ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
The closest I’ve come to reading Alice in Wonderland is listening to the lyrics of...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
Will it be Avatar or The Hurt Locker? Despite this year’s major change to 10 best-picture nominations, it is a two-movie race, with a great chance that Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow will be the the first woman to earn a best director Oscar. The supporting performances are a lock and most handicappers figure it is time for “The Dude,” a.k.a. Jeff Bridges, to take home a golden boy.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
In order to put us in the right frame of mind, Scorsese’s take on the genre is set in the 1950s, with a screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River). We are introduced to Shutter Island via a ferry ride to the island off the coast of Boston taken by U.S. Marshalls Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). They are coming to the spooky Ashecliffe Hospital to solve the mystery of a missing inmate.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
Director Garry Marshall is shameless when it comes to wringing every bit of sentimentality he can from a romantic comedy template. He took a tough-minded screenplay about a hooker called 3000 and turned it into 'Pretty Woman' as a prime example.
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Last night most of the contestants stepped it up, with the usual top prospects remaining at the top, namely, “funny little” Siobhan Magnus with a fabulous rendition of “Paint It Black” that really found the emotion in the song, and MamaSox Crystal B., who had a lot of fun with “You Can’t Always Get What [...]
Rants and raves about burning topics that have caught my attention midweek, be it greedy corporate shenanigans, frustration or joy in regards to the Philly sports teams, a movie, show or DVD that has fired up my imagination, an intriguing personality, or my on-going battle to lose weight in our fast food world. — Lori Hoffman, [...]
Local musicians: Want to promote your band or solo act and come into the ACW studios in Ocean City to film a vid of your band playing a song for a new acweekly.com local band video series in conjunction with Grassroots Music Store? Send an e-mail to editor@acweekly with your band’s name and Web site. [...]
