Movies

The case for Romney

2012-02-06 03:00:00

Years ago, a friend told me a story from her days living in South America. The movie "Wayne's World" had come out, and she went to see it. She spoke English, but it was interesting to read the Spanish subtitles. For instance, early in the film, Wayne...

Rhapsody in Gershwin: BSO salutes George and Ira

2012-01-04 12:30:00

Another pops program devoted to George Gershwin? Why not? This weekend's Gershwin feast being presented on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's SuperPops series will hardly be the last. Nearly 75 years after his death at the age of 39, the composer's...

Sports on TV

2012-01-28 00:00:35

Local actor, stunt man hits the big time

2012-01-02 00:00:00

On a recent afternoon, Rick Kain stood on a homemade wooden platform 30 feet above a leafy hill in the woods behind his Woodbine home, grinning as he strapped himself into rappelling gear. Then he turned his back to the platform's edge, skipped off...

Top films of 2011 go back in time, and many find success

2011-12-29 07:26:00

The very best movies of the past year went back to the earliest years of cinema for their subject matter, but 100 or so years amount to just a few film frames when you consider that some of the other movies in this 10-best list went back to the dawn of...

Howard County Briefs

2011-12-29 11:31:23

GreenFest vendors wanted Vendor applications are being accepted for the annual GreenFest held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14 at Howard Community College's Burrill Galleria, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. Vendors and exhibitors with...

Severna Park High gets the joke with improv troupe

2011-12-23 00:00:00

The joke began simple enough: "One hundred eighty-five gorillas walk into a bar. The bartender says, 'Sorry, we don't serve your kind here.'" Members of the Severna Park High School Improv Team stood beneath bright lights, and one by one each stepped...

Dew Tour, forget Kid Cudi; Ocean City wants 'family-friendly' music this year

2012-01-26 03:00:00

If the Ocean City city council has its way, the music headliner at this year's Dew Tour will be less Kid Cudi and more Demi Lovato, or worse. Last week, the city council approved the return of Dew Tour, the skateboarding, BMX and surfing competition that...

The Grey movie reviews

2012-01-27 10:09:00

This week's featured adaptation is "The Grey," a man-versus-nature thriller starring Liam Neeson. Inspired by the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, who also helped with the screenplay, it's based on a simple, but terrifying, premise: An...

Chaplin films coming to the Charles Theatre

2012-02-09 06:50:00

The most towering figure in Hollywood history wore ill-fitting clothes, including shoes several sizes too big, and never said a word. Beginning Saturday, he'll be spending a year at Baltimore's Charles Theatre. Charlie Chaplin, a British expatriate who...

Woodworker finds beauty in nature's simple gifts

2012-01-26 10:25:00

If the life of furniture maker Robert Ortiz was ever made into a movie, it would be full of adventure and plenty of plot twists. The opening scene would unfold in New York City in the 1960s, with a Hispanic kid from humble roots leaving home at age 14 to...

Dru Hill: A timeline

2012-01-16 12:51:00

Nov. 19, 1996: Dru Hill's self-titled debut alum is released; it goes on to sell 1 million copies. 1997: Dru Hill sues Island Records after an Island employee allegedly struck the group's manager over the head with a pool cue. The case is settled, and...

Jake Gyllenhaal arrives for the screening of the movie 'Farewell My Queen' ('Les adieux a la Reine') during the opening gala at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin Feb. 9, 2012.

2012-02-09 11:12:32

PG-13; 1:44 running time Well. At least it has Rachel McAdams. In this Chicago-set romance � based a wee bit on a true story and written by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein and Jason Katims � the formidably skilled and charming alum of "The Notebook" and "The Time Traveler's Wife" plays a newly married

2012-02-09 08:50:19

PG; 1:34 running time Take away the 3-D shots of berries bouncing off Dwayne Johnson's vibrating pecs, and you have a pretty scrawny experience.

2012-02-09 08:40:31