Daily Archives: October 19, 2024

Blackfriars, “Merry Wives” as The Bard” might have staged it

The American Shakespeare Center’s crown jewel in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Staunton, a theatre designed to mimic Shakespeare’s winter quarters, the perfect place to experience plays as the 17th century punters would have. Intermission at a grand vamp of  … Continue reading

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Someday, Maybe I’ll get a theater named after me

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BOX OFFICE: “Smile 2” underwhelms with $23, “Wild Robot” clears $100

“Smile 2” arrives in theaters to excellent reviews, a little name recognition in its cast and a proven “brand” whose previous installment opened at $22 million, but soared onward and upward and cleared $105 million in North America alone. Paramount … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Dinklage and Brolin as twin “Brothers?” With Glenn Close as their armed robber Mama?

Whatever laughs are inherent in a caper comedy pairing up Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin as twin lowlife thieving siblings caught up in “one last job” that involves their thieving mama (Glenn Close), Oscar winners Marisa Tomei and Brendan Fraser, … Continue reading

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