Babylon A.D. (PG-13, 90 minutes) It’s the dystopian future. Michelle Yeoh is a nun looking after a young woman who might have a deadly virus, and Vin Diesel is a mercenary looking after himself. Many explosions may change that. Opening Friday Brideshead Revisited (PG-13, 133 minutes) All hail the heart-conquering power of the historical novel! […]
Andy Waldeck’s musical genesis story is the classic Everyband tale, the same track laid down everyday in a garage somewhere in America.
Tropic Thunder introduces its main characters through fake trailers for the entertainment properties that made them famous: Tugg Speedman (director, co-producer and co-writer Ben Stiller) has been muscling his way through a lobotomized franchise of apocalyptic action flicks; Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey, Jr.) is an Australian Oscar-magnet method actor much adored for disappearing into his […]
“Penn & Teller: Bullshit!”Thursday 10pm, Showtime Tonight’s episode marks the sixth season finale for the comedian team’s documentary series, in which they debunk various cultural myths or political standpoints. In the past season alone the pair has investigated NASA, the green movement, dolphins, world peace and the war on porn; in tonight’s episode, the notion […]
Brideshead Revisited (PG-13, 133 minutes) All hail the heart-conquering power of the historical novel! Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre The Dark Knight (PG-13, 140 minutes) Just as Batman (Christian Bale) makes real headway cleaning up Gotham’s streets, with help from a top cop (Gary Oldman) and an aggressive D.A. (Aaron Eckhart), some joker calling himself […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
"I remember in school, they used these two puppets ‘Will Do’ and ‘Can Do,’ to illustrate some points about good behavior,”
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The Pineapple Express, Wikipedia informs us, is “a meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands.” It is also, the movie Pineapple Express informs us, a rare and special and presumably fictitious strain of marijuana—said to smell, […]