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...various clichés and repetitive electronic backdrops. And though “Transitions” isn’t necessarily a complete failure—his songs are listenable, indeed—it lacks substantive value, and it cheapens the notion of romance by reducing it to a set of false-sounding phrases. Leslie’s previous songwriting and producing successes have failed to translate into his newest role. He may have found success coupled with Beyoncé or Cassie, but alone, he flounders...
...opera’s lighthearted plot runs as follows. As the residents of Ploverleigh celebrate the engagement of a couple, a sorcerer visits and creates a love potion which everyone drinks. Soon, the villagers begin falling in love with the first person they each set eyes upon, resulting in a number of comically mismatched couples...
...conceived in Victorian England, this particular production’s styling and costume will be decidedly more Elizabethan. “Shows get taken to the present a lot, and I thought it would be fun to take a show back.” Originally, the plan was to set the production in medieval times, but anachronisms such as a vicar getting married prevented that from becoming a plausible reality...
Everyday, regardless of Boston’s variable weather, thousands of graying tourists stumble through the gates of Harvard, flattening students, taking pictures of every irrelevant detail possible, and saying things like “Wow, this is just like a movie set.” Recently though, this has become a literal reality as large film productions roll into Boston and Cambridge. Ben Affleck has graced the grimy pit of the Harvard T station, John Hamm has been spotted outside burrito joints, and Katie Holmes has been mobbed while eating cupcakes with her daughter Suri. Perhaps it?...
When we think of movies set in cities like New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, we can often see the city itself become a character in all of its greatness and eccentricities. A city like Boston, though, lacks the kind of cosmopolitan personality that factors so greatly into movies-set-in-cities. Perhaps greater exposure will help open up the city to beneficial change...