Checking in with Daria Okugawa
For years there’s been this clown character hiding in me.
The Conspirator; PG-13, 122 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6
It would help if we could actually feel Redford yearning for the good old days of big-screen didacticism, but it’s more like he’s on auto-pilot.
Quittin’ time
“The Voice” Tuesday 9pm, NBC “Voice” is an import of a Dutch singing show that operates much in the vein of “The X-Factor,” but with a twist. Four celebrity judges—Cee-Lo […]
Checking in with Nancy Bass
Tell us about your day job. My husband and I are farmers, and he does most of the work. I paint a lot of farm animals, including our cattle, so […]
Your Highness; R, 102 minutes; Regal Seminole Square 4
The director David Gordon Green started in tastefully muted art-house fodder. Then he made Pineapple Express. With his latest film, Your Highness, now he seems to be imitating the sort […]
Tablet revolution
“Girl’s Night Out: Superstar Women of Country” Friday 9pm, CBS While male country artists are generally too earnest for my taste, I love me some lady country musicians. My iPod […]
Drama Kings
“Happy Endings” Wednesday 9:30pm, ABC The airwaves are flooded with sitcoms right now, and I have a feeling that this one might get dismissed by critics or lost in the […]
Hanna; PG-13, 111 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6
Screenwriters Seth Lochhead and David Farr seem to enable Wright’s wandering and squandering, as shapeless supporting roles allow for an overacting Blanchett and an underused Olivia Williams.
Checking in with Marianne Kubik
What are you working on right now? It’s a been a pretty busy season for me. At UVA, we opened The Beaux’ Stratagem a few weekends ago, and I did […]
The Company Men; R, 113 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
It’s not always enough for a man to coast on his credentials. That’s what Wells’ characters learn when the Great Recession comes to their Boston-based multinational transportation conglomerate.