Wives’ tales

“Smallville” Friday 8pm, CW After 10 seasons, this sci-fi drama about the teen who would become Superman wraps up with a double-sized series finale. “Smallville” started out with a novel concept, promising a “no tights, no flights” examination of the Superman myth filtered through the prism of mopey teen isolation. Over the years it got […]

Checking in with Dinah Gray

What were you doing when we called? I had just finished teaching a Pilates class. I started practicing Pilates when I had a dance teacher in high school who used it as part of our technique class, so when I moved to Charlottesville I went ahead and got trained to teach it. It’s a little […]

Merry melodies

“The Looney Tunes Show” Tuesday 8pm, Cartoon Network The old “Looney Tunes” cartoon shorts remain brilliant even decades after their original airings. Don’t believe me? Try watching any of those Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote clips. They just don’t make them like that anymore. Except they do! Cartoon Network is bringing back Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, […]

Quittin’ time

“The Voice” Tuesday 9pm, NBC “Voice” is an import of a Dutch singing show that operates much in the vein of “The X-Factor,” but with a twist. Four celebrity judges—Cee-Lo Green, country star Blake Shelton, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, and rapidly foundering pop diva Christina Aguilera—will each draft a “team” of performers, who they will […]

Checking in with Nancy Bass

Tell us about your day job. My husband and I are farmers, and he does most of the work. I paint a lot of farm animals, including our cattle, so that’s kind of my specialty. At this point I’m really a full-time artist, which is what I’ve always wanted to be since I was little. […]

Your Highness; R, 102 minutes; Regal Seminole Square 4

The director David Gordon Green started in tastefully muted art-house fodder. Then he made Pineapple Express. With his latest film, Your Highness, now he seems to be imitating the sort of Mel Brooks movies that make you wonder what happened to Mel Brooks. In the old-world stoner comedy Your Highness, Danny McBride (right) plays the […]

Tablet revolution

“Girl’s Night Out: Superstar Women of Country” Friday 9pm, CBS While male country artists are generally too earnest for my taste, I love me some lady country musicians. My iPod is loaded with Dolly, Reba, Shania, Carrie, Faith, LeAnn, Dixie Chicks, SheDaisy and the like. So naturally I’m excited for this new Academy of Country […]