Clash of the Titans; PG-13, 110 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6
When Ray Harryhausen first heard in 2006 that Clash of the Titans, the 1981 film that he stop-motion animated, was being remade, he had one thing to say: “Oh. I […]
Tiger by the tail
“Chopped” Tuesday 10pm, Food Network While we patiently wait for a new season of “Top Chef” (the next will be set in Washington, D.C.; in the meantime “Top Chef Masters” […]
Checking in with Sharon Shapiro
I am currently working on a series of still-figure paintings and drawings that feature lather
Checking in with Robert Wray
Right now I’m working on the first draft of a play tentatively called “Seven Variations,”
Hot Tub Time Machine; R, 100 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6
Hot Tub Time Machine is a movie with the courage to ask, “Man, what happened to us?” and the honesty to answer, “Oh, that’s right: We came of age as […]
“V,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “2010 NCAA Championship Game”
“V” Tuesday 10pm, ABC “V” was one of the most anticipated new shows of last fall—it had such good buzz, in fact, that ABC bumped it up from a mid-season […]
Greenberg; R, 107 minutes; Opening Friday
It’s not writer-director Noah Baumbach’s fault if Greenberg, about a guy named Greenberg, makes me wish for a movie called Zoidberg, about the friendless, incompetent, vaguely Yiddish, attention-craving crustacean physician […]
We need help
“American Idol” Tuesday, 8pm; Wednesday 9pm, Fox There was a moment in the last week of the semi-finals where I thought we could possibly salvage this miserable season. But then […]
Checking in with Lincoln Perry
What are you working on right now? We’re in Charlottesville about a third of the year, and when we’re here my wife [Ann Beattie] is teaching and I’m working exclusively […]
Capsule Reviews
Alice in Wonderland (PG, 109 minutes) Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover and Alan Rickman star in director Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s fantasy classics. Playing at Carmike Cinema […]