“Big Brother”Tuesday 9pm, Wednesday & Sunday 8pm, CBS Due to the strike (which is over! Yay!), CBS brought back its tacky summer reality staple early this year. The twist this time around is “’Til Death Do You Part,” meaning that the players have been grouped into couples via personality tests, and then forced to play […]
“Big Brother”Tuesday 9pm, Wednesday & Sunday 8pm, CBS Due to the strike (which is over! Yay!), CBS brought back its tacky summer reality staple early this year. The twist this time around is “’Til Death Do You Part,” meaning that the players have been grouped into couples via personality tests, and then forced to play […]
We live in an era when kids’ films are almost as creatively bankrupt as romantic comedies. The Spiderwick Chronicles, based on the young adult book series by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, would seem at first glance to exist among the idea-starved crowd—a kids’ fantasy series in a day and age when all youth-seeking lit […]
The first two matches of the inaugural Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers tournament end quickly.
“Make Me a Supermodel”Thursday 10pm, Bravo I was initially disappointed with Bravo’s latest reality talent competition. The fact that it’s being taped right now—so that America can vote on which pretty people stay or go—gives each episode a manic feel that I first found off-putting. But I’ve slowly gotten over it, and now I’m completely […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
Movies playing in town27 Dresses (PG-13, 107 minutes) 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 (Ed Burns) that Jane secretly loves. Yes, that […]
It’s a quarter past 6am on February 2, and Curtain Calls is sitting inside a nearly empty…
Here’s a pertinent question regarding the new film, Fool’s Gold: What kind of vacation suits you best? Are you the sort of person who goes in for an enriching trip full of vigorous physical exercise like mountain climbing or surfing? Do you prefer a mentally stimulating break in which you explore the culture and art […]
Movies playing in town 27 Dresses (PG-13, 107 minutes) 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 (Ed Burns) that Jane secretly loves. Yes, […]
“Jericho”Tuesday 10pm, CBS “Jericho” had one of the coolest premises of the 2006-07 season: small Midwestern townspeople struggle in postapocalyptic America while trying to figure out what the hell happened. Unfortunately, the execution was uneven and the ratings reflected that. CBS canceled the drama at the end of Season 1, which prompted a fierce petition […]