Character exploration in the round at Live Arts
Anyone who has ever taken an acting class knows that it can be a bit like group therapy.
John Carter; PG-13, 132 minutes; Carmike Cinema 6
Time-traveling superhero John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) trades one civil war for another in a swords-and-sandals flick based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp character. (Disney Studios) John Carter is from Virginia […]
“Fashion Star,” “Community,” “Frozen Planet”
“Fashion Star” Tuesday 9:30pm, NBC “Project Runway” is over the hill and Bravo’s “Fashion Show” limped through two mostly dreadful seasons, but the twists to this show actually make it […]
A Separation; PG-13, 123 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
Iran’s first Oscar-winning film, A Separation, looks at the domestic strife and break up of a middle-class Iranian family. (Sony Pictures Classics) In a spirit of emancipation from hostility between […]
T.V.: “Breaking In,” “The Ultimate Fighter Live,” “Shahs of Sunset”
“Breaking In” Tuesday 9:30pm, Fox This Christian Slater comedy about a high-tech security firm got the ax after its brief mid-season run last year. It was so dead, in fact, […]
The Secret World of Arrietty; G, 94 minutes; Carmike Cinema 6
The latest offering from esteemed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli (Ponyo, Spirited Away) comes to American audiences courtesy of Disney, and that seems like a win-win arrangement. The Secret World […]
TV Previews: “Awake,” “When Vacations Attack,” “GCB”
“Awake” Thursday 10pm, NBC Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter flicks, totally butched up here) plays a cop living a fascinating double life. Months ago he was in […]
Paramount event turns Renaissance art digital
Tickets to view “The Last Supper” sell out two months in advance. Visitors are permitted to view Leonardo da Vinci’s master work after a multi-step decontamination process and then only […]
Albert Nobbs; R, 113 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
A George Moore novella from 1927, and an off-Broadway Glenn Close vehicle several decades later, Albert Nobbs has at last arrived on the big screen, with all the breathtaking historical sweep of a gender-studies curriculum
“Face Off,” “American Weed,” “The 84th Annual Academy Awards”
“Face Off” Wednesday 10pm, Syfy Remember back in the day when shows like “Project Runway” and “Top Chef” would amaze you every week with the creativity and ingenuity of the […]