Let them eat theater!

"You know, in Shakespeare's day, people would go up and down the aisles, passing out cakes," says Robert Wray while his colleagues—Sean Chandler, Claire McGurk and Allen Van Houzen, all alumni of the invigorating production of Twelfth Night at Four County Players—nod in agreement.

Little, yellow, different

“Survivor: China”Thursday 8pm, CBS Say what you will about “Survivor,” but the prototypical reality competition can still surprise every now and then. Last year’s cringe-inducing racially separated tribes ended up leading to the show’s most diverse cast ever, and possibly its most likable winner in Yul. And then the most recent season featured the legitimately […]

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 […]

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 […]

Reap what you sew

There is a tricycle laying on its side in the middle of Hardy Drive, a toy from one of what Quintin Franklyn would call the "immature" kids, the kids that hang out at the spot called Little Kids' Park in the back of the Westhaven housing project.

Shooting from the hip

"The Biggest Loser"Tuesday 9pm, NBC NBC’s feel-good weight loss competition is shaping itself up for the new season, jettisoning dead weight host Caroline Rhea and replacing her with Alison Sweeney, best known as bad girl Sammy Brady from "Days of Our Lives." As a "Days" fan from back in the day, this excites me very […]