ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
While there are the usual stone cold lock Oscar nominees this year, the current award season has divided up the booty just enough to make this an intriguing and challenging year for Oscar prognosticators.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
When one looks back over the year and designates a “best 10” list, it isn’t really a “best” ten. In all honesty it is my 10 favorite films of the year, since one’s personal tastes are such a big part of remembering which films gave you the most pleasure or had the biggest emotional impact, or just made you laugh your ass off.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
I was one of those who complained that there was too much 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and not enough Victorian milieu in Robert Downey’s Jr. first foray as the world’s most famous detective. With 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' I’m drinking the Kool Aid.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT > MOVIE REVIEWS
By Lori Hoffman
If you want to see the newest entry in the Mission Impossible franchise this weekend, Ghost Protocol, your destination will be the IMAX Theater at the Tropicana. In an unusual move, the film, which also includes an extended sneak preview of the next Batman movie, has opened at IMAX locations several days before going into wide release this Tuesday, Dec. 20.
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An interesting article on the NJBIZ.com site regarding the recent adoption of the CRDA’s Master Plan for Atlantic City’s new “Tourism District” (it needs a better name, doesn’t it?) In the piece, writer Joshua Burd interviews the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce President Jospeh Kelly, who states that “the blueprint has a ‘healthy’ mix of [...]
Another caricature was unveiled at The Palm Restaurant on Thursday, Feb. 2, and this time the face revealed was none other than President and CEO of Tropicana Casino and Resort, Tony Rodio. Along with him being honored as one of the select few chosen each year to be added to the “Wall of Fame,” a $1,000 [...]
If you were wondering where the movie reviews at Atlantic City Weekly went in January, the answer is to the disabled list. I had a total knee replacement surgery on Jan. 3 and have spent the last month resting and in rehab. I did a couple of blogs from home because I was not about to [...]
