(NAPSI)—Over 70 million Baby Boomers grew up playing board games and watching game shows together—and they still love doing both.
A new pop culture trivia game is taking Boomers on a …
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4/5/21
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By ROB DUGUAY The COVID-19 pandemic has left a lot of people alone with their thoughts. Over the past 12 months, some folks have taken the time to reflect on their lives while also thinking about the next steps to take when this whole thing is over and
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/24/21
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At the Avon
THE FATHER
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(Joyce)***½
(Don) It can be a bit disconcerting, two 80-somethings watching a film about an octogenarian dealing with dementia.
Co-writer and …
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3/24/21
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By ROB DUGUAY Over the past 20 years, the amount of space technology has taken up in our everyday lives has grown immensely. Cell phones have become handheld information hub centers, computer programs can do anything from studying viruses to streaming
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/17/21
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Trinity Rep is one of ten theaters throughout the country that will be presenting the new, highly acclaimed, cinematic digital theater production "The Catastrophist." Written by Lauren M. Gunderson and co-produced by Marin Theatre Company and Round House
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3/10/21
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SUPERNOVA
*** (Don)
***½ (Joyce)
This poignant tale about early onset dementia has two great performances by Colin Firth as Sam and Stanley Tucci as Tusker, two aging men who have …
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2/3/21
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NAVIGATING NETFLIX There are no new movies at the only two movie theaters open in Rhode Island. Half the movies at Showcase are streaming on TV at a cost below what you would pay at the box office ("e;One Night in Miami,"e; for example). Like many others, we
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1/27/21
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On Netflix LILYHAMMER Seasons 2 and 3 continue the story of the NYC mobster who becomes a leading citizen in a Norwegian town. The stories get darker and darker, and unfortunately a bit too much quirkier and kinkier. The language, violence and sex reach
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1/20/21
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On Netflix RECTIFY **** Michael O'Neil plays Daniel Holden, a death row inmate who was accused of rape and murder at the age of 18, and is released on a technicality after 19 years. The four-season 2013 show, originally seen on the Sundance Channel, is a
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By DON AND JOYCE FOWLER
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1/13/21
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At the Showcase NEWS OF THE WORLD **** Moving Western tale Tom Hanks stars as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a Texan who travels from small town to small town a few years after the Civil War to bring "e;The News of the World"e; to the townsfolk (hence the
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By JOYCE & DON FOWLER
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1/6/21
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By ROB DUGUAY One understated result of COVID-19 is how it has made time for creative types to get more things done. Whether out of necessity or for a hobby, artists are making more art pieces, writers and poets are having more of their work published,
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By ROB DUGUAY
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12/30/20
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THE PROM
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(Campy Broadway musical)
In this Netflix film, Broadway veterans have a big flop with a musical about Eleanor Roosevelt. The show closes on opening night.
They look …
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12/23/20
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