Arts

I was actually working on something top secret. It is an architectural competition to design a sukkah

Wait. Summer’s over? Again? How the hell does this keep happening? Can’t something be done? Well, why don’t we just keep going to the movies anyway? Here’s a handful of films that’ll be playing this fall. M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil. Devil. (Opening September 17; with Chris Messina) If there’s anything worse than being trapped in […]

“Top Chef: Just Desserts” Wednesday 11pm, Bravo Anyone who watches “Top Chef” knows that desserts have routinely been the downfall of many a great chef on that show. We’ve been told over and over again that there is a huge difference between cooking and baking. Baking involves precise measurements and miracles of chemistry, and generally […]

 It’s not every weekend that two movies about practiced killers are new in theaters simultaneously.

 “Hellcats” Wednesday, 9pm, CW The new fall season is here, and CW is first up with this new series set in the competitive world of collegiate cheerleading. The cast looks like the remainders of a discount Disney Channel talent bin, with Alyson Michalka (“Phil of the Future,” one half of the pop duo Aly & […]

I am doing corporate videos, I am working on my next film project and I am preparing the European festival launch for The Parking Lot Movie

Why is it so weird to see Drew Barrymore and Justin Long sharing a bong and making out? And humping on the kitchen table? And having relatively explicit phone sex? Is it just that such supercute people normally don’t do these things in cookie cutter romantic comedies? Is it because they’re together—or were, or will […]

“Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” Friday 8pm, Disney Channel It’s the sequel to the hit 2008 made-for-TV movie, which was itself a pale imitation of Disney’s wildly popular “High School Musical” franchise. Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers return as a bunch of musically gifted teens who geek out at band camp and get involved […]

The American (R, 105 minutes) An American assassin (George Clooney) heads to Italy for one last assignment in the latest flick by Anton Corbijn based on the novel by Martin Booth. Opening Friday Avatar (Special Edition) (PG-13, 170 minutes)  If you didn’t get your fill the first time this mega-blockbuster came through, catch the film […]

True story: Somewhere in the South during the Great Depression, an old man lived alone in the woods. One day, for reasons unknown, he decided to host his own funeral. Now he has a movie, Get Low, which asks, What makes a man a reclusive codger? How might he unbecome one? Will a clean shave […]