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		<title>Mosley, Hudson make national tour stops on Folly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folly Beach attracts interesting characters from all corners of the world: authors, actors, artists, musicians, poets, athletes, politicians, diplomats, vagabonds and everything in between. This month, two highly-regarded singer-songwriters will make their first trips to the island &#8211; Cary Hudson of Blue Mountain and Bret Mosley.
&#8220;I played the Lowcountry for the first time in February [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1471" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Cary_Hudson.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1471" title="Cary_Hudson" src="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Cary_Hudson-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"> Blue Mountain front man Cary Hudson from Sumrall / Oxford, Mississippi, returns to Charleston to play the Surf Bar on Thursday, July 29, for his first show on Folly Beach.</p></div>
<p>Folly Beach attracts interesting characters from all corners of the world: authors, actors, artists, musicians, poets, athletes, politicians, diplomats, vagabonds and everything in between. This month, two highly-regarded singer-songwriters will make their first trips to the island &#8211; Cary Hudson of Blue Mountain and Bret Mosley.</p>
<p>&#8220;I played the Lowcountry for the first time in February of 2009, in Beaufort,” Mosley says. “Right after my set, a grinning six-and-a-half-foot tall Bubba in a tie-dye t-shirt walked up to me and said, &#8216;You in gee-tar country &#8211; WE LIKE YOU.&#8217; I&#8217;ve been back every month or two since then. The soulfulness and the generosity of spirit in the south &#8211; that&#8217;s the thing about it that draws me, the audiences, the artists. Their hearts are available to one another. When I sing the words, &#8216;feel the Love, y&#8217;all&#8217; down here, it lands and it sticks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mosley hails from Brooklyn and plays a very original, hybrid brand of alternative rock, roots music and funk. Some critics refer to it as &#8220;Bluebilly Funkjam.&#8221; Touring tirelessly, he has shared the stage with Trombone Shorty, Ivan Neville&#8217;s Dumpstaphunk, The Subdudes, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Garry Burnside, Jackie Greene, Outformation, Kaki King, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jerry Joseph and Stockholm Syndrome. Mosley has also drawn comparisons to Chris Whitley, Steve Earle, Van Morrison, Keller Williams, Ben Harper, Taj Mahal and Beck.</p>
<p>Cary Hudson comes from Sumrall, Mississippi, but has relocated a handful of times to Oxford, where he made his stand in the late 1980s as the frontman for the seminal blues-rock and alt-country act Blue Mountain (originally the Hilltops). The original lineup included Hudson and twin brother-sister duo John Stirratt (of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) and Laurie Stirratt. After the divorce of Hudson and Laurie Stirratt, the band went on a decade-long hiatus, but has reformed in the past three years and toured nationally with a new energy, a couple of new albums and a rejuvenated fan base.</p>
<p>Hudson and Blue Mountain have been credited as being pioneers of the alt-country movement. The band graced the cover of the second issue of No Depression Magazine, and is perhaps most well-known for their hit songs &#8220;Soul Sister&#8221; and &#8220;Jimmy Carter.&#8221;</p>
<p>Follywood Productions strives to be the Lowcountry&#8217;s most complete event coordinating service, handling live entertainment and promotion for local and regional artists, venues, festivals, fundraisers, universities and special events.  This is Follywood &#8211; This is The Edge.</p>
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		<title>Despicable Me</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Megan Carroll
If you haven’t been to an animated film in a while, well, let’s just say things have changed. Today’s animation is a far cry from Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Characters that were once good for a thin plot and a good helping of slapstick have become more substantial and plots [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Megan Carroll</p>
<p><a href="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/reading-to-the-girls.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1463" title="reading to the girls" src="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/reading-to-the-girls-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="153" /></a>If you haven’t been to an animated film in a while, well, let’s just say things have changed. Today’s animation is a far cry from Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Characters that were once good for a thin plot and a good helping of slapstick have become more substantial and plots follow believable story lines. While Disney pioneered this movement toward more developed characters in animation with Snow White and Cinderella, current films such as Despicable Me are taking animation to a whole new level.</p>
<p>Our story opens amongst manicured lawns and picket fences where a run-down, gloomy house hides in the shadows of an otherwise bright and cheerful community. Unbeknownst to all residing around those dark and dank walls is a mediocre villain, Gru (Steve Carell) who is plotting to become the world’s greatest super villain of all time. His goal? To shrink and steal the moon!</p>
<p>The next logical question would be why? The answer: just to show everyone, especially his mommy, that he is the “baddest” super villain around!</p>
<p>Gru, along with the help of his army of little yellow minions, enlists the aid of three oblivious orphan girls to help him “one-up” his biggest competitor in the race to become the greatest super villain; a smug cipher (Jason Segel) who calls himself Vector. The competition between the two and the hilarity that ensues is very reminiscent of Mad Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy. The best part of the film is the relationship that is built between Gru and the girls. At first, knowing nothing about children, Gru places the girl’s food and water in dog bowls and sets newspapers out labeled “pee” and “poop”, but just as caring for children comes unnaturally to Gru, the girls naturally melt his villainous heart.</p>
<p>Along the lines of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me is one of those non-Pixar animated films that actually rocks! While it doesn’t have the history of Toy Story 3, Despicable Me is a clever, humorous film that will be enjoyed by every member of the family. I saw the film in 3-D and I feel the extra two dollars is worth it (something that can’t be said for all of the 3-D out there today). The effects where well done and the rollercoaster scene is not to be missed.</p>
<p>Despicable Me has everything you want in a film: delightful characters, humor, action, heart, a great plot and for the kiddies and a 95 minute running time!</p>
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		<title>Police Reports</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Dean
So it’s not against the law to . . .
A couple engaging in sexual relations on a blanket strewn with empty beer bottles was cited for glass on beach just after midnight on June 23. The officer asked for IDs and when he ran their information he discovered the 39-year-old man was wanted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Lauren Dean</p>
<p>So it’s not against the law to . . .</p>
<p>A couple engaging in sexual relations on a blanket strewn with empty beer bottles was cited for glass on beach just after midnight on June 23. The officer asked for IDs and when he ran their information he discovered the 39-year-old man was wanted by Charleston County for check law violations. After being taken into custody and searched, a small amount of marijuana was discovered in his cigarette pack. The subject admitted to having more marijuana in the console of his truck, which measured in at 2.5 grams. The woman was ticketed for glass on the beach and the man was issued a summons for simple possession of marijuana and released to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department on the outstanding warrant.</p>
<p>Sittin’ on the dock . . .</p>
<p>A 46-year-old man who reportedly stole a beer from a convenience store was arrested minutes later drinking the beer on a fishing pier. On June 24 about 9:00 a.m. Public Safety was dispatched to the Kangaroo by employees who said a man had taken a can of Earthquake Malt Liquor and left the store without paying for it. The manager of the Kangaroo followed the suspect to the Folly River Park where Chief Boatwright and the responding officer caught him at the dead end of the fishing pier, where he was arrested for open container. When asked when and where he had purchased the beer, the suspect said he had bought it an hour earlier, but the officer noticed the beer was still cold.  Both the manager and the cashier at the Kangaroo positively identified the suspect as the one who had stolen the beer. The man was taken to jail and charged with the maximum fines on shoplifting, open container and giving false information to police.</p>
<p>Nap attack</p>
<p>Public Safety was dispatched to the Folly Road Piggly Wiggly about 5:00 p.m. on June 25 to help with a medical call regarding a man passed out in his vehicle. The suspect told officers that he had been out on the beach all day and had drunk a few beers and thought he needed to get some rest. It was obvious to the responding office that the subject had been drinking heavily and he was issued a citation for disorderly conduct by intoxication. The subject graciously accepted the citation and apologized for the trouble he had caused and the officer called a friend to drive him home.</p>
<p>Road rage</p>
<p>Two men were walking down East Arctic about 6:30 p.m. on June 26 when a car following them started honking the horn and yelling at them to get out of the way. The vehicle passed them and stopped and the driver got out and approached one of the men and pushed him backwards causing him to fall to the ground, striking his head on a parked vehicle in the process. The driver returned to his car and drove off, but a witness got his license number. The victim suffered lacerations to his head and back. Damage to the parked vehicle was estimated at $500. Charges of assault and battery, 3rd degree, and vandalism will be served on the suspect when he is located.</p>
<p>Officer, I was just holding that post up</p>
<p>About 1:00 p.m. on June 27 Public Safety was dispatched to the Crab Shack because a 23-year-old woman was causing a disturbance with several patrons and had refused to leave. While officers were meeting with the Crab Shack employees, the woman came outside and had to hold onto a post to keep from falling down and it was apparent she was grossly intoxicated. The responding officer had dealings with the same woman the previous day at her residence when it was also apparent that she was grossly intoxicated. She was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and transported to the Charleston County Detention Center for booking and to await a bond hearing.</p>
<p>Cracking the case</p>
<p>A vehicle with a cracked windshield was stopped on a safety violation about 6:00 p.m. on July 1 and the officer noticed that the driver and passenger appeared overly nervous. The driver stated that he and his girlfriend had an argument and he kicked the windshield in. When the officer walked around to the passenger side to get a better look at the windshield, he noticed that the passenger was breathing so heavily that his tee shirt was bouncing off his chest. The officer asked the driver if there was anything illegal in the vehicle and he said “Look for yourself.” The passenger was asked to step from the vehicle and the officer patted him down for weapons. As he was doing this the suspect began to sweat profusely and his legs started to shake, and the officer asked if he could search his person. During the search the officer removed the suspect’s baseball cap and when he turned it upside down and shook it, two white rock-like objects fell from under the brim. The suspect was arrested for possession of cocaine base and transported to Charleston County Detention Center.</p>
<p>Catch me if you can</p>
<p>On July 3 about 8:00 p.m. Public Safety was alerted to four cars leaving 10th Street East whose occupants appeared to be highly intoxicated. An officer stopped one of the cars and the others turned into the parking lot of 208 E Ashley. The officer responding to that address found the 19-year-old driver of one of the vehicles so intoxicated that he could not stand and the driver was not given the chance to take a field sobriety test due to concerns for his safety. He was placed under arrest for DUI, double-cuffed, placed in the back of the control car and belted in. While in route to the Charleston County Detention center the suspect bragged that he had been doing this for seven years without being caught.</p>
<p>When he blew a .18 on the Data-Master test, he was advised that his license was suspended and lodged into the detention center without further incident.</p>
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		<title>Aunt Vee’s Italian Ice</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lauren Dean
For the past two summers Buzz Perri has been manning his Italian Ice cart from a spot on the sidewalk next to Mr. John’s Beach Store. He opens for business about 11:00 a.m. and closes “when everybody goes home.” Then he gets up the next day and does it all over again. Seven [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Lauren Dean</p>
<p>For the past two summers Buzz Perri has been manning his Italian Ice cart from a spot on the sidewalk next to Mr. John’s Beach Store. He opens for business about 11:00 a.m. and closes “when everybody goes home.” Then he gets up the next day and does it all over again. Seven days a week.</p>
<p>Couples holding hands or parents with kids in tow stroll by. Buzz has a smile for everyone. In fact, he could me called the ambassador of Folly Beach. A father stops by with his son. After taking their orders, Perri pulls out a Folly Beach Directory and offers directions and recommendations. “Here’s the best-kept secret for breakfast, here’s a menu for the Crab Shack, it’s a family friendly place, or try Rita’s, they’ve got three big-screen televisions,” and on down the list. No one is left out. “Just tell them Buzz sent you.”</p>
<p>“I don’t care if you spend $2 or $20,” Perri said, “you get the same treatment. I try to take care of every customer and take the time to talk to everyone.” He wants to help make people feel comfortable in his adopted town. He came here two years ago from Brooklyn with his 19-year-old son Stefan, who helped him with the cart the first summer, but returned to school at Notre Dame in the fall.</p>
<p>Perri’s not getting rich, but he feels blessed to be in Folly Beach and he appreciates the fact that the other businesses as well as the residents welcomed him with open arms. “I could not have done this in IOP or Mt. Pleasant,” he said.</p>
<p>The basis of the business is an old family recipe for Italian Ice handed down by “Aunt Vee,” his paternal grandmother’s sister. The recipe was so good, according to Perri, that the people who currently make his product wanted to buy it, but that would have meant giving up quality control so Perri licensed the recipe instead so that it would not be “disrespected or dishonored.”</p>
<p>Family is important to Perri. A genealogy buff, he has traced his family history back to Sicily and Naples in the 1600s and to their voyage to Ellis Island in the 1880s. He remembers his Aunt Vee, who lived to be 98, making Italian ice on the family farm. Perri said a tinker would come by in his little truck with a grinding blade to sharpen knives and saws and he also sharpened the blade of his great aunt’s ice cream churn. What’s in the famous recipe?  “Sugar, water lemons, a pinch of this and a dash of that. It’s made in very small batches and whipped so fine that it’s almost like cream,” Perri said.</p>
<p>The menu changes according to “what the friends who make it for us feel like whipping up,” but every flavor is based on Aunt Vee’s recipe. Kids seem to like chocolate and tie-dye best, according to Perri. Ten flavors are available every day and include such yummy selections as mango, pina colada, strawberry banana, lemon cheesecake and blue raspberry, among others. Except for the chocolate, all flavors are fat-free and cholesterol-free. “They are not sugar-free,” Perri laughed.</p>
<p>The ice is scooped into eight-ounce cups and costs $2 per scoop. Perri said most folks choose two scoops, but can have as many as three and he is happy to mix flavors. For those interested in revisiting their childhood, Coke floats are also available. “I could be selling anything,” Perri said. “It’s about the service. You have to take care of all your customers.”</p>
<p>“So what do you think, is this stuff any good?” I asked Perri’s customers. Between scoops the father said, “Yeah, it’s good. I’m from New York and I know what I&#8217;m talking about. This is good Italian ice.”</p>
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		<title>Oh, Please Give this film a hand!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Megan Carroll
Nicole Holofcener’s independent film entitled Please Give tip-toed recently onto the screens, it should conclude to rounding applause. Kate and Alex (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt) are a couple living in New York. They own a successful business specializing in vintage furniture. Kate becomes consumed with guilt as she buys furniture from the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Megan Carroll</p>
<p><a href="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2010_please_give_002.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1422" title="2010_please_give_002" src="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2010_please_give_002-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Nicole Holofcener’s independent film entitled Please Give tip-toed recently onto the screens, it should conclude to rounding applause. Kate and Alex (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt) are a couple living in New York. They own a successful business specializing in vintage furniture. Kate becomes consumed with guilt as she buys furniture from the recently deceased, and her husband Alex struggles with middle-aged infidelity. Their fifteen-year-old daughter, Abby (Sarah Steele), is confronting genetically bad skin and all the behavior challenges most teenagers don’t face well.</p>
<p>The family lives in a small apartment, feeling the lack of space. They own the property beside them, but have an elderly tenant, Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert) occupying the space. Andra is an ornery old lady who calls it as she sees it. Consequently they are waiting for her to die. Racked with guilt over this thought, Kate tries to befriend Andra and her two granddaughters, Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) and Mary (Amanda Peet). Rebecca is fiercely protective of her grandmother and is not up for making new friends. Mary could care less about anything not related to her, but they soon find themselves entangled in each other’s lives. They are all flawed, insecure individuals to whom we can all relate. These true-to-life characters connect the audience immediately to the daily struggles of each story, but the main focus is Kate: a bleeding heart liberal who constantly hands money out to every homeless person she comes across.</p>
<p>Holofcener creates a film with hints of laughter mixed with an in-depth look at what motivates us and what defines being a “good person.” Like most of her films (Friends With Money), Holofcener’s characters are real, struggling with their selfish wants and desires, but never ridiculing them; a tactic which allows the audience to truly connect and not feel bad for their own humanity. It is a beautiful combination of the hilarity and sorrow that comes with life.</p>
<p>What Holofcener does best is allow her phenomenal cast the room to delve deeply into their characters and do what they do best. Keener and Hall have standout performances and Guilbert’s portrayal of Andra is nothing less than perfect. I cannot think of a film recently that was so perfectly cast. If nothing else, do not miss the performance of this unparalleled cast.</p>
<p>Please Give is a snap shot of real life and real people, and because of this many might find the weight of this film too much to bear. But isn’t that what life’s about, bearing the unbearable?</p>
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		<title>Movie Review:Get Him To Greek</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Megan Carroll
Like the main characters in Get Him to the Greek, this film is a bit sloppy and all over the place. But, based on what’s out there right now and has been out there in the comedy genre, this is one of the top ones so far! I’m still trying to figure out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Megan Carroll</p>
<p>Like the main characters in Get Him to the Greek, this film is a bit sloppy and all over the place. But, based on what’s out there right now and has been out there in the comedy genre, this is one of the top ones so far! I’m still trying to figure out what this actually says for the movie!?</p>
<p>After falling in love with Aldous Snow, Jason Segel’s romantic rival in the awesome flick Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the Greek gives audiences a chance to delve more deeply into the self-involved British rock star’s crazy life. Unfortunately a poor record company intern Aaron Greenberg (Jonah Hill) comes along for the ride!</p>
<p>Hill is a lowly intern who gets a chance to shine. His mission&#8211;fly to London and escort Snow to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first stop on a $100 million tour. Hill receives a haunting warning that he should not allow Snow out of his sight for a second. Hill takes the advice, but full of a sense of naïve confidence, Hill feels this mission sounds totally feasible. If he only knew what crazy, drug induced, vomit laced events where about to unfold before him.</p>
<p>The film tends to drift, drag and meander at times. Be sophomoric at times. But, I was laughing hysterically at other times. I was asking myself why certain parts did not end up on the cutting room floor—there were candidates. A good example of this would be the threesome scene which involves Hill, Hill’s live-in girlfriend Daphne (Elizabeth Moss, best known from Mad Men) and of course Snow. A scene that could have been hilarious turns into a long awkward mess.</p>
<p>Director Nicholas Stoller definitely needed to take a note from Zoolander on how not to make the audience feel icky. Stoller got lazy at times and fell back on tired, sight gags. Just because there is weed, strippers and a punch to the groin in a scene does not make something instantly funny. At times the film feels as if it is one gag after the next, some work and some just fall flat.</p>
<p>Even though the film has its dead spots and awkward moments, Get Him to the Greek is still funny enough to warrant a look see! The film has a fantastic cast and most of the script is well written. Gloss over the insane drug use, the vomiting, the womanizing (don’t gloss over them too much, the scenes are freaking hilarious) and you will find an actual story that keeps you entertained! Russell Brand, Jonah Hill and even Sean Combs aka Diddy were down right fun to watch! Get Him to the Greek entertainingly almost hits its mark!</p>
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		<title>Meet James Justin Burke</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Perna
Meet James Justin Burke, a local Folly Beach musician and songwriter. I sat down recently for an interview with this burgeoning star and found that, while he appears to be a confident young man sure of his craft, deep down the kid inside him remains giddy with excitement and anticipation. It is this [...]]]></description>
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<p>By Vince Perna</p>
<p>Meet James Justin Burke, a local Folly Beach musician and songwriter. I sat down recently for an interview with this burgeoning star and found that, while he appears to be a confident young man sure of his craft, deep down the kid inside him remains giddy with excitement and anticipation. It is this energy that drives his music. As the front man for local rock band Jupiter’s Garden, Justin recently went solo with the band James Justin &amp; Co., a group which presents a soulful rock-grass sound with hints of Americana and country.  Every time I have his new album playing someone asks about it; the sign of a truly good record.  I highly recommend getting one for yourself, but be careful, it may never come out of your CD player.</p>
<p>VP: Why did you make a solo album?</p>
<p>JJB: Every show someone would talk to me about this great connection they had to one of the songs I wrote, and I thought about how cool it would be to continue these connections on an album. I never really thought twice about it, but it felt like I was meant to do it.</p>
<p>VP: Tell me about the new album.</p>
<p>JJB: “Southern Son, So Far” is an album of love songs. It has nine tracks and song selection was a big decision.  There are more songs that did not make it because they just didn’t fit the feeling of this album.  Every good record tells a story and the songs I chose were about my wife and how she changed my life. It already has been a gigantic success.</p>
<p>VP: What experiences did you have with the album creation process?</p>
<p>JJB: I had nothing but extremely good experiences. I was surprised at the love and support I received from so many places. Jim Donnelly from Plowground Productions produced the album and made the process effortless.  I went in not knowing anything and came out with something that I never knew would go this far. It is very scary to give away your heart and soul, and Jim eased my mind and was confident that it will rival anything out there. I could not have done it without him. Then my friends and some of my heroes offered to be a part of the album. Ben Bridwell was happy to help and his respect was a huge gift. The guys in Dangermuffin were there to support and Howard Dlugash. They all helped me through it.</p>
<p>VP: Are you writing new music and touring now?</p>
<p>JJB: Absolutely. In fact, I could probably make five records.  I am very active and a second album may be in the works very soon.  My albums are all concepts so I am searching for a sign that makes the second one complete. James Justin &amp; Co. is planning a Charleston Charity tour which has eight dates in late June / early July benefiting Carolina Studios.  Then we are taking off to Wilmington, NC, then Floydfest in Virginia and Camp Barefoot in West Virginia, touring Virginia and singing the national anthem at the Richmond Braves game. Then in the fall we have a tour planned from Boston to Miami and over to New Orleans. We plan on being very busy.</p>
<p>VP: How do you feel about the Folly Beach music scene?</p>
<p>JJB: The sounds going on here are incredible. People who aren’t paying attention need to know that there are three major bands making it out there on the road, all based on Folly.  Countless others are equally as good and you can hear one nearly every night. The amount of good bands you hear up and down Center Street encourages each one to try harder and get better. It is all a product of where we live and where we come from.  Crossing the bridge and arriving on the island relieves all my troubles and creates a huge sigh from deep down within. I can’t imagine my life without Folly.</p>
<p>Buy the album at JamesJustinMusic.com. You can check out James Justin &amp; Co. on June 20 &amp; July 3 at the Surf Bar, June 24 on the Folly Pier, July 1 at Sunset Cay Marina, and July 2 at Folly Beach Brewing Co.  If you are one of the religious readers of the Folly Current, you can see him tonight, June 11, at the Chill &amp; Grill with Jupiter’s Garden.</p>
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		<title>Prince of Persia is right down the middle of the road</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Megan Carroll
Like others before it, Prince of Persia is another forgettable video game adapted for the big screen, but there is one real difference with this one: it has legs. I can see a bright future for this Persian comedic adventure. It will make money and has “sequel ability.” Like the game of its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1338" title="prince-of-persia-movie-poster-jake-gyllenhaal-01" src="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/prince-of-persia-movie-poster-jake-gyllenhaal-01-203x300.jpg" alt="prince-of-persia-movie-poster-jake-gyllenhaal-01" width="203" height="300" />By Megan Carroll</p>
<p>Like others before it, Prince of Persia is another forgettable video game adapted for the big screen, but there is one real difference with this one: it has legs. I can see a bright future for this Persian comedic adventure. It will make money and has “sequel ability.” Like the game of its origin, this movie is an excellent one to go see if you’re looking for mindless entertainment that is only slightly better with the presence of Jake Gyllenhaal.</p>
<p>Walt Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer present this film, directed by Mike Newell, and trust me; Disney will not let you forget it. The first five minutes of the film is literally a “non-animated” version of Aladdin and the rest of the story closely resembles The Lion King. Right when you think this film is going to a darker, more interesting place, Disney swoops in and brings it right back to fluffy. This action-adventure is set in the mystical lands of Persia. A rogue prince named Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton), and together they must fight dark forces to protect an ancient dagger that has the power to turn back time.</p>
<p>These types of light action adventure films are hard because they are what they are: sub-par films that will entertain, wow with amazing stunts and acrobatics, and titillate your darker side by including a mystical backdrop. The Prince of Persia stands out of the pack a bit due to the amazing performance by Gyllenhaal. He definitely out-shines the script and pulls the performance off by being a master of his craft and infusing his character with a genuine sense of purpose and a wry sense of humor.</p>
<p>Another surprising presence in the film was Ben Kingsley who plays the reprehensible Uncle Nizam. I always find it strange when you see an actor of that caliber in a film such as this. It was off-putting. Every time I saw him on screen, I wondered what “the Ben Kingsley” was doing here.</p>
<p>Last but not least would be the entertaining performance by Alfred Molina, most recently know for his amazing role in An Education. He plays a wily desert con man that has issues with “the man” and he is truly fun to watch. He brings a child-like feel to his role and is truly talented in everything he does.</p>
<p>Prince of Persia has an incredible but strange cast of characters who make the film enjoyable at times. As far as summertime films go, this one’s right down the middle; not too thought provoking, but adventurous and entertaining enough.</p>
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		<title>Letters to Juliet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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By Megan Carroll
Letters to Juliet was as painful for the audience as Romeo’s realization that Juliet was lying cold and dead beside him. The film immediately makes it evident that it is going to bring nothing new to the romantic drama table.
Enter our main character, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), a fact checker for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Letters to Juliet<br />
By Megan Carroll</p>
<p>Letters to Juliet was as painful for the audience as Romeo’s realization that Juliet was lying cold and dead beside him. The film immediately makes it evident that it is going to bring nothing new to the romantic drama table.</p>
<p>Enter our main character, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), a fact checker for the New Yorker whose true passion is writing. She and her chef fiancé Victor (Gael Garcia Bernal) are going to Italy for a pre-honeymoon getaway, but her romantic plans are ruined when the trip turns out to be a working visit for her fiancé.  Why does such a seemingly wonderful, intelligent girl like Sophie want to be engaged to someone so negligent? Thanks to director Gary Winick, the answer is very apparent, like most of this film. We are supposed to dislike Victor so that we do not find ourselves in a moral quandary when Sophie starts making out with another man half way into the film. I would love to say that the plot deepened, but it didn’t. This movie was as shallow as the kiddy pool and left nothing to the romantic imagination.</p>
<p>On top of being void of story, plot, depth or substance, a bevy of inconsistencies also plagued this film. Sophie spends most of her time alone sightseeing and comes across the house where Juliet Capulet supposedly lived. She watches in awe as numerous people gather to write letters to Juliet about their lost loves. Soon, Sophie notices that a young woman comes along and removes all of the letters. Intrigued, she follows the lady and finds that a group of women called “Juliet’s Secretaries” have taken it upon themselves to write responses to the authors of the letters. Sophie finds a letter and sits down to respond. As this scene is shot the day passes, and each woman in the group finishing her pile of letters and leaves the table. Eventually, the sun sets and for some strange reason Sophie is still there. She is even allowed to close up shop, even though she is some random American that they have only known for a few hours.</p>
<p>So all that time and just two paragraphs? Does she have writer’s block? During the same time period, four elderly women are shown answering piles of letters! What’s wrong with this picture?</p>
<p>This scene then melds into another inconsistency in which we are introduced to Sophie’s true love interest, Charlie (Chris Egan). He talks about her letter and even goes so far as to quote it. Fast forward to when we actually get to hear what took Sophie a day to write and what Charlie felt was so quotable, but as we hear the letter read, Charlie’s quote is nowhere to be found! It seemed that this film needed it’s own fact checker.<br />
To make it even worse, I don’t think the actors even wanted to be there. I have not seen enough of either Amanda Seyfried or Chris Egan to decide whether they are bad actors or just bored, but I do know that there was zero chemistry between the actors in this film.</p>
<p>The only thing that made Letters to Juliet worth watching was the incredibly beautiful shots of the Italian countryside. Other than that, this film was painful in every way imaginable.</p>
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		<title>Hot Tub Time Machine &#8212; a hot film</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a title like Hot Tub Time Machine, you would think the film would be as shallow as a kiddie pool, but think again. This &#8220;best buddy&#8221; comedy is actually a hilarious must-see film.
When their buddy Lou (Rob Corddry&#8211;who is absolutely brilliant) winds up in the hospital after an apparent suicide attempt, friends Adam and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1269" title="hot_tub_time_machine_poster" src="http://follycurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hot_tub_time_machine_poster-214x300.jpg" alt="hot_tub_time_machine_poster" width="214" height="300" />With a title like Hot Tub Time Machine, you would think the film would be as shallow as a kiddie pool, but think again. This &#8220;best buddy&#8221; comedy is actually a hilarious must-see film.</p>
<p>When their buddy Lou (Rob Corddry&#8211;who is absolutely brilliant) winds up in the hospital after an apparent suicide attempt, friends Adam and Nick (John Cusack and Craig Robinson) decide to relive their glory days and head out to their favorite ski resort. Adam’s nephew Jacob (Clarke Duke) is also along for the ride. They quickly find out that their old stomping ground is a ghost of its former self, but after a night of intense alcohol consumption and a dip in the tub, they awake refreshed and surrounded by leg warmers, jheri curl, jump suites and acid-washed everything. Welcome back to 1986!</p>
<p>In life we often wish we could go back and fix our mistakes&#8211;make things right. As adults, we often shake our heads and wonder “How did I get here and what went wrong?” These characters, however, are given a chance at redemption and as the audience we get to enjoy the hilarity that ensues.  Adam is obsessed with his mistake of dumping the “perfect girl.” Nick gave up a budding music career. Lou never got over the feeling of abandonment by his friends and Jacob never knew who his father was. But they have to tread lightly because, as Jacob says in the film, “What if we step on a bug and the internet never gets invented?”</p>
<p>Hot Tub Time Machine relies heavily on clichés and absurd trends from the 80s, but with a well written, tight script and superior comic timing from veteran actors, you often find yourself laughing out loud. Comedy is hard and misses the mark more often than not. When you jump head first into &#8220;stupid funny&#8221; it is almost an insurmountable task, but director Steve Pink and screenwriter Josh Heald walked the line perfectly.</p>
<p>In a year chock-full of uninspired remakes, Hot Tube Time Machine is an excellent example of inventive, creative work. At times incredibly raunchy and silly, the film deserves mad kudos and strong support from audiences. Take a chance on this film; you will be pleasantly surprised!</p>
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