Capsule reviews of films playing in town

The Bourne Ultimatum (PG-13, 111 minutes) The third (loose) adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s spy thriller series wraps things up for our amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). This time, our boy is racing around the globe, trying to shake a government agent and uncover the final mysteries about his dark past. This, of course, involves shooting […]

Flair for the dramatics

"Flash Gordon"Friday 9pm, Sci-Fi Network Sci-Fi found great critical and commercial success by reinventing ’70s cheesefest "Battlestar Galactica" into a smart, gripping space opera. Now it turns its attention to the even cheesier pulp property "Flash Gordon," but I’m not sure how you improve upon the 1980 flick featuring a buff, glistening Sam J. Jones […]

All write, already

Curt's attempt to blend into the black box of the Hamner Theater for the 2007 Playwrights Conference was thwarted roughly 20 minutes into a reading of co-artistic director Peter Coy's A Shadow of Honor

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

1408 (PG-13, 94 minutes) Somebody found another unadapted Stephen King short story. By law they’ve all got to be made into movies before his death, so here we go again. John Cusack plays an author who specializes in debunking claims of the paranormal. To those ends, he checks into the infamously haunted Dolphin Hotel, whose […]

Real big fish

“Shark Week”Tuesday-Saturday 9pm, Discovery Channel Sometimes I feel like it’s always “Shark Week” on Discovery Channel. But that’s not a bad thing—once you start watching these oddly graceful killing machines it’s tough to stop. The programming for this 20th edition of “Shark Week” includes “Perfect Predators” (Wednesday), which examines how sharks evolved into 400 very […]

First Friday – August 3, 2007 [with photo gallery]

Art Upstairs “Restless Colors,” ceramics, drawings and paintings by Liliana Italiano, 6-9pm. BozArt Gallery “Associate Member Art Show,” works by various artists, 6-9pm. Café Cubano “The Sea,” oil paintings on canvas and board by Glen Baugley, 6-8pm. Cassis “Suggested Routes,” prints by Jessie Katz, 5-7pm. Fellini’s #9 “Birds and Landscapes,” photographs by Jack Wilson, 5:30-7pm. […]