Nostalgia is a powerful tool, and it’s one of the driving forces behind the new, feature film adaptation of the ’60s spy spoof TV series, “Get Smart.” Rather than totally reinvent the show (Mission: Impossible), slavishly re-create it (The Addams Family) or completely lampoon it (The Brady Bunch Movie), the makers of this action comedy […]
Nostalgia is a powerful tool, and it’s one of the driving forces behind the new, feature film adaptation of the ’60s spy spoof TV series, “Get Smart.” Rather than totally reinvent the show (Mission: Impossible), slavishly re-create it (The Addams Family) or completely lampoon it (The Brady Bunch Movie), the makers of this action comedy […]
“I Survived a Japanese Game Show”Tuesday 9pm, ABC There’s a great episode of “The Simpsons” where the family gets stranded in Japan and, to earn plane fare home, they subject themselves to the unspeakable humiliations of a Japanese game show. I’m guessing the producers of this series saw that one, since this is pretty much […]
There are more than 60 versions of “Peaceable Kingdom” by Quaker painter Edward Hicks—different iterations of all creatures great and small, sleek-coated predators and skittish prey, hunkered down together wearing expressions that could make a Zen master jealous. The “Peaceable Kingdom” series comes from a line the Old Testament prophecies of Isaiah (and, for brevity’s […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
Movies playing in town 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 […]
Not entirely, because the 26-year-old actress performs with a “stage is my world” savviness that suggests she does well in social interaction; if she doesn’t, she has the improvisational skills to give the impression of comfort (thanks a lot, Second City workshop!).
Remember Ang Lee’s angst-ridden art house take on 2003’s The Hulk? Well, Marvel Comics would prefer you didn’t. Just put it all out of your mind. Forget about Bruce Banner’s abusive childhood, his contemplative moods and his battle with mutated dogs. Marvel is rebooting the film series with this summer’s The Incredible Hulk. As with […]
“Flipping Out”Tuesday 10pm, Bravo This show follows the fortunes of Jeff Lewis, an L.A. house flipper who buys undervalued properties, renovates them and then quickly sells them for millions of dollars. He’s also a major drama queen. Although his business ventures generate their fair share of sturm und drang, people really tune in to watch […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
Movies playing in town Baby Mama (PG-13, 96 minutes) Tina Fey (“Saturday Night Live”) goes for big screen fame, starring as a workaholic single businesswoman who decides it’s time to have it all and spawn a kid. Sadly, her uterus isn’t in on the plan, and she’s forced to hire a surrogate mother in the […]