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This is your roller coaster on drugs

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JUST DAYS BEFORE THE LEASES EXPIRED, Thor Equities, the realtors who gobbled up Coney Island’s thuggy-but-fun Astroland, ran into a roadblock named Bloomberg. The Mayor unveiled a plan that will transform Coney Island into a year-round entertainment destination (read South Street Seaport) with seaside attractions (read: miniature golf) and a stronger residential community (read: zillion-dollar condos.) The Mayor also gave an additional $50 million to implement the plan after previously pledging $23 million. Combined with the Brooklyn Borough President’s $7 [...]


Posted in The City on November 21st, 2007 | No Comments » [ Share / Bookmark + ] 

Rule #1: if critics love it, it sucks.

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WE HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT LIKE SCARFACE AND GOODFELLAS, but when it comes to pure shmaltz, American Gangster takes the cake.
The “true” story chronicles Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington). a heroin dealer who adopts the financial wizardry of his Italian mafia peers to run the Harlemites working under him, and Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe, his arm still aching from throwing telephones at concierges), a cop whose honesty makes him a pariah within the corrupt police community. Even with [...]


Posted in Books/Films/Media, The City on November 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment » [ Share / Bookmark + ] 

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