Casino Jack; R, 108 minutes; Opening Friday
Casino Jack, itself dramatized very much like a hammy award-hawking telecast, is resoundingly lousy.
Checking in with Rebekah Graves
What were you doing when we called? I was walking out to my woodshed in the rain to gather wood. I’m building a fire on my woodstove. In addition to […]
Capsule Reviews
127 Hours (R, 94 minutes) Danny Boyle puts his spin on the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, […]
Biutiful; R, 147 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
If you didnt already know, the point of titling this movie Biutiful is to be poignantly ironic. This foreign-language Oscar nominee, the most promising work yet from poverty-porn aficionado director […]
Let's go crazy
“The Essentials” Saturday 8pm, TCM If you don’t get enough Alec Baldwin in your life via “30 Rock” (and really, who could ever get enough Alec Baldwin?), the gravel-voiced actor […]
Unknown; PG-13, 109 min; Regal Seminole Square 4
In Berlin on business, an American man arrives at his hotel only to discover that he’s left an important briefcase at the airport. Without even telling his wife, he summons […]
Everybody Wins
“Hall of Game Awards” Friday 7pm, Cartoon Network The title for this new awards show is somewhat deceiving. I initially thought it celebrated video or board games, but no, it’s […]
Checking in with Jamal Millner
What are you working on right now? Well, I have a project with Hillary Fox, who is a local singer. We play soul and rock and country-type things, and we’ve […]
The Fighter; R, 115 min; Carmike Cinema 6
Mark Wahlberg produces and stars in the true story of Massachusetts pugilist “Irish” Micky Ward, a working-class junior welterweight who went pro in the ’80s with hit-and-miss help from his drug-addled half-brother Dicky Eklund—played with riveting, movie-stealing immediacy by Christian Bale.
Reasonable Facsimiles
“Jeopardy” Tuesday–Wednesday 7:30pm, NBC29 The eggheads at IBM decided to build a computer that can answer questions with the speed, accuracy and confidence of a human. Because they’ve apparently never […]