Capsule reviews of films playing in town

27 Dresses (PG-13) Jane (Katherine Heigl) is always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Literally. She’s served as bridesmaid at 27 weddings. Now she’s being forced to do the duty at her own sister’s wedding. The worst part? Sis is marrying the man (James Marsden) that Jane secretly loves. Yes, that is the heavy odor of […]

Big screen to the small screen

“Masterpiece Theatre”Sunday 9pm, PBS The barometer for classy TV is about to get downright hip, as Agent Scully herself, Gillian Anderson, comes on board as the new host of “Masterpiece Classic.” That’s right; the show will now feature three mini seasons (the other two are devoted to mysteries and contemporary fare), and Anderson will introduce […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R, 86 minutes) The cheapjack continuation of two once mighty franchises rolls on thanks to this budget-conscious follow-up to 2005’s AvP. Seems the warring Alien and Predator races have crash-landed in a small Colorado town, forcing the local residents to band together and defend themselves against extraterrestrial bloodshed. Playing at Carmike […]

First Friday, January 4, 2008 [With Photo Gallery]

Angelo "Houses and Neighborhoods," collages by Susan Patrick, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs "The Colors of Provence," photographs by Frank Feigert, 6-9pm.BozArt "Variations in Doing Time," art from prison inmates curated by Kris Bowmaster, 6-9pm. Café Cubano "East Coast Creative, Landscapes and Nature," photographs by Bryan Anderson, 6-7:30pm. Fellini’s #9 "Mermaids," mixed media by Rabia Magee, 5:30-7pm.La […]

New year, new shows

"Cashmere Mafia"Thursday 10pm, ABC If this new lady-centric drama feels a bit like "Sex and the City," that’s because it is. The show is produced by "Sex"’s Darren Star and follows four highly successful Manhattan women as they try to navigate both love and life. Lucy Liu ("Ally McBeal," Charlie’s Angels) plays the upgrade of […]

Tattoo you

Jason Keefer spent a lot of time meditating while Ben Miller stood over him, guiding the apparatus that punched hundreds of tiny holes in his neck—almost two hours, in fact.

Britta’s bees [with video]

Britta-Lena Lasko had just wrapped her master's thesis for the Brooks Institute of Photography—a documentary project following women in Maine's fishing industry that cast her into the ocean on clam diggers and sea urchin diving boats—and was sharing the results in an exhibit in Maine when she began speaking with a museum curator about bees.

Home for the holidays

A Christmas StoryTuesday, TBS It’s not quite the Yule Log, but it’ll do. TBS replays the 1983 holiday classic back to back to back until 8pm Christmas Day. A Christmas Story is right up there with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Scrooged as ’80s holiday movies I have to watch every year. (…Yes, I have […]