Arts

 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 […]

“She’s Got the Look” Wednesday, 10pm, TV Land TV Land’s modeling competition for women of a certain age (over 35, that is) returns for its third season. Original host Kim Alexis is out, replaced by omnipresent TV hostess Brooke Burns, whose pinched looks and irritating voice I’ve never appreciated. The judging panel’s biggest name, pioneering […]

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