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...slowly fall to the ground, a red film covering the screen as teeth, claws, and chainsaw blades meet your flesh. While it may have been impossible for the film to include “game over” screens, it could have made an effort to emulate the character??s frustration and futility in fighting these seemingly invincible monsters...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Doom | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...capable of more than just weakening the knees of 13-year-old girls; here, they convey a lot of subtle emotion. He can do many variants of caged and restrained, but nothing for exuberance. Dunst can be endearing, but often becomes annoying (and needs to figure out her character??s accent). There are some moments of real tenderness between the two; but the true life of the movie exists not within, but rather around its central characters, in the supporting cast, strong soundtrack, and underlying messages. The minor characters are superb, including the idiosyncratic corporate executive Phil (Alec...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elizabethtown | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...have fun!” and “We’ll set off sparks like Rosa Parks!” jeopardize the validity of the show’s eight Tony Awards. Also, while the casts’ energy was undeniable, certain actors “broke character?? repeatedly. During Link Larkin’s (Tracy’s love interest) rendition of “It Takes Two,” Keala Settle (Tracy) appeared to be discreetly chatting with Paul McQuillan (Corny Collins) on the raised platform. Additionally, certain lines seemed to be specifically...

Author: By Erin A. May, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Performances Ignite Feel-Good ‘Hairspray’ | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...sort of genuine interest in the material, and generally the section grade is based on the always-vague notion of “participation,” sections become a rat race of asinine comments (“It’s really symbolic how they had the main character??s name starts with an S”), ridiculous pre-planned name dropping (“This case reminds me of the famous 1896 14th District Court case Brownnose vs. Raisemygrade…have you read it?”), and ludicrously simple questions designed to make...

Author: By Andrew Kreicher, | Title: The Blind Leading the Blind | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...tells the story of 12 characters living in the final years before the breakup of the Soviet Union. In “Slavs!,” according to director Aoife E. Spillane-Hinks ’06, “words are physical necessities that flood out of every character??s mouth, as blood from a wound.” According to Spillane-Hinks, words propel the play’s plot because, in the particular universe of Kushner’s provocative play, “dialogue is action.” Significantly, the only silent character...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Arts Preview: Theater Listings | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

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