The Pineapple Express, Wikipedia informs us, is “a meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands.” It is also, the movie Pineapple Express informs us, a rare and special and presumably fictitious strain of marijuana—said to smell, […]
The Pineapple Express, Wikipedia informs us, is “a meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands.” It is also, the movie Pineapple Express informs us, a rare and special and presumably fictitious strain of marijuana—said to smell, […]
“Gone Country 2”Friday 8pm, CMTYou’ve got to feel for Sean Young. At one point she was one of Hollywood’s most promising young actresses. Then she got a diva rep, embarrassed herself with that whole Catwoman suit debacle, started taking down-market roles like the tranny cop in Ace Ventura, and most recently made headlines for getting […]
The Dark Knight (PG-13, 140 minutes) Just as Batman (Christian Bale) makes real headway cleaning up Gotham’s streets, with help from a top cop (Gary Oldman) and an aggressive D.A. (Aaron Eckhart), some joker calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) decides to mastermind a terrifying criminal rampage. Out comes the heavy artillery–and the moviegoers who […]
CLAW of the Month In honor of this month’s nail-breaking, palm-puncturing bout of the Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers—or maybe it has to do with the theatrical release of Pineapple Express?—CLAW harminatrix Amy “Purple Haze” McLeskey dropped by the office to challenge me to a duel. And, although I’m certainly not doing too hot against these […]
Tell you what: If the American presidential election somehow had to come down to just one fella’s vote, you sure as shit wouldn’t want that fella to be Bud Johnson.
“2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony”Friday 8pm, NBC Oh, I am so excited! Normally I don’t care for sports. Anything with “–ball” on the end typically has me falling into a coma by halftime, or rolling my eyes at the crass commercialism of it all. But the Olympics! The Olympics I get completely geeked out about. […]
The first question I ask Will Oldham is about character preparation—how the longtime musician and actor readied himself for his role opposite “Dawson’s Creek” alum Michelle Williams in director Kelly Reichardt’s new film, Wendy and Lucy. My rationale? As a musician, Oldham has released a handful of records under a few different monikers; his most […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
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The Dark Knight (PG-13, 140 minutes) Just as Batman (Christian Bale) makes real headway cleaning up Gotham’s streets, with help from a top cop (Gary Oldman) and an aggressive D.A. (Aaron Eckhart), some joker calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) decides to mastermind a terrifying criminal rampage. Out comes the heavy artillery—and the moviegoers who […]