Film school
“Veronica Mars”Tuesday 8pm, CW Tonight’s two-hour season finale could be the end of the road for our beloved teen sleuth. The critically lauded but anemically rated “Veronica” isn’t on the […]
Capsule Reviews of films playing in town
28 Weeks Later (R, 99 minutes) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t […]
The soul of Streetcar
In the Director’s Notes for the current Live Arts production of A Streetcar Named Desire, John Gibson writes, “There have been 20,000 productions…there might seem little left to
Daytime in the nighttime
“The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular”Wednesday 8pm, CBS This is a tough one. After 35 years, Bob Barker is cashing in his Plinko chips and retiring from hosting the […]
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
28 Weeks Later (R, 99 minutes) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t […]
Coaching the cats
High school graduation is right around the corner. And you can imagine that many students are going to be happy to be done with school, but I think there are […]
Dropping a bombshell
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”Tuesday 9pm, NBC When the whole Anna Nicole thing happened a couple months back I thought, Someday this is going to make an outstanding episode of […]
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
28 Weeks Later (R) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t back for […]
Bare Beetnix
The mark of a true artist can be a refusal to be pigeonholed. Charlottesville’s favorite hip-hop band,
Global research
“Planet Earth”Many days and times, Discovery Channel The most compelling drama on TV this season didn’t come from a scripted show or reality challenge. It came from this 11-part documentary […]