Peace out!

There is a $25 million fine for bumping into John Hunter’s World Peace Game, the staggering, multilevel roleplaying game that stands 4' tall near one side of his Venable School classroom.

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

2 Days in Paris (R, 96 minutes) Julie Delpy, unwilling to leave Paris in the wake of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, sticks around the City of Lights for this romantic comedy/drama about a squabbling couple (Delpy and Adam Goldberg) who go to France to rekindle their relationship. Delpy writes and directs as well, channeling a bit […]

Get plugged

“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”Tuesday 9pm, Bravo Let’s go back to the summer of 2003, a simpler time when five gay guys on a manscaping mission captivated a pop culture nation. Four years later, the “Queer Eye” journey comes to a close with 10 new episodes starting tonight. The Fab Five have had a […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

2 Days in Paris (R, 96 minutes) Julie Delpy, unwilling to leave Paris in the wake of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, sticks around the City of Lights for this romantic comedy/drama about a squabbling couple (Delpy and Adam Goldberg) who go to France to rekindle their relationship. Delpy writes and directs as well, channeling a bit […]

Watch and learn

As the weather gets chilly and the 20th annual Virginia Film Festival looms ahead, Curtain Calls gets more riled up than Chris Farley over the chance to let his body atrophy and his mind expand in the dark of the local cinemas. Here are your best bets for the fall:

Don’t call it a comeback

“Criminal Minds”Wednesday 9pm, CBS CBS had to do some quick thinking to salvage this show, one of its schedule-defining procedurals. Over the summer, star Mandy “Battleship” Patinkin apparently decided he was kind of over it all and didn’t bother reporting to work when shooting started on this new season. After a brief work shutdown, word […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

2 Days in Paris (R, 96 minutes) Julie Delpy, unwilling to leave Paris in the wake of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, sticks around the City of Lights for this romantic comedy/drama about a squabbling couple (Delpy and Adam Goldberg) who go to France to rekindle their relationship. Delpy writes and directs as well, channeling a bit […]