Unexpected developments

“Bravo A-List Awards” Wednesday 10pm, Bravo Let us be clear: No one involved in this awards show is remotely A-list. When your guests include Tori Spelling, Traci Lords and the bizarre new couple that is Tila Tequila and Billy Corgan, you’re barely cresting the D level. Still, if you’re a Bravo fan, there’s much to […]

Capsule Reviews

Adventureland (R, 106 minutes) Superbad director Greg Mottola sets young love and raunchy humor in an amusement park. But he does it endearingly. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Che, Part One (NR, 126 minutes) Steven Soderbergh directs Benicio “Mumbles” Del Toro in this lengthy biopic of the infamous Cuban revolutionary. Playing at Vinegar Hill […]

Capsule Reviews

12 Rounds (PG-13, 108 minutes) Professional wrestler Jon Cena proves himself the working man’s Jason Statham in this film about a New Orleans cop trying to put an Irish criminal back in the slammer. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Adventureland (R, 106 minutes) Superbad director Greg Mottola sets young love and raunchy humor in […]

Top of The Class

The fourth feature from the brilliant, socially conscious and philosophically rigorous director Laurent Cantet is a movie about a teacher in a room full of students.

Who's bad?

“The Unusuals” Wednesday 8pm, ABC Oh, look—another cop show! Oh, but this is a different kind of cop show, mixing dark humor with the typical procedural stuff you can find on almost any channel at almost any time of day. They’re promoting it as a cop version of “M.A.S.H.” but the abundance of quirk has […]

Adventureland loves the ’80s

About that title: Yeah, that’s sort of a joke. But is it being a joke also an excuse for the new slice-of-life, coming-of-age, your-hyphenate-here comedy from Superbad writer-director Greg Mottola to lack a real sense of adventure? Well, conventionality has its charms, too. Amusement rides? Jesse Eisenberg and Martin Starr fight job apathy in Adventureland. […]

Blasts from the past

“100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’80s” Tuesday-Friday 10pm, VH1 A few years back, VH1 provoked my ire by naming Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” as the No. 1 song of the ’80s. As if! But you can’t go wrong with a topic this cheesy. Relive some of the most infectious choruses and atrocious […]

First Friday—April 3

Art Upstairs “A Moment Caught,” oil paintings by Sue Sencer, 5-8pm. BozArt Works by Kathy Kuhlmann, 5-9pm. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative “Bright Face (People You Should Know),” a collection of ecstatic portraits by one-time local Adriana Atema, 6-8pm C’ville Arts “Blooms,” floral and garden-themed works by local artists, 6-9pm. C’ville Coffee “Eight Years/Eight Days,” a […]

Capsule Reviews

12 Rounds (PG-13, 108 minutes) Professional wrestler Jon Cena proves himself the working man’s Jason Statham in this film about a New Orleans cop trying to put an Irish criminal back in the slammer. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Adventureland (R, 106 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Opening Friday Confessions of a Shopaholic […]