Hello, Goodbye
“New Amsterdam”Tuesday 9pm, Fox This supernatural cop drama was initially slated as part of Fox’s fall schedule, but it got unceremoniously dumped to midseason before it ever aired. The show […]
Theatrical sacrifices [with video]
The shouts in St. Paul’s Memorial Church sound like a cross between ecstatic salvation and eternal damnation, but the man commanding the noise—Jason Kobielus, a lean, dark-haired third-year drama major at the University of Virginia—is almost completely quiet.
At a disadvantage
Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film, Rashomon, features one of the most borrowed/refigured/ripped-off/homaged plot structures in the history of movies. In it, a heinous crime is committed. Four people have witnessed the […]
Movies playing in town
Movies playing in town27 Dresses (PG-13, 107 minutes) Jane (Katherine Heigl) is always a bridesmaid never a bride. Literally. She’s served as bridesmaid at 27 weddings. Now she’s being forced […]
The C-VILLE Minute! [video]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
The Big O
“Big Brother”Tuesday 9pm, Wednesday & Sunday 8pm, CBS Due to the strike (which is over! Yay!), CBS brought back its tacky summer reality staple early this year. The twist this […]
Along comes a spider
We live in an era when kids’ films are almost as creatively bankrupt as romantic comedies. The Spiderwick Chronicles, based on the young adult book series by Holly Black and […]
CLAWs out! [with video]
The first two matches of the inaugural Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers tournament end quickly.
Trophy case
“Make Me a Supermodel”Thursday 10pm, Bravo I was initially disappointed with Bravo’s latest reality talent competition. The fact that it’s being taped right now—so that America can vote on which […]
The C-VILLE Minute! [video]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.