanna (Keira Knightley) and Michael (Sam Worthington) have been married for three years and have been together for longer. Despite separations due to Michael’s frequent business trips, they seem happy […]
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Cutting Room for June 15
The phenomenon of The Room defies logic. It is also an unstoppable juggernaut, as Tommy Wiseau’s costar, Greg Sestero, is set to release a tell-all book called “Locked Inside The Room” in 2013. It will dive into all the scintillating questions that a person would have about a movie widely considered to be the worst […]
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Strangers with Candy
Several recent documentaries have mined a vein of nostalgia for New York City’s East Village art scene of the ‘70s and ‘80s. For example, with its obligatory still photos of the artist chillin’ with a number of as-yet-undiscovered artists (Madonna being one of them), The Radiant Child shed light on Jean Michel Basquiat’s life and […]
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Turn on Your Heart Light
To quote beloved Romantic thinker William Wordsworth, the origin of poetry is “emotion recollected in tranquility.” To quote online movie critic Devin Faraci, “Nostalgia is the sad condition of disliking yourself and your life right now.” If you agree with the latter, have fun saddling genuine, joy-filled entertainment with insipid, cynical labels like “nostalgia porn.” […]
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Movieha – Omaha’s Movie Podcast (June 10)
Welcome to the second of two podcastical experiences we have birthed through our mouth wombs this week! We had a crossover with Two-Headed Nerd this week to discuss X-Men: First Class …which was a rambunctious display of verbal tomfoolery in which everyone got really animated and loud. It’s kind of like hanging out with the […]
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Movieha – A very special episode…
As promised (or threatened), our nerd-tastic relationship with The Two-Headed Nerd podcast has reached new heights, as we present to you our round-table discussion on X-Men: First Class . We’ve done our best to delete the cursing, but I feel that this rambunctious verbal free-for-all appropriately captures our geeky passion and will help further expose […]
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Choosing your CWS team
With Creighton out of the NCAA Tournament, bounced in extra innings by Georgia Sunday, it’s time for the Omaha rite of summer: Choosing a CWS school to randomly back for a week. There are a lot of familiar faces among the teams to advance from the first round. Florida, UC Irvine, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Mississippi […]
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Dan Howard: Recent Paintings
Through July 22 Dan Howard: Recent Paintings Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, 1108 Jackson St., FREE Opening reception June 17, 6-9p.m. 402.884.0911, aobfineart.com A happy birthday indeed; for Dan Howard’s 80th he’s truly celebrating in style, showing three exhibitions simultaneously in Omaha and Lincoln including “Recent Paintings” at the Downtown Anderson O’Brien featuring eight of his […]
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Fashion With Protection
The Nebraska AIDS Project is promoting safe sex in a fun and creative way this week with their 3rd Annual Project Condom Fashion Show. The show will be held at the Doubletree Hotel downtown, Wednesday, June 15. Designers from the Omaha area show off their own taste in fashion that includes condoms in their designs. […]
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Summer Concert List 2011
Thursday, June 16- Sokol Auditorium Yellowcard and Good Charlotte w/ Runner Runner 13th & Martha Doors at 7:00 p.m., Show at 8:00 Tickets $25 in advance at etix.com, $27 day of show Friday, June 17- Slowdown GOO 14th & Webster Show at 9:00 p.m. Free Show- 21 and over! Saturday, June 18- Sokol Underground Red […]