Admit it: Sometimes it’s hard to know what wave of feminism we’re in. So let’s take a break from trying to figure out whether John McCain’s choice of running mate makes him seem shrewdly progressive or just a degree less insultingly desperate than if he’d attended the RNC in blackface. Let’s step away, once more, […]
Admit it: Sometimes it’s hard to know what wave of feminism we’re in. So let’s take a break from trying to figure out whether John McCain’s choice of running mate makes him seem shrewdly progressive or just a degree less insultingly desperate than if he’d attended the RNC in blackface. Let’s step away, once more, […]
“Fringe”Tuesday 8pm, Fox Things look rough for the “Dawson’s Creek” alums right now. Katie Holmes is getting bad buzz for her Broadway debut. The Beek may be at a soup kitchen near you. And poor Pacey Whitter himself, Joshua Jackson, seems doomed with his latest project, this sci-fi drama from J.J. Abrams (“Lost,” “Alias”). Essentially […]
Donkeys get a rough break in Aesops fables—they’re animals of constant work, long suffering and little compensation.
American Teen (PG-13, 101 minutes) What it is, folks: A filmmaker follows a few high school seniors through their final year and various social groups. Take a break from “The Hills.” Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Babylon A.D. (PG-13, 90 minutes) It’s the dystopian future. Michelle Yeoh is a nun looking after a young […]
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Assuming our intelligence can be trusted, the way Traitor came to pass is this: Steve Martin, while in the throes of Bringing Down the House, had an idea for an espionage thriller. (In retrospect, it’s easy to imagine how, during that particular production, his mind might have wandered.) It involved an undercover U.S. military operative […]
“America’s Next Top Model”Wednesday 8pm, CW The dawn of Cycle 11 brings several exciting developments. For the first time in years, Auntie Tyra has blessed us with a two-hour premiere, meaning we actually get to see the girls in action (and one of them get the boot) rather than form totally insensitive judgments based on, […]
Look at the blocky letter L that starts this sentence: two perpendicular bars capped at each end, almost resembling a body sitting upright, feet in front of it, head held high, toes pointed up.
Babylon A.D. (PG-13, 90 minutes) It’s the dystopian future. Michelle Yeoh is a nun looking after a young woman who might have a deadly virus, and Vin Diesel is a mercenary looking after himself. Many explosions may change that. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Bangkok Dangerous (R, 110 minutes) Danny and Oxide Pang remake their […]
Doesn’t it seem like Rainn Wilson’s whole career is derivative? Be honest: It’s really only thanks to his turn as Dwight on “The Office,” a British show borrowed and overplayed by American TV, that you even know who he is. And what is that worth? Wilson finally having earned enough name recognition to score the […]