This painting is on its way to the Superbowl with The Patriots! (I knew there'd be an art angle on this SUPERBOWL caper.) It was painted by Massachusetts artist Brian Fox whom I did a story on a few years ago. It was immediately clear he knew a thing or two about drafting-- drafting as [...]
(Scene from WHISTLEBLOWER) The Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights (BITAHR) in collaboration with Suffolk University Law School, is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Film Forum, “Fighting Trafficking Through Film,” a groundbreaking three-day forum February 3-5 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University. More than 50 speakers will participate in the BITAHR Film Forum including [...]
There's one reason to see THE IRON LADY and that reason is Meryl Streep. Yes, I KNOW you know she is the most nominated actress in Oscar history, nominated again this year for Best Actress making that 17 nominations in all (this year bookies are putting their odds on Streep!) We all know that she's [...]
You have till Sunday (1/29) to see this world premiere --and you must. It's called SUGAR, and Robbie McCauley has spun an extraordinarily sweet and stirring memoir out of her grueling, life-long battle with disease: Diabetes. What? A one woman show about diabetes? That's right, and I sat there for two hours mesmerized; the story [...]
The two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway smash AMERICAN IDIOT is not a groundbreaking musical-- unless you're 16. So bring your teenagers and leave grandma home-- she'll either be bored or blow out her hearing aids. For us inter-generational types, AMERICAN IDIOT is an entertaining if not inspiring musical; after all, we've seen HAIR, TOMMY, RENT. But [...]
LOL! This is what Albert Brooks tweeted shortly after the "Academy" snubbed him when they announced their Oscar nominations. If I were the entire Academy, Brooks would have been a nominee in the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR category for his creepily menacing performance in DRIVE alongside: Jonah Hill in MONEYBALL (I was thrilled this young comic [...]
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE FIRST US LEG OF 2012 TOUR THE WRECKING BALL WORLD TOUR COMES TO BOSTON’S TD GARDEN ON MARCH 26, 2012 TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 10:00 AM NEW ALBUM 'WRECKING BALL' (COLUMBIA RECORDS) OUT MARCH 6 Boston, MA (January 24, 2012) - Bruce Springsteen [...]
MONEYBALL SCRIPTER TO BE FEATURED GUEST AT BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS CEREMONY BOSTON —Stan Chervin, one of the writers of the acclaimed 2011 film Moneyball will be the guest of honor at the Boston Society of Film Critics’ (BSFC) fifth annual awards ceremony Saturday, February 4 at 7 p.m. at the [...]
I sat down to watch EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. Make that "Extremely Tedious and Incredibly Morose." I had to stop after 20 minutes. I tried again, got through it, but found the film deeply off-putting. It features one of the most annoying kid's performances ever, and one of the most sentimentally oblique plot lines [...]
You don't have to go to NYC to have a hip, hot, on the edge experience at the theater! It's all happening right here in Boston with two productions that take you there in a new way: Apollinaire Theatre Company's lucid UNCLE VANYA and Company One's erotic GREEN EYES! First, head to Chelsea Square-- this [...]
