Thanks to the influence of pirate radio stations that embraced it, Concrete and Clay, a British pop song with some atypical vocal harmonies and a Latin beat, was the #1 song in the UK for exactly one week in 1965.
Good enough for dinner theatre? For me – that’s a compliment.
On my first day of my first acting class in my first year as a theatre major, the teacher arranged us in a circle on the floor; and, one-by-one, we had to leap to our feet, brandish an imaginary spear,
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From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Team America: World Police
Originally published 11/1/04 Team America: World Police Director: Trey Parker Writers: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady Producers: Scott Rudin, Matt Stone, Trey Parker Starring the voices of: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie, Maurice
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Shaun of the Dead
Originally posted 9/27/04 Shaun of the Dead Director: Edgar Wright Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright Producer: Nira Park Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy The Scream movies were labeled “post-modern” because
Valentine’s Day Weekend – Rocks and Roxie, Rides and Feasts and Geekery
It started when Roxie e-mailed me a list of discount tickets she could purchase through her job – markdowns on distractions all over Southern California. Is “Ambitious Cheapskate” an oxymoron? I’m sure striving to make it not so. They had
What’cho lookin’ at, bird?
More substantial post about Valentine’s Day Weekend is in the works – but in the meantime, a brief taste of Pretty from a recent walk Roxie and I took in Upper Newport Bay after several days of rain.
MOVIE REVIEW – Saw VI
Saw VI Director: Kevin Greutert Writers: Screenplay by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan Producers: Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Gregg Hoffman Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Betsy Russell, Peter Outerbridge, Mark Rolston, Athena Karkanis, Samantha Lemole “I’m just a
MOVIE REVIEW – Ninja Assassin
Ninja Assassin Director: James McTeigue Writers: story by Matthew Sand, screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski Producers: Grant Hill, Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Stars: Rain, Naomie Harris, Shô Kosugi, Rick Yune, Ben Miles The blood is
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Originally published 9/20/04 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Director: Kerry Conran Writer: Kerry Conran Producers: Jon Avnet, Marsha Oglesby, Sadie Frost, Jude Law Stars: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Bai Ling, Michael Gambon, the late