The Ruins By Scott SmithKnopf, 319 pages words It starts the same way every time. An interchangeable group of Young Americans, on a rowdy bacchanal in a Foreign Paradise, stumbles across Something They Shouldn’t. Ignoring all the obvious warnings, they Venture Where They Daren’t and end up unleashing a Supernatural Horror that proceeds to dispatch […]
The Ruins By Scott SmithKnopf, 319 pages words It starts the same way every time. An interchangeable group of Young Americans, on a rowdy bacchanal in a Foreign Paradise, stumbles across Something They Shouldn’t. Ignoring all the obvious warnings, they Venture Where They Daren’t and end up unleashing a Supernatural Horror that proceeds to dispatch […]
“2006 Teen Choice Awards” Sunday 8pm, Fox As co-hosts, Jessica Simpson clings to the remaining shreds of her B-level career while comedian Dane Cook tries to convince us that he’s interesting enough for even that much fame. (He’s really not.) The show recognizes what teens think is cool. Which….isn’t that all MTV does anymore? Anyway, […]
World Trade CenterPG-13, 125 minutesOpens Wednesday, August 9,at Seminole Square Cinema 4 When Paul Greengrass’ 9/11-inspired film United 93 hit theaters earlier this year, many moviegoers asked the question, “Are we ready for this?” People wondered if, as a nation, we were ready to confront that tragic day head-on. Given the relatively positive response the […]
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Live Nation\’s purchase of a majority stake in Coran Capshaw\’s $100 million fan/merch business Music Today, which Capshaw started six years ago and which operates out of a former factory in Crozet.
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etc. Little Miss Sunshine, a Sundance Film Festival smash starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell and Alan Arkin, was produced by our very own Virginia Film Festival board member Ron Yerxa. To honor this, the VFF hosts a special screening of the film at the Regal Downtown Mall Cinema. Follow the fictional Hoover family from Albuquerque […]
Lady in the WaterPG-13, 110 minutesNow playing at Regal Seminole Square Cinema 4It’s always fun to watch an A-list Hollywood director slip off the rails, but M. Night Shyamalan may get his conductor’s license revoked after Lady in the Water, his for-adults-only children’s story about our need to—yep, you guessed it—regain our lost innocence. By […]
Can’t Get Noby Rick VeitchVertigo, 352 pages words Can’t Get No, the latest graphic novel from writer and artist Rick Veitch, chronicles a fictional man’s experiences in the aftermath of 9/11. Like the Rolling Stones song from which the book gets its name, Can’t Get No expresses disillusionment with materialism and mainstream thinking. Oh yeah—there’s […]
“My Super Sweet 16”Tuesday 10:30pm, MTV I am so embarrassed for everyone involved in this program. I’m embarrassed for the “stars,” who throw childish fits and go power-mad while preparing for their big 16th birthday bashes. I’m embarrassed for the parents, who seem totally comfortable with blowing thousands of dollars on lavish parties for their […]
I have always subscribed to the theory that you can find out as much about someone through their record collection as you could ever want to know. I could start a dating service based on what is in the record collections of single men and women, and virtually guarantee success. Some people predict criminality through craniology, but I stake my reputation on too many Daniel Johnston records.