Mufti: (pronounced MUFF’ tee): ”in street clothes; without the usual trappings” This afternoon we attended a performance of the 1977 musical I Love My Wife, which played this weekend as part of the York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti series (musicals presented in a concert setting with minimal staging and actors with scripts–similar to what City [...]
11Aug10
Slap & Tickle
Slap and tickle is something that happens somewhere between flirting and foreplay. In this case Slap & Tickle is also the name of a new play by David Parr that’s playing at The Provincetown Playhouse. This caught our eye because it’s directed by David Drake, a writer and actor we’ve seen in The Night Larry [...]
30May10
Sex and the City 2
The first Sex and the City film was the perfect companion to one of my favorite TV series of all time. The film allowed each of the four women a moment in the spotlight, allowed a new character (played by Jennifer Hudson) to have a good story and offered up a lot of drama. I [...]
2May10
Kick-Ass
Checking out the IMDB entry on Kick-Ass I found exactly the words that sum up this movie as the title to one of the user reviews:”Spider-Man and Kill Bill had a baby and its head popped off!” This was one cool movie that mixed just enough teenage agnst with the desire everyone has to be [...]
11Oct09
Whip It
No. It’s not about the Devo song. Whip It refers to a roller derby move where you grab your teammate and whip them around the rink so they have added momentum. Not only was this a fun movie, you do get roller derby 101 out of it too. Whip It, which Shauna Cross adapted from [...]
23Aug09
Post Grad
Post Grad must have looked good–and timely–on paper. “Ryden Malby graduates from college and is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family, while she attempts to find a job, the right guy, and just a hint of where her life is headed,” says the plot summary on IMDB. Good cast [...]
21Aug09
Julie & Julia
What a delightful movie! Of course, how could you go wrong with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. But Julie & Julia went beyond these two actresses. What a wonderful story. Just seeing the history of how Julia Child started out in cooking, went on to write Mastering the Art of French Cooking and become a [...]
