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Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas is the co-editor and a movie reviewer for 77 Square.

Hey Watch It!: Get caught in the rare "Cobweb" at UW-Cinematheque tonight

The UW-Cinematheque free on-campus film series prides itself on bringing movies to town that wouldn't play anywhere else, including indie documentaries and foreign films that don't have U.S. distribution. But they're especially valuable when it comes to screening classic films -- Westgate…

Nov 13, 2009 | 11:20 am | Loading…

Hey, Watch It!: Coming to a theater near you: MST3K at midnight and Andy Griffith on Viagra

So let's say you want to go see a movie this weekend, and watching John Cusack battle tornadoes, meteor showers, earthquaking, and earthquaking meteor-tornadoes for 158 minutes in "2012" doesn't float your boat. What else is worth getting in line for this weekend?

Nov 12, 2009 | 4:55 am | Loading…

Hey, Watch It!: Five veterans, four wars, one shared experience in "Good Soldier"

"Well, that's war," says one U.S. Marine veteran of the Iraq War, struggling to make peace with his role in the killing of a group of unarmed demonstrators. It's not an explanation, it's not a justification. It just is.

Nov 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Hey, Watch It! Jack Kerouac doc gets one-night-only screening at Star Cinema Tuesday

Check out the bookshelves of most indie rockers, and you'll probably see a copy of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" there. It'll probably even be well-word from reading, jammed into backpacks from weeks spent reading it while on tour (especially in the rocky early days, when a musician needs …

Oct 19, 2009 | 10:25 am | Loading…

Hey, Watch it!: Mad Rollin' Dolls plan big rollout for "Whip It"

"Whip It," the Drew Barrymore-directed roller derby movie starring Ellen Page, hits theaters this Friday, and if you want to see the flick with some authentic rollergirls, our local Mad Rollin' Dolls are more than happy to oblige.

Sep 30, 2009 | 4:35 pm | Loading…

Hey, Watch It!: You've come a long way (to Starlight Cinema), Beebe

Does coverage of Starlight Cinema properly belong in the Hey, Watch It! movie blog or Katjusa Cisar's Dane of My Existence music/pop culture blog? Straddles both, I guess -- the free film series at the UW Memorial Union has always strived to bring the best and the oddest in experimental f…

Sep 16, 2009 | 1:35 pm | Loading…

Meet Me in Vilas Hall for Cinematheque Fall Season

Free fall film series is as eclectic as ever, leading off with Vincente Minnelli retrospective.

Sep 02, 2009 | 4:35 pm | Loading…

"Visioneers" sees into the future, and it ain't pretty

The Dane101 Brew & View at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Majestic Theatre, 115 King St. screams "comedy" with a capital K for extrazaniness. You've got live stand-up sets by Mark Schmidt and Mike Kump, plus the movie is "Visioneers," starring Zach Galifianakis, best known as the guy with t…

Aug 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Living off the multiplex grid: Aug. 14-20

Aug 14, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Are today's moviegoers big babies?

Aug 13, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

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