Arts

I’m working on a large-scale multimedia project about climate change, what’s taking place in the Arctic Ocean underneath the ice.

Considering what else is out there, Inception could have been the best movie of the summer without even trying. But it’s a Christopher Nolan movie, so of course it tries. Hard. As the logical extension of whatever through-line might be drawn from Memento to The Dark Knight, Inception has all we’d want from Nolan: the […]

“The Fabulous Beekman Boys” Wednesday 9pm, Planet Green This charming documentary series follows two big-city homos (I’m a homo; I can say that) as they embark on turning their upstate New York farm into a down-home enterprise fit for Martha Stewart. The domestic goddess reference is quite intentional, as one of the guys—high-strung Brent—used to […]

The A-Team (PG-13, 117 minutes) From Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan, it’s the inevitable big-screen update of the ‘80s TV action-comedy, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and some other guys, plus Jessica Biel. Regal Downtown Mall 6 Cyrus (R, 91 minutes) Directors the Duplass brothers escape the transcend the mumblecore scene for this comedy about […]

Tell us about your day job. The Hamner Theater is my job. My paycheck comes from the Rockfish Valley Community Center, because at this point the Hamner Theater is a project of the Center. So my co-artistic director [Peter Coy] and I are on staff there. Unfortunately, my salary doesn’t reflect the hours I put […]

Adrien Brody and Topher Grace joining forces to revive a franchise inaugurated by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura doesn’t exactly say, “Badass!” or even, “Necessary!”

“Covert Affairs” Tuesday 10pm, USA This unimaginatively titled new drama addition to USA’s summer procedural slate has been dismissed as “Alias Lite.” As a huge fan of the spy series that made J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper household names, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. “Covert” stars the very pretty Piper Perabo […]

  The A-Team (PG-13, 117 minutes) From Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan, it’s the inevitable big-screen update of the ‘80s TV action-comedy, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and some other guys, plus Jessica Biel. Regal Downtown Mall 6 Get Him to the Greek (R, 109 minutes) Russell Brand stars as Aldous Snow in this spinoff […]

You worry going into these cartoon flicks. With their bright computerized colors and loud noises and urgent insistence on 3D, you worry that you’ll come out more or less empty-handed, entertainment-wise. That the movie simply will be lame. With low standards in mind, Despicable Me doesn’t disappoint. That is, it’s not really lame at all, […]

“Jeopardy”  Wednesday 7:30pm, NBC29 I love Kids Week on “Jeopardy”; it’s the one time I can actually beat the contestants as I play along at home. I joke—those little buggers still beat me. The venerable quiz show will be dominated by the preteen set this week, as contestants aged 10 to 12 show off their […]