Interview: UVA alum Josh Rachford discusses his role in a new HBO series
On Sunday, June 24, HBO debuts “The Newsroom,” created by Aaron Sorkin, the man behind “The West Wing” and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted; PG, 85 minutes; Carmike Cinema 6
(Paramount Pictures) Obviously pluralism is a high priority for Madagascar 3. Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, and Martin Short, this is the one about the lion, the zebra, the hippo, and the giraffe, along […]
T.V.: "The Soul Man," "The Great Escape," "Aqua Something You Know Whatever"
“The Soul Man” Wednesday 10pm, TV Land TV Land has emerged as the holding pen for some of T.V.’s most lovable second bananas. “Hot in Cleveland” has extended the careers of Valerie Bertinelli (“One Day at a Time”), Jane Leeves (“Frasier”), and Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me”), and helped Betty White reemerge as an unlikely […]
Arts Extra: Farm tour goes beyond the gates
Central Virginia’s got a lot of history, relatively speaking. As the oldest region in a fairly new country, its rural affluence has protected it, more or less, from the encroachment of modernization that’s changed so many historic areas into really lame amusement parks. Explore local land(marks) June 16 on the Beyond the Gates historic […]
Prometheus; R, 124 minutes; Regal Seminole Square 4
Michael Fassbender stars in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, an appendage to the sci-fi horror franchise Alien. (Twentieth Century Fox) In 1979, the crew of the space vessel Nostromo came upon a shipwreck, in whose cockpit sat the fossilized corpse of a giant man with his guts blown inside out. What was that all about, the […]
Arts Extra: Missoula Childrens Theatre gets speedy
On June 18th, a two person actor/director team from the renowned Missoula Children’s Theater (MCT), will descend on the Paramount Theater with scenery, costumes, props, lights and make-up to train young wanna be Thespians and put on a musical in one week. Yeah, right! Even the most seasoned performer will tell you it is nearly […]
“Dallas,” “Suits,” “The Glass House”
“Dallas” Wednesday 9pm, TNT It’s time to return to Southfork Ranch as TNT brings back the Ewings. “Dallas” was a huge hit for CBS starting in 1978, and had a profound impact on pop culture during its 13-season run. This new series will continue the continuity of the original, with returning cast Patrick Duffy (Bobby), […]
Blockbuster pop quiz
Like so much Christmas crap in the drugstore on the day after Halloween, the summer movie season comes on too early and too strong.
“The Choice,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “True Blood”
“The Choice” Thursday 9pm, Fox This show takes the giant spinning chairs and blind audition aspects from that similarly named NBC hit, but instead of people singing their hearts out, it’s a bunch of desperate girls trying to convince D-list celebrities to like them. Each episode will feature four male “celebrities” whittling down a crowd […]
Head of the camp: An interview with David Lowery
David Lowery wears many musical hats. He’s best known as the front man of Cracker—the popular alt-rock outfit that hit it big back in the early ‘90s with the platinum-selling album Kerosene Hat. But Lowery’s reach in the business is much greater than Cracker’s ubiquitous radio hits like “Low” and “Get Off This.” Before Cracker, he founded […]