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It was a strange morning for jogger Charles S., who'd taken to the crisp air at 5:00 am on July 15th 1967. As he inhaled the fresh air into his lungs, two men suddenly joined him, the trio happily bounding along the pathway.

“Can a computer game make you cry?”

What's new and/or interesting in local theaters this weekend.

Intricate costumes, beautiful chorus girls, large casts and extravagant dance numbers are all techniques that Busby Berkeley employed in his 1930's musicals. Berkeley, a director/choreographer for numerous movie musicals, reached huge success during the Depression when audiences were seeking lighthearted and hopeful entertainment. His career spanned over 40 years with most notable successes: 42nd Street, Babes in Arm, Girl Crazy, Take Me Out to the Ballgame and No, No Nanette. Dames at Sea, a...

Saturday night: Deerhunter at Johnny Brenda’s. It was dark, and we were puzzled. Never have we seen a stage so dimly lit. We wondered why. An added aspect of mystery? An act of kindness to all of the dilated pupils in the room? Then, from the center of the darkness, came a huge wall of sound that almost knocked us on our ass. We were glad we didn’t partake before this show, because had we been anything less than sober, we would’ve puked. It was that insane.

Films: Dead Daughters, Trigger Man, Severance, The Burglar, Ten Canoes

At the POPPED! opening night party this Monday, I got the pleasure of visiting the upstairs ladies' room at Johnny Brenda's. This may be one of the prettiest bathrooms I've seen in town. Yup, that's right: the decor in this restroom is simplistically beautiful.

I'll admit it: part of the reason I was so disappointed by this movie is because I'd just recently read the comic books it was based on (reading the source material almost always ruins the movie), and because I had such high expectations for it. But the rest of the reason is because it's just not a very good movie.

I worry that you, our readers here at Phillyist, are going to start thinking I'm too nice. I seem to like just about everything. But honestly, that doesn't make me nice. It just means that local theatres are putting up a lot of great work. powerful. I'm guessing a little of Column "A," a little of Column "B."

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

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A few weeks ago, we noticed SFist's brilliant SFist Wants You to Find a Friend feature, and we decided hey, we'd like to do something like that too. And, since we already had connections with Cares4Pets, we thought they might like to help us get our own incarnation of this feature started. And so, we'd like to bring you the first edition of Phillyist's Potential Pets (sorry for the alliteration), starring Kelli Ann the black and white kitty.

Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse

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Writing for an online journal, one does not get to bring mighty machines to a screeching halt by shouting "Stop the Presses!" when we come upon a new piece of information; which is sad, really, because it always looks like so much fun when those fast-talking, wise-cracking, fedora-wearing journalists in the movies do it. Some times Phillyist really wishes we were still in the days when the world was black and white. Or that we were fast-talking, wise-cracking ,journalists. Or, at the very least, that we had a fedora. We look good in a hat.

Phillyist was privileged to attend the grand opening shebang of Delicious Boutique, Delicious Corsets’ new home in Northern Liberties.

When Phillyist heard about Vox Lumiere The Hunchback of Notre Dame, we thought it sounded way cool. The 1923 silent film, projected above a stage, with live musicians and singers and dancers performing along with it. How friggin’ cool is that? Old and new, sound and silence - we loved the idea. We couldn’t wait to go.

could be frightened by anthropomorphised, singing cats.) What we want to know is what'll it take to get your behinds back into theater seats? A tale embroiled in lust and tragic love? A little rock and roll? The triumphant return of Lon Chaney?

We’re sitting there now, at the Twenty Two Gallery Café. Our laptops are plugged into the conveniently placed power strip and we’re surfing the web on the free wireless internet. The temperature is blissfully cool, in sharp contrast to the 90 degrees plus outside, the heat wave that just won’t quit. It’s Saturday afternoon, and there’s only one other customer.

, is a character-driven drama about families, destiny, murder and depravity. (Even we can't believe we just referred to a Rob Zombie film as "a character-driven drama" - but there it is in black and white, so there you go.)