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...been known to show lots of foreign films, but the Nickelodeon (606 Commonwealth Ave.) will show mostly American first-runs this summer. And if you're willing to trek into Boston for a movie then you probably wouldn't mind heading up to the Somerville Theater (55 Davis Sq.). One of Boston's oldest moviehouses, the Somerville has an ambiance of chic grime. But don't miss this house that looks like it could easily be revamped into a punk palace. It's got pink walls and even a real balcony. The Killing Fields and Clockwork Orange will fill...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Entertainment is Up When the Lights are Down | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

...already attracted an audience of 21.8 million households. In August the channel's owners, American Express and Warner Communications, are expected to offer the first public shares in a new company called MTV Networks, which comprises the rock network and a children's cable channel, Nickelodeon. The corporate owners plan to sell 5.1 million shares priced at $16 to $18 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stocks: Playing the Rock Market | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

...other theaters which go out of their way to show unusual movies are the Nickelodeon in Boston (600 Commonwealth Ave.) and Coolidge Corner in Brookline (290 Harvard St.), both on modeled and expanded, and it offers a good selection of foreign, offbeat, underground, and gay films. The Coolidge Corner is a little more mainstream, tending towards interesting revivals...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: A Flick is Just a Flick | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...Nickelodeon (Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co.). A channel devoted to children without being childish. Among its most notable enticements: the Pinwheel puppets for preschoolers, and Livewire, an exuberant variety talk show for early teens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: THE BEST OF 1983: Video | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...current state of near exhaustion, the Japanese cinema has returned to the exotic isolation of its earliest years. Moviegoing in Japan at the turn of the century was an experience more closely allied to other national arts than to the nickelodeon fever of the West. Until 1918 female roles were played by Kabuki actors in drag. Until the arrival of talking pictures in 1931, audiences depended upon spellbinding narrators called benshi to interpret the on-screen action; many were more popular than the country's movie stars. Though Japanese cinema was a strong force in Asia (so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Stirrings amid Stagnation | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

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