In theaters Friday: Celeste and Jesse Forever [limited], Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Total Recall
New on Blu-ray/DVD: Damsels in Distress, Hijacked, LOL
Few recent novels have been as ambitious as young English author David Mitchell's 2004 time-hopper Cloud Atlas. Featuring six narratives that are nested within its pages before looping back on each other for a succession of century-spanning climaxes, the book was a meditation on Mitchell's idea of one soul inhabiting several bodies from 1850 to a distant, post-apocalyptic future.
If there are any filmmakers who can match Mitchell's ambition, The Matrix creators the Wachowskis and Run Lola Run auteur Tom Tykwer are certainly among them. On Oct. 26, this trio of filmmakers deliver their adaptation of Cloud Atlas led by stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, and the first trailer has arrived. Even this initial clip has an epic 6-minute length, hinting and the magnitude of the story at hand. Watch the trailer here.
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Bad Guys, Good Eats! Pop-Up Dinner at Restaurant IPO
Chef and 225 contributor Jay D. Ducote and Chef Chris Wadsworth hosted the Bad Guys, Good Eats! dinner at Restaurant IPO Wednesday night. The dinner was themed around famous movie villains, pairing cocktails and ales with plates of food resembling famous baddies like The Joker, Lord Voldemort, Hannibal Lector, and many others. The highlights of the night were the three middle courses—a black bean soup laced with blood sausage to signify Lord Voldemort, a brace of coneys on black eyed peas resembling Sauron, and lamb medallions atop a fava bean puree to pay homage to the famous favorite of Hannibal Lector.
Summer Crush
Elizabeth Arkley Hammett, a local nursing student and Fur Ball co-coordinator, and her husband Grey Hammett III, who works in commercial real estate, will take you through our summer guide. And they'll look good while doing it, too. Where noted, their clothes and accessories are available from local retailers.
Better Block BR
On Saturday the two blocks between Bedford and Beverly drives on April 13, 2013, residents will get to see a model of what Government Street could look like if we push local and state officials to update the roadway to a safer, more "complete street" model.
225 Summer Crush Swimwear Shoot
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