THE WEEK AHEAD { July 17 - 23 }: Our best bets until we see you again
Look who's in love The Players Theatre presents a hysterical story of good and evil with "If The Devil Could Fall In Love," opening 8 p.m. today.
Look who's in love The Players Theatre presents a hysterical story of good and evil with "If The Devil Could Fall In Love," opening 8 p.m. today.
Music trends come and go faster than you can say "swing music revival." Artists often find themselves a thing of the past before they even begin to reach their full potential.
For a nostalgia act, Poison's press clippings come shredded straight from today's headlines.
Young people don't own a monopoly on love, said Susan Greenhill.
It's difficult to separate the movie from its mystique.
When fiction imitates life, it often comes close to getting it right. Some plays actually hit the nail on the head. At least that's the impression given by cast members of Banyan Theater Company's latest dark comedy "True West."
"M amma Mia!" is a pajama party of a musical, a stay-up-too-late, sing-in-front-of-the-mirror/hairbrush-as-micro- phone, giggle-with-your-girl- friends, worry about the mess afterward romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of ABBA and the treat of seeing and hearing some golden oldies of the cinema break character and belt out a song.
In some earlier parallel universe of Batman's Gotham City, it might have been Gary Oldman instead of Heath Ledger cackling and conniving as the maniacal Joker.
"M eet Dave." Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other.
It sometimes seems that there is but one true erotic taboo left in a cinema obsessed with body parts and bodily fluids. And if the taboo of Islamic infidelity was ever going to fall, it would have to happen in a story set outside of the Middle East, in "Bangla City" on Brick Lane in London, for instance.
Brick Lane HHH ½ REVIEW ON 7E. Drama about a girl growing up in East London's Bangladeshi community in the 1980s in a loveless, arranged marriage, having left the rest of her beloved family behind in Bangladesh. (100 min.) Rated PG-13.
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" caught box-office heat with a $34.5 million debut, while Eddie Murphy flopped as his comedy "Meet Dave" opened with just $5.3 million.
Exhibit listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows.
By the time of "Sea Change" it was clear, by now it's just plain obvious: Beck is impervious to production. No matter who he selects to enhance his surroundings - it's been the Dust Brothers, it's been Nigel Godrich, now it's Gnarls Barkley mastermind and mash-up master Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) - the coats of paint slapped on Mr. Hansen's creations only amount to so much attractive but transparent window dressing. Nothing can obscure the thrust of his songs - the increasing melancholia and...
"The Bank Job" HHH $29.95. 110 minutes (Lionsgate Home Entertainment, '08)
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 7-13. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
'Fun to be Fit' childrens' CD release: Little Bookworms, 8111 No. 103 Main Street at Lakewood Ranch
Dining listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows.
Summer in the Salt Marsh: Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton
Island Players: 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria The Welsh Players presents: "The Importance of Being Earnest," 8 p.m. Aug. 15-16 and
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