Ready for the strike

"Star Trek"Weekdays 6am, TV Land The original "Trek" series only lasted three seasons (1966-1969), but it launched one of the most durable sci-fi franchises of all time. Although the property has been absent from the airwaves since "Enterprise" was dispatched in 2005, JJ Abrams ("Felicity," "Lost," "Alias") is hard at work on a movie prequel […]

First Friday, November 2, 2007 [With Photo Gallery]

Angelo “Postcards from the Beach” by Robin Braun, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs “Memories to Share” by Grace Stark, 6-9pm. BozArt Gallery “Sex and Money” by Flame Bilyue, 6-9pm. The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative “Family Portrait,” recent paintings by Albert Tabackman, 5-8pm. Cassis Restaurant “The Blues” by Katelyn Sack, 5-7pm. Fellini’s #9 Oil paintings by Jack Bell, […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

30 Days of Night (R) The hit graphic novel about a savage (but clever) band of vampires who emigrate to Alaska to bask in the extended darkness of the Arctic Circle’s sunless winter hits the big screen. Josh Hartnett (40 Days and 40 Nights) headlines as the small-town sheriff who tries to fend off the […]

Watching me watching you [with video]

Moments before the cameras roll tape, their red lights cueing "Charlottesville Inside-Out" host and local musician Terri Allard and her guest, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner, to start their interview, and the pair sits on a blue, oval couch, talking about the ease of digital video production.

Altogether ooky

"Phenomenon"Wednesday 8pm, NBC Let’s just call this new reality show "America’s Next Top Magician." Legendary mentalist Uri Gellar and current Hollywood magic boy Criss Angel (of "Mindfreak" and allegedly boffing Cameron and Britney fame) put 10 aspiring illusionists through their paces, judging them as they perform various challenges and pull out their biggest tricks. Ultimately, […]

Edumacational

"Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South"Tuesday 9pm, WHTJ This locally produced documentary tells the stories of Virginia tobacco farmers. Tobacco obviously has a long, complicated history in the Old Dominion, since it played a big part in the colony’s initial economic success but also was heavily tied to slavery and, later, […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

3:10 to Yuma (R, 117 minutes) Russell Crowe and Christian Bale replace Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in this remake of the highly regarded 1957 western. Crowe is the outlaw leader on his way to court via the titular conveyance. Bale is the small-time rancher charged with escorting him there alive—no small task when droves […]