Book Review: ‘The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012’
All of the plays are very quick reads – they’re short plays, duh! – and most are pretty darn good.
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All of the plays are very quick reads – they’re short plays, duh! – and most are pretty darn good.
Book Review: ‘The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012’ Read More »
Pacific Rim is the movie of the summer. It’ll turn you into a kid again, smiling from ear to ear as you leave the theater.
Review: ‘Pacific Rim’ Read More »
When ‘Seasons’ by Chris Cornell plays over a scene in the beginning of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, you know that we’re in the era of a new Superman.
Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Read More »
Finally, we have a movie that’s worthy of being called, “The Funniest Movie of the Year!”
Review: ‘This Is The End’ Read More »
Brandon Walker’s forte is emotionally conflicted, mentally troubled characters, and if that doesn’t describe Hamlet’s character I don’t know what does.
Review: ‘Hamlet’ / ‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead’ at the Sargent Theater (NYC) Read More »
Onata Aprile gives an incredible performance as Maisie.
Review: ‘What Maisie Knew’ Read More »
Billy Elliot the Musical, currently playing in San Diego, features two wonderful performances from Rich Hebert and Mitchell Tobin.
Review: ‘Billy Elliott’: ‘He Could Be a Star’ Read More »
Without mentioning them all individually I have nothing but praise for each actor in the play because this is very much a group effort — each part is significant.
Review: ‘The Thirteenth Commandment’ at the Bridge Theatre (NYC) Read More »
I sincerely hope Hollywood doesn’t get a hold of this for a remake. Everything that makes Graceland special would be scrapped clean into something totally generic… and this is not all generic.
Review: ‘Graceland’ Read More »
The film is frustrating towards the end, yes, but as always, performances win out
Review: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ Read More »
McConaughey’s hot streak continues with the absolutely wonderful, Mud
SXSW Review: ‘Mud’ starring Matthew McConaughey Read More »
If I had a drinking buddy as attractive, smart and cool as the character she plays in Joe Swanberg’s new film, Drinking Buddies, I’d be slamming a few back with her right now.
SXSW Review: ‘Drinking Buddies’ Read More »
The teens in the film (which also include Maria DeCortis and Benjamin Papacare) are true teenagers, – all zits and gangly – and their performances were real and authentic, especially from Will Madden.
SXSW Review: ‘Euphonia’ Read More »
Jeffrey Schwarz’s doc is a tribute to Divine, his work and his life and it shouldn’t be missed.
SXSW Review: ‘I Am Divine’ Read More »
The best way to describe Ann, Holland Taylor’s one-woman show about former governor of Texas Ann Richards that she both wrote and stars in, is what the Hall of Presidents in Disney World would be like if instead of a robotic Barack Obama the host was a Texas-twanged white-haired lady who didn’t care that she was on a stage in the family-friendliest theme park in the world.
Review: ‘Ann’ at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC) Read More »
When people I know in theater ask me what growing company I think has its act together (horrible pun not intended), The Seeing Place is always the first that comes to mind.
Review: ‘A Lie of the Mind’ / ‘Miss Julie’ at the Sargent Theatre (NYC) Read More »
Yeah, there’s nothing really new in the film but that doesn’t mean it’s not hilarious.
Review: ’21 & Over’ Read More »
The biggest compliment I can give the cast and crew of #hero is that the approximately 110 minute play is just too short to fully tackle the full potential of these characters.
Review: ‘#hero’ at The Chain Theatre (NYC) Read More »
The film is a totally enjoyable, leave-your-brain-at-the-door flick.
Review: ‘Bullet to the Head’ starring Sylvester Stallone Read More »
Without question, the highlight of this production is the cast.
Review: ‘After the Fall’ at The Chain Theatre (NYC) Read More »