Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Footnotes: Dion Boucicault Via Satellite Delights

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I had been curious about the series of NT Live presentations – satellite high definition feeds of plays from London’s National Theatre – but...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Knight and Day (Twentieth Century Fox/Regency Enterprises)

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By Harry Forbes Tom Cruise is at his charismatic best in this engaging comic action lark. He’s covert agent Roy Miller fighting off a succes...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Footnotes: Irish Revels in the Scottish Highlands?

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The Scottish setting may, in theory, have seemed a bit off the mark for the Irish Repertory Theatre, but not for long. As the centerpiece of...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Peter Pan (Paper Mill Playhouse)

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By Harry Forbes Playing a boy or not, Nancy Anderson is still pretty darned cute as J.M. Barrie’s most enduring creation. And she’s second t...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Footnotes: Theatre World Awards (June 8, 2010)

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The ceremony that “Theatre World” founder John Willis began 66 years ago continues to be among the very nicest of all the seasonal awards. E...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Get Him to the Greek (Universal Pictures)

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By Harry Forbes Russell Brand’s womanizing Brit rocker Aldous Snow was a comic standout in the excellent “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” writte...

Splice (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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By Harry Forbes Hollywood has shown us time and again that it’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature, as Clive and Elsa (Adrien Brody and Sar...