“Everything seemed the same, but it wasn’t. It was a nightmare.” By 1978, the American Dream was officially dead. The counterculture of the ’60s and early ’70s had been absorbed into the mainstream, packaged and sold through a matrix of unlimited consumerism and...
I should preface this review by saying I’m unnecessarily harsh in critiquing comedies. I just expect all movies I see to have a decent plot, a conclusive ending, and some form of character development, but I think for most comedies I really just need to ask myself, “Did it make me laugh?” Because that’s really all this movie wanted me to do, and...
Tense anticipation describes the sentiment of Alien: Covenant’s pre-premiere marketing season, and torrential amounts of fresh speculation ensued after the London showing stirred more excitement. And yet, even as a Prometheus/Alien superfan, I’m here to tell you that I walked away from Covenant in an oddly unsettled state. But, before I get to...
You ever wonder what would happen if you and your sarcastic high school classmates were destined for the bottom of the sea? Well, this weekend, the Byrd is giving you a chance to find out. Richmond's historic move palace is screening My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, an animated film directed & written by Dash Shaw. Described as an...
The celebrated Public Broadcasting/Comedy Central/Sci-fi Channel show Mystery Science Theatre 3000 has expereince a rebirth with a new, Mike-free version on Netflix, and new host Jonah and the show's creator, Joel, are taking the show on the road with a stop in RVA late this summer. We're a bit too slammed for more details right now, but...
While walking through Petersburg, Virginia in the springtime, it’s not uncommon to see constructed sets or altered buildings. AMC’s “TURN: Washington’s Spies” is wrapping up production of its fourth and final season, but it is just one of many film projects in Virginia’s growing industry. “TURN” actor Samuel Roukin has also been directing his...
The Byrd Theatre is giving you 10 chances to see the legendary actor in some of his most iconic movies this weekend - and as usual your tickets fee will go to support a good cause. “We continue to push our classic programming series with timeless classics everyone wants to see back on the Big Screen, blended with many important films and...
It’s remarkable how much or little we have changed in America. Around the center of George Stevens’s 1942 Woman of the Year, recently married couple Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) and Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) are going through a newlywed rough patch and come to the conclusion a child would be a great quick fix. Tess, without much forethought,...
Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo has teamed up with actor/horror icon Bill Moseley on a new record and while the tunes undoubtedly will rock, a new video promises to also after a weird, terrifying twist to the release. "This video is and down'n'dirty and comes with no strings attached," said Moseley, an actor who has famously slaughtered people on...
As a creative (and sci-fi influenced) writer myself, I have a magnificent appreciation for Prometheus, for both what it did and didn’t do. Call it Zen, but the omission of directness, the constant open-endedness of the questions asked and the overall work required of the viewer are exactly the methods that I use to spin my own fiction. You could...
