In all honesty, Bastille Day has about as much to do with music as Amy “Crackhouse” Winehouse currently does. Come to think of it, the Bastille—a French prison during the reign of Louis XVI—might’ve made a nice rehab joint. The thing is, a good beat trumps a bad party, no matter the occasion. It holds […]
In all honesty, Bastille Day has about as much to do with music as Amy “Crackhouse” Winehouse currently does. Come to think of it, the Bastille—a French prison during the reign of Louis XVI—might’ve made a nice rehab joint. The thing is, a good beat trumps a bad party, no matter the occasion. It holds […]
You may think you have a low tolerance for cute. But all your prejudices against Hello Kitty stickers, Precious Moments figurines, Anne Geddes photographs, interspecies snorgling (if you don’t know, you don’t want to) and Knut the polar bear have done nothing to steel you against the onslaught of adorability that is WALL-E. WALL-E is […]
“Greatest American Dog”Thursday 8pm, CBS A couple years ago, Bravo aired a show called “Showdog Moms & Dads.” It followed the lives of aspiring pet entertainers and their talented canines, and it was spectacularly crazy, climaxing with a harried Hispanic woman explaining to the cameras that her ill-tempered pet Chihuahua kept biting her in the […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
Amidst the high-profile comic book movies flooding theaters this summer (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2), there’s one more whose roots trace, rather quietly, back to the graphic novel format. Wanted is based on a six-issue miniseries by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones published in 2003. Admittedly, the movie version takes […]
“Secret Life of the American Teenager”Tuesday 8pm, ABC FamilyDid you like Juno? Of course you did. So now here comes Hollywood to force lesser clones of the indie smash down your throat, starting with this new series on the increasingly edgy ABC Family. But wait—there is good news. While this is another story of a […]
How do you herald the start of an enormous musical experience? Do you move from the ground up, or from the top down? Bring a thunderous ruckus like Wu-Tang Clan, or testify to “the strength of street knowledge,” like N.W.A.? Do you walk like an Egyptian, smell like teen spirit, dance with yourself? Do you […]
Every writer (especially the self-absorbed ones) dream of being David Sedaris, the author and memoirist whose every book shoots to the top of the bestseller list, and whose Santaland Diaries on NPR (about working as a Macy’s elf) has become a seasonal classic.
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG, 140 minutes) The Pevensie kids return to the magical land of Narnia, only to find that 1,000 years have passed since their last visit, leaving Narnia a far different place than it was before. Wouldn’t you know it, an evil general has taken over the land and it’s […]