Movie and Theatre Reviews

SXSW Review: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

I hope Anderson adds Fiennes to his growing list of actors who he works with because this collaboration is well worth seeing again and again.

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SXSW Review: Jason Bateman’s ‘Bad Words’

It’s got some flaws, yeah, but for a first time director, he killed it

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Review: Sibling Rivalry at its Craziest, ‘Awful Nice’

The film has some truly gut-busting moments and you should definitely check it out if you have a chance

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Review: ‘Dying City’ / ‘Two Rooms’ at the Sargent Theater (NYC)

In recent years The Seeing Place has been pairing plays by different playwrights with thematic similarities together in repertory. Through hard work and persistence they have been granted the rights to a number of acclaimed plays, and the current productions maintain that high quality of material – Christopher Shinn’s Dying

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Book Review: ‘Monologues for Every Audition’ by Glenn Alterman

I hate monologues. Always have. It’s just so unnatural to stand there before a casting director or agent and talk to someone that isn’t there. And to do it out of context? Ugh, the worst. Plus, it’s always hard to find a good one. If you’re like me, you constantly

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Review: ‘The Monuments Men’

To say The Monuments Men is a disappointment is a huge understatement.

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Review: San Diego’s Moxie Theatre Delivers with the Terrific ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’

Moxie Theatre may be small in size, but it certainly does pack a punch. A terrific, wonderful punch.

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Review: ‘That Awkward Moment’ Starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan

That awkward moment: when you tell your friends who hated That Awkward Moment that you enjoyed That Awkward Moment. Look, let’s get some things out of the way. This film certainly isn’t great. It’s got a lot of problems but thanks to the cast, you might be able to overlook

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Review: ‘Brightest Star’ Starring Chris Lowell, Rose McIver and Jessica Szohr

Chris Lowell (Enlisted, Veronica Mars) is just a boy trying to figure out his place in life.

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Review: Skip This ‘Ride Along’

There’s nothing new here and it’s as stale as a piece of week-old bread.

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Movie Review: ‘The Truth About Emanuel’ Starring Kaya Scodelario and Jessica Biel

The Truth About Emanuel, writer/director’s Francesca Gregorini sophomore effort, is a puzzling sort of film. Not in a bad way but also not in the best of ways either. Emanuel (Kaya Scodelario from the U.K.’s Skins) is seventeen years old and thinks she’s not supposed to be here, as in

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Theatre Review: The ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Has A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On

Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Jerry Lee make for a fun, energetic show!

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Paint It, Black: ‘Macbeth’ at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC)

It’s the production design of this Macbeth, which is somehow both opulent and plain, but altogether unique, that sets this version of ‘Macbeth’ apart.

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