Second chances

"30 Rock"Thursday 8:30pm, NBC I initially wrote off this "Saturday Night Live"-inspired sitcom after its fairly flat pilot. But then I caught a couple episodes toward the end of last […]

Home movies [with video]

Jeff Wadlow, a Charlottesville native and a member of the Virginia Film Festival's board of directors, takes pity on all of the teams involved in this year's Adrenaline Film Project, a 72-hour, hell-on-a-tripod film competition that he helped create in 2004.

Ready for the strike

"Star Trek"Weekdays 6am, TV Land The original "Trek" series only lasted three seasons (1966-1969), but it launched one of the most durable sci-fi franchises of all time. Although the property […]

Watching me watching you [with video]

Moments before the cameras roll tape, their red lights cueing "Charlottesville Inside-Out" host and local musician Terri Allard and her guest, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner, to start their interview, and the pair sits on a blue, oval couch, talking about the ease of digital video production.