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							  This bizarre animated adaptation of Judi Barrett's cult-classic children's book by Phil Lord and Chris Miller ladles up much to chew on yet little that's appetizing.
							  Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Yet this unique, fertile turf has been generally overlooked by Hollywood, which has preferred instead its old rival South Boston, the primary backdrop for Oscar winners  Good Will Hunting  and  The Departed .
							  Photos from  H arvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950     by Mo Lotman
							  Kennedy's seat
							  You are no doubt approaching  Juno  screenwriter Diablo Cody's new venture into horror comedy with gritted teeth, expecting the cinematic equivalent of being bludgeoned into a bloody pulp by an adorable novelty hamburger phone spewing snappy quips out of its receiver.
 
				
					
					
							
							  Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Yet this unique, fertile turf has been generally overlooked by Hollywood, which has preferred instead its old rival South Boston, the primary backdrop for Oscar winners  Good Will Hunting  and  The Departed .
							  Photos from  H arvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950     by Mo Lotman
							  C-dust pinch-hits for fairy dust in  The Donkey Show , Diane Paulus & Randy Weiner's disco-set riff on  A Midsummer Night's Dream . Forget the juice of "a little western flower" with which fairy king Oberon and hench-sprite Puck mix up the libidos of the hormone-drenched characters charging through Shakespeare's Athenian wood.
							  The election of Barack Obama has inspired dread among pro-lifers nationwide. But for the Rhode Island wing of the movement, the anxiety goes back quite a bit farther.
							  Saray snuck in under my radar because the sign outside advertised halal meat.
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