Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley are Clive and Elsa, two fetching young geneticists whose romantic forays into bioengineering go about as well as you’d expect from a movie that names its characters after actors in Bride of Frankenstein. Which isn’t to say that director Vincenzo Natali and his cowriters Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor […]
“You’re Cut Off” Wednesday 9pm, VH1 Are you appalled by the behavior of the spoiled, entitled princesses that populate trashy TV shows like “My Super Sweet 16” or the “Real Housewives” franchises? Then grab your schadenfreude spoon and slurp up every second of this show as if it were sweet nectar for the soul. “You’re […]
The A-Team (PG-13, 117 minutes) From Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan, it’s the inevitable big-screen update of the ‘80s TV action-comedy, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and some other guys, plus Jessica Biel. Opening Friday City Island (PG-13, 100 minutes)⨠A family of oddballs gets turned on its head when an ex-con visits the home […]
What are you working on right now? I’ve been working with the Piedmont Council of the Arts, attending their creative conversations to discuss arts access programs in Charlottesville. I’ve also been involved with the Youth Development Network. They’re essentially an umbrella organization that gets disadvantaged youth, or youth in general, engaged in activities and positive […]
It’s easy to go into Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time believing that film is dead.
“The Hard Times of RJ Berger” Sunday 11pm, MTV TV has seen countless series that explore the lovable geek’s journey through the hells of high school. But this show has a small—or not-so-small—twist: the loser in question has a gigantic dong, and the whole school finds out about it in one supremely embarrassing, yet empowering, […]
I’m working on the next book in the Mrs. Murphy series, in which Harry gets breast cancer.
Just Wright is billed as a romantic comedy, but it doesn’t have many laughs to offer, and not a lot in the way of real romance either. Maybe that’s O.K. The very platonic chemistry between its stars—Queen Latifah as a goodhearted physical therapist and the rapper Common as a goodhearted NBA celebrity—makes them look more […]
After last fall’s lackluster experiment, the summer dance contest is shaking things up. First, there will no longer be a Top 20 competing for viewer votes—there will only be a Top 10, and only one dancer will leave per week.
Babies (PG) This documentary looks at the first days of four babies in four far corners of the world. Vinegar Hill Theater The Back-up Plan (PG-13, 98 minutes) In this romantic comedy, Jennifer Lopez plays a single woman who wants to get pregnant without waiting any more to meet Mr. Right. So she gets pregnant. Then she meets Mr. […]