Checking in with Ari Berne
What were you doing when we called? Sleeping. You woke me up. Tell us about your day job. I don’t have a job. Every day, I wake up, and […]
Won’t you die, already?
“Torchwood: Miracle Day” Friday 10pm, Starz This popular spinoff of the “Doctor Who” series returns for a pseudo-reboot, with a much more American slant. That’s because this is a co-production […]
Larry Crowne; PG-13, 99 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6
This must begin with a shameful confession, which is that the trailer for Larry Crowne made me want to see some horrible fate befall Julia Roberts. Look, I know it’s terrible. I barely even know how to hurt another person, let alone a balloon animal like the one Roberts plays in Larry Crowne. But if movies starring Tom Hanks have taught me anything, they have taught me that it’s important to do the right thing.
Summer movie preview
Regular readers of this column know that Super 8 left me cold. That film had been billed as one of the good ones. But that’s in a world—to borrow the […]
I’m afraid of Americans
“Necessary Roughness” Wednesday 10pm, USA USA continues to crank out its female-friendly dramas with this new series about a soon-to-be divorced therapist who finds financial and professional fulfillment head shrinking […]
Checking in with Nick Strocchia
I was sending out some coordination e-mails. I’ve been running the Charlottesville Photography Initiative since August of 2009. We’re a group of about 270 amateur and professional photographers in town, and we’re largely involved with education and community outreach.
Checking in with Aaron Eichorst
"I am looking through images for this Charlottesville City schools website, compiling new pictures to go up on the site. I teach art to everyone at Clark Elementary and half the population at Greenbrier. This is my ninth year teaching."
Super 8; PG-13, 112 minutes; Regal Seminole Square 4
“From writer-director J.J. Abrams,” the poster says in big letters, “and producer Steven Spielberg,” in letters just as big. That triumph of dual brand-identity marketing is the first thing people talk about, and Super 8’s salient feature.
What do you see?
“Wilfred” Thursday 10pm, FX Well, here’s something different. Elijah Wood stars as Ryan, a down-on-his-luck young man who finds help from an unlikely source: his neighbor’s dog, Wilfred. To everyone […]
Capsule Reviews
THEATERS: Carmike Cinema 6 (1005 Garden Blvd., 973-4294) Regal Downtown 6 (200 W. Main St., 979-7669) Regal Seminole Square 4 (2306 India Dr., 978-1607) Vinegar Hill Theatre (220 W. […]