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...While “All Saints Day” does nothing to mar the original, it does little to distinguish itself from it. Rife with humorous references to the 1999 film, it tends to recycle plot in favor of creating well-choreographed shoot-outs with slick dialogue. Still, Duffy’s greatest fears have not been actualized, as the second round of his Catholicized bloodbath is just as much fun as the first. It just might take a while for everyone else to realize...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Have you heard of “The Boondock Saints”? Two Irish brothers enter a room full of Italian (or Russian) mobsters. Gothic techno plays in the background. In beautiful synchrony, the brothers shoot everyone and then place coins in the eyes of the dead. They cross themselves and say a prayer, bidding the soul of the dead a swift departure to their hellish punishment. And then they crack a joke and revel in how easy it all is—how fucking cool killing people...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Return of Boston's Patron 'Saints' | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...that story isn’t familiar, it might be because the movie came into the world—despite its copious number of gunshots—with a whisper. Opening in theaters right after Columbine, national anti-violent sentiment, combined with poor critical response, led to the shoot ’em up’s release being curtailed to a 1-week stay at only a handful of theaters; essentially, it went straight to video. Since then, however, it has acquired a bit of a cult, assaulting the hearts of adolescent boys and men across America. The film?...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Return of Boston's Patron 'Saints' | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

According to IMDB, D-Lister Eamon Brooks is “rumored” to be signed on to play the mysterious “Bobby.” Sounds like a perfect role for the mysterious Barry S. Kane. As registrar, he probably has enough time to shoot a movie on the side...

Author: By LI S. ZHOU, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sun's Out, Guns Out | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

According to IMDB, D-Lister Eamon Brooks is “rumored” to be signed on to play the mysterious “Bobby.” Sounds like a perfect role for the mysterious Barry S. Kane. As registrar, he probably has enough time to shoot a movie on the side...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cast For “The Social Network” Announced—Let’s Be Real, We Are Disappointed | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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