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Snippets April 2013 Spotify Playlist

Snippets April 2013 Spotify Playlist Take a look at what we’ve been listening to for the past month!
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Oblivion in Brief

How did Oblivion open? I was going to start this review with a quick summary of some of the images from the opening. I think they were pretty to look at, but I cannot recall what they were. I’m pretty sure Tom Cruise spoke to us over those images, filling us in on what we…
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“Admissions” from the Eyes of Someone Who’s Worked in the Field

Once upon a time during the best summer I’ve had to date, not only was I fortunate enough to live with my Snippets co-blogger, but I also had the great pleasure of being chosen amongst over one-hundred applicants to represent Providence College as a “Summer Student Admissions Worker”. For me, it felt like I had…
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“Perks of Being a Wallflower”: Charming, Endearing, and Every Other Wholesome Word that I Know

A quiet, awkward teenager is the last student in the classroom. His favorite teacher is seated behind his desk. The man smiles and says a quick goodbye as the boy walks past. The boy stops, hesitating near the door with his mouth half open. It takes a bit of courage for him, but he manages…
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Three Hobbit Films?

My immediate thought after seeing The Return of the King for the first time was something along the lines of, “wow”. That thought was quickly followed by, “When is The Hobbit going to be made?” It seemed the logical thing to do. After three successful film adaptations of Tolkien’s masterpiece trilogy, The Hobbit just had…
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The Dark Knight Rises Review

There was a game I played quite often as a child. I would don my very own cape and cowl and pull on a black shirt, emblazoned with a yellow oval surrounding the symbol of the bat. I would dash around the house, vanquishing invisible foes in a flurry of martial arts and imagined gadgets.…
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Not Much Love for Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love”

I adored Woody Allen’s last film, “Midnight In Paris”. You can read me ranting and raving about it a year ago on this very blog. It was a film rooted in a warm, romantic feeling of nostalgia that was only lightly tainted by cynicism. There were laughs, there was love, and the characters were likable…
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Some Brief Thoughts on Pixar’s “Brave”

Who doesn’t love Disney’s Pixar? Between the unbearably cute short films that introduce their larger stories and the delightfully peculiar yet heartwarmingly touching feature-length films, Pixar pretty much has the 3D animation game in a headlock. I’d almost go so far as to call it a monopoly if “How to Train Your Dragon” wasn’t so…
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Andrew Garfield Delivers, Swinging into Action as “The Amazing Spider-Man”

You can only love Superman so much, because being a virtually all-powerful boy scout, he can get kind of boring. And Batman’s dark and brooding personality is a bit too grave for my taste. Aside from those two big names, I’d have to say that Spider-Man is easily the next most popular hero in comics…
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“Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About”

So I strongly considered writing a full-blown review of Ridley Scott’s brand new sci-fi flick “Prometheus” that just came out last weekend. While a little lacking on the drama and character development, I really enjoyed the provocative questions the film asked and it was really entertaining to watch too! I would definitely suggest seeing it,…
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