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Smoke screens

Does a surge of stoner movies mean America is going to pot?
What does it say about America that marijuana movies are a hot genre right now, perhaps hotter even than in the heyday of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong’s 1978 Up in Smoke ?
By PETER KEOUGH | August 18, 2008

Sword play

The Three Musketeers fights on at NSMT
Some ideas die hard — especially when they’re good ones.
By CAROLYN CLAY | August 27, 2007

Renewing their vows

Spouse return after three years with Relocation Tactics
Life obviously isn’t fair.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 04, 2007

Crossword: 'Grid magic'

Wild words all over

By MATT JONES | January 24, 2007

Master of war

Kubrick brings it all home
This article originally appeared in the June 26, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By OWEN GLIEBERMAN | November 14, 2006

Ground zero

Platoon gets down to too little
This article originally ran in the January 13, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By OWEN GLIEBERMAN | August 10, 2006

Profit without honor

Oliver Stone’s market is mixed
This article originally appeared in the December 11, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By OWEN GLIEBERMAN | August 10, 2006

Oliver's army

History gets Stoned
While he refers to himself as a “dramatist” rather than a historian, Stone has positioned himself as Hollywood’s gatekeeper to America’s post-war past. Feel-good movie of the summer: Oliver Stone: from the Hollywood crackpot of JFK to the Republican sellout of World Trade Center. By Peter Keough Off-Center: Oliver Stone's trite take on 9/11. By Peter Keough
By PAUL BABIN | August 09, 2006

The ball buster

Celebrating the career of John C. McGinley
You could make a convincing argument, particularly if you’re under 30, that John C. McGinley is better known for his role in Office Space than his role in Platoon.
By RYAN STEWART | June 29, 2006

Listing forward

Sometimes a media critic just wants to herd a few cats
Like anyone who works a specific beat — sportswriters and political writers come to mind — media critics acquire lots of impressions, opinions, and stray observations that never actually make it into print, and yet they are worth musing over.
By MARK JURKOWITZ | May 03, 2006

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