“Veronica Mars”Tuesday 8pm, CW Tonight’s two-hour season finale could be the end of the road for our beloved teen sleuth. The critically lauded but anemically rated “Veronica” isn’t on the CW’s fall schedule, but is reportedly still being considered as a midseason replacement. Even if that happens, expect massive changes: The network has demanded that […]
“Veronica Mars”Tuesday 8pm, CW Tonight’s two-hour season finale could be the end of the road for our beloved teen sleuth. The critically lauded but anemically rated “Veronica” isn’t on the CW’s fall schedule, but is reportedly still being considered as a midseason replacement. Even if that happens, expect massive changes: The network has demanded that […]
28 Weeks Later (R, 99 minutes) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t back for this follow-up. Substitute Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto) can’t quite replicate Boyle’s kinetic camerawork; but he does O.K., adding a few honest jump scares […]
In the Director’s Notes for the current Live Arts production of A Streetcar Named Desire, John Gibson writes, “There have been 20,000 productions…there might seem little left to
“The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular”Wednesday 8pm, CBS This is a tough one. After 35 years, Bob Barker is cashing in his Plinko chips and retiring from hosting the greatest game show ever, “The Price is Right.” Sad. Thankfully CBS recognizes this momentous occasion (or, from a cynic’s point of view, wants to squeeze […]
28 Weeks Later (R, 99 minutes) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t back for this follow-up. Substitute Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto) can’t quite replicate Boyle’s kinetic camerawork; but he does O.K., adding a few honest jump scares […]
High school graduation is right around the corner. And you can imagine that many students are going to be happy to be done with school, but I think there are some high school musicians who are going to miss their good thing: The Albemarle High School Jazz Band. I recently caught the AHS Jazz Band […]
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”Tuesday 9pm, NBC When the whole Anna Nicole thing happened a couple months back I thought, Someday this is going to make an outstanding episode of “Law & Order.” People, that day has come. Original Buffy/celebrity figure skater/homewrecker Kristy Swanson plays a thinly veiled version of America’s white trash princess as […]
28 Weeks Later (R) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t back for this follow-up. Substitute Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto) can’t quite replicate Boyle’s kinetic camerawork; but he does O.K., adding a few honest jump scares to a […]
The mark of a true artist can be a refusal to be pigeonholed. Charlottesville’s favorite hip-hop band,
“Planet Earth”Many days and times, Discovery Channel The most compelling drama on TV this season didn’t come from a scripted show or reality challenge. It came from this 11-part documentary that just wrapped its initial run on Discovery Channel, and which is now in heavy rerun rotation. For five years, camera crews took tricked-out high-definition […]