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. Opening Christmas Day; […]
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. Opening Christmas Day; […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column.
The holiday vandal is strong, Elizabeth Breeden is certain of that. Strong enough to knock the head from "The Biker," Richard Whitehill's steel sculpture that pedals in suspended animation on McIntire Road, with a sledgehammer…
"Handy Manny"Weekdays 9:30am, Disney Channel Easily the best thing Wilmer Valderrama has done, ever. Although since his previous credits include playing Fez on "That ’70s Show," producing MTV’s odious insult competition "Yo Momma" and allegedly deflowering Mandy Moore and Lindsay Lohan, that isn’t saying much. But "Handy Manny" really works. It’s easy to look at […]
Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Mere months after showing up in Underdog, Jason Lee signs on for yet another CGI decimation of a beloved childhood cartoon. Here he plays David Seville, adoptive "father" to three singing chipmunks. This was probably better left to the imagination, but little kids will laugh at the cute animals and […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column.
During the snowfall last week, a light dusting that nearly brought the city to its knees, Curt was asleep, his TV still casting scenes from…
Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Mere months after showing up in Underdog, Jason Lee signs on for yet another CGI decimation of a beloved childhood cartoon. Here he plays David Seville, adoptive "father" to three singing chipmunks. This was probably better left to the imagination, but little kids will laugh at the cute animals and […]
"Crowned"Wednesday 9pm, The CW How do you make a reality competition about wannabe pageant girls even campier? By making it a competition featuring the girls and their mothers, of course. This sounds like a train wreck—a glorious, tiara- and tantrum-filled train wreck. Note that the girls and their mothers are not competing against each other. […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column.