Don’t stand on Superman’s cape
“Smallville”Thursday 8pm, CW I’m a comic geek, so this show frustrates me to no end. It’s not that it changes things from the comics. It’s that all of the changes […]
Movies playing in town
Movies playing in town21 (PG-13, 123 minutes) Inspired by the book Bringing Down the House, this fact-based (let’s not go all the way to “true”) story introduces us to hotshot […]
Ruling, with an iron fist
The problem with introducing movie-going audiences to a new superhero franchise—something you can expect to witness every summer for the foreseeable future—is that filmmakers are obliged to spend the first […]
What’s up, docs?
“Tougher in Alaska”Thursday 10pm, History Channel Forget “Northern Exposure”: Alaska isn’t all quirky neighbors, impossibly beautiful law enforcement officers and wandering moose. This new documentary series explains how life in […]
Hartz transplant [with video]
The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art boasts a fantastic collection of contemporary art—dazzling pieces from Japan, China and Korea, a wild array of prints.
Movies playing in town
Movies playing in town21 (PG-13, 123 minutes) Inspired by the book Bringing Down the House, this fact-based (let’s not go all the way to “true”) story introduces us to hotshot […]
The C-VILLE Minute! [video]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
Births and deaths
The gods that pass judgment on each Live Arts season were benevolent during the community theater’s April 21 season announcement. Seated in the balcony, members of the reading committee—including J. […]