Pooh tale best of animal epics
Opening this weekend is Winnie the Pooh, a new Disney feature chronicling the adventures of the title teddy bear and his various pals in...
Student production challenges creative, technical ingenuity
Story by M.V. Moorhead
Even in these cooler months,
Tempe seems pretty far away
from rural Maine. But playgoers
can get a breath of cool wintry New
England air...
Original ‘Invasion’ still a good scare
If you’re looking for a scary classic DVD for this month of ghouls and goblins, you might consider the original Invasion of the Body...
‘Hidden Figures’ unveils overt segregation rampant in America in the 1950s, ’60s
We tend to think of NASA as part of the “New Frontier” and “Camelot” and the general unembarrassed optimistic idealism we associate, accurately or...
Diversions… with M.V. Moorhead
Father of Yuletide classic comes to life in screenplay
‘Due Date’ chaotic but still boasts worthy acting
An uptight guy is forced to travel across America with an obnoxious guy. That’s the simple, and by no means original, premise of the...
Dining out: Despite some plusses, few seem drawn to lakefront venue
It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon in July, too hot to go outside, so I’m sitting around with my family, enjoying a quiet lunch.
‘Super-villainy’ as real in life as in film depiction
Just as it was difficult to discuss 2008’s The Dark Knight out of the shadow of the heartbreaking loss of Heath Ledger, so it’s...
Teen playwright scores a hit with big stage production
Briana Fleming never planned to be a playwright.
A shortcut to experiencing India’s cuisine, plus a handy primer to what’s on the...
A trip to India—or, as E M. Forster would have called it, a passage to India—is an expensive proposition for most of us.