“10 Things I Hate About You” Tuesday 8pm, ABC Family Ten years ago, the film 10 Things I Hate About You introduced America to budding film stars Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. Now the teen-friendly retelling of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is back with a serialized take in this new show on ABC Family. […]
“10 Things I Hate About You” Tuesday 8pm, ABC Family Ten years ago, the film 10 Things I Hate About You introduced America to budding film stars Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. Now the teen-friendly retelling of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is back with a serialized take in this new show on ABC Family. […]
Angels and Demons (PG-13, 138 minutes) Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) returns to the big screen to pursue another secret society—just replace “Opus Dei” with “The Illuminati.” Can he prevent a deadly terrorist act from devastating the Vatican? Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Away We Go (R, 97 minutes) A stellar cast of understated comics provide […]
With that calamitous stateside civil war between shape-shifting space robots now a couple of years behind him, young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is off to college. It means leaving behind his protective pet Camaro Bumblebee and his girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox), to whom Sam swears he’ll stay true, even though neither of them wants to […]
“Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular” Saturday 9pm, NBC In case you’re too lazy to go to the backyard to watch one of the several area Independence Day fireworks displays, NBC is bringing the high-altitude explosions right into your living room. Musical guests Jewel, Rob Thomas and the cast of Broadway’s revival of West Side […]
July 3 First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Angelo “Out to Pasture,” new paintings by Nancy Bass, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Gallery “Vislumbres: Watercolor Landscapes” by Mercedes Lopez, 5-8pm. The Box Works by Kate Daughdrill, 5-7pm. BozArt Gallery “Red, […]
Angels and Demons (PG-13, 138 minutes) Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) returns to the big screen to pursue another secret society—just replace “Opus Dei” with “The Illuminati.” Can he prevent a deadly terrorist act from devastating the Vatican? Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Away We Go (R, 97 minutes) A stellar […]
Writer-director Rian Johnson’s 2005 debut, Brick, dressed high-school melodrama in the garb of film noir, with conspicuously clever results. His new film, The Brothers Bloom, concerns itself with the mechanics of the heist movie, and the deep reserves of fraternal feeling contained therein. It too is clever and conspicuous—and impressively soulful, but only in spite […]
“America’s Got Talent” Tuesday-Wednesday 9pm, NBC I’m not convinced that title is accurate. Now in its fourth season, the show would like you to believe it can produce a national sensation, like its across-the-pond sibling did with Susan Boyle. The best we’re likely to get is the second coming of Boy Shakira. All manner of […]
ANGELS AND DEMONS (PG-13, 138 minutes) Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) returns to the big screen to pursue another secret society—just replace “Opus Dei” with “The Illuminati.” Can he prevent a deadly terrorist act from devastating the Vatican? Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 THE BROTHERS BLOOM (PG-13, 113 minutes) Adrian Brody […]
Writer-director Stephen Belber’s Management is not your average romantic comedy. Well, except that, as not-your-average romantic comedies go, it is sort of average. It is another of those quirky little character studies with more faith in good feeling than in logic, and just enough compassion to suggest that the difference between romance and a restraining […]