Archive for January, 2007
Drag queens rule Sydney in musical based on hit film
January 18th, 2007 by Ray DelgadoSyndicated Reviews
Perhaps no other film helped pave drag queens' glittered way into the American mainstream consciousness more than "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" did back in 1994. The raucous road-trip buddy movie about two drag queens and a...Read More »
Familiar or not, this ‘Eyre’ is worth seeing
January 18th, 2007 by David WiegandSyndicated Reviews
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Jane Eyre: "Masterpiece Theatre" miniseries. Starring Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, directed by Susanna White. Part 1, 9 p.m. Sunday, Part 2, 9 p.m. Jan. 28 on KQED. One of the enduring...Read More »
Art Review | ‘Sleepwalkers’: The Museum as Outdoor Movie Screen
January 17th, 2007 by ROBERTA SMITHSyndicated Reviews
Doug Aitken’s video piece is available for viewing at, or more accurately on, the Museum of Modern...
Epic Movie
January 17th, 2007 by Cinema Blend Movie PreviewsSyndicated Reviews
The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one reared by a curator at the Louvre where an albino assassin lurks; another, a refugee from Mexican libre wrestling; the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane; and the fourth a normal resident of a mutant X-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia with a silent G. There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White...
The Mutant Chronicles
January 17th, 2007 by Cinema Blend Movie PreviewsSyndicated Reviews
The Mutant Chronicles is based on a lame sounding role playing game about a dystopic future in which the human race has dwindled and finds itself under attack by a bunch of creatures called NecroMutants. I believe this is also the plot of most of the non-Pokemon anime imports currently running in place of real cartoons on Saturday mornings....