“Vampire Diaries,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Tudors”

 “Vampire Diaries”  Thursday 8pm, CW Producers are teasing no fewer than nine cliffhangers for this season finale. Given that the show has an “Oh, shit!” moment every time it goes to commercial, I don’t doubt them. You can look forward to at least two major deaths, and given how often people bite it on this […]

Capsule Reviews

Alice in Wonderland (PG, 108 minutes) 
Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Carmike Cinema 6 The Back-up Plan (PG-13, 98 minutes) In this romantic comedy, Jennifer Lopez plays a single woman who wants to get pregnant without waiting any more to meet Mr. Right. So she gets pregnant. Then she meets Mr. Right (Alex O’Loughlin). Read C-VILLE’s […]

Checking in with Russell Richards

What are you currently working on? Well, I am working on a series of figurative pieces. These are etchings and ink drawings, one of which I was working on when you called, an ink drawing on a white box that I did a figurative piece with, drawing from a model with the image underneath a […]

The Back-Up Plan; PG-13, 98 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6

The premise alone might induce morning sickness: Jennifer Lopez plays a single Manhattanite who wants to get pregnant without waiting any longer to meet Mr. Right. So she gets pregnant. Then she meets Mr. Right. Uh oh!  Conception precedes romance—but not in the usual way—for Jennifer Lopez in The Back-Up Plan, a romantic comedy from […]

“The Hills,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Happy Town”

“The Hills”  Tuesday 10pm, MTV Since ratings have plummeted and its original star has left the series, MTV is pulling the plug on this once hugely influential “reality” show at the end of this sixth season, which begins tonight. The cast has been doing its damnedest to ratchet up drama. Dim Audrina has been nabbing […]

“Deadliest Warrior,” “Gravity,” “nto the Universe with Stephen Hawking”

“Deadliest Warrior”  Tuesday 10pm, Spike I can’t decide if this is brilliant or goofy. “Deadliest Warrior,” which begins its second season tonight, uses computer-animated and live-actor dramatizations, as well as forensics investigations, to determine what fighting forces are the fiercest. Each episode features a specific showdown; say, viking vs. samurai, or yakuza vs. mafia, and […]