‘Entertainment’ Archives
Squeeze at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Squeeze and English Beat, Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, July 28, 2010 By Michael Berick Summertime concert-going can be an exercise in “pick your nostalgia.” Do you want to see Heart or Pavement? The Scorpions or Cheap Trick? Last night, I chose the early ‘80s New Wave-y variety of nostalgia, going to see a double bill of the [...]
Billy Bragg and Mavis Staples together at Royce Hall
SINGER-SONGWRITER Billy Bragg can be seen this November at UCLA’s Royce Hall as part of the Hope, Love & Justice Tour with American gospel singer Mavis Staples. Bragg rose to fame as part of the English post-punk movement in the late 1970s, most famously penning the gloriously bittersweet “New England”, but has since explored a wide [...]
Hercule Poirot Season X starts July 11th
If you're looking for a special someone to spend time with Sunday evenings in July, how about a brilliant Belgian with a talent for solving murders? We're talking of course, about Hercule Poirot, Agathie Christie's most famous sleuth, who returns (in the person of David Suchet) to PBS' Mystery Masterpiece program for a three-week run on Sunday [...]
Miss Marple on Masterpiece Mystery!
Agatha Christie fans are in for a treat as Miss Marple returns for a Fifth Series on PBS' popular Masterpiece Mystery! every Sunday at 9m until June 27th. The show is hosted by Alan Cumming. Acclaimed actress Julia McKenzie (Cranford) returns as the beloved spinster sleuth Miss Marple in three new episodes of the popular mystery [...]
New on Blu-Ray: classic tale goes for a Burton
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is great entertainment, a little scary for the little ones Rating: 4 Stars By Gabrielle Pantera “I can remember reading the books when I was a kid but it was a super condensed version,” say Alice in Wonderland star Johnny Depp. “Then, obviously, the Disney animated version took over. But because the [...]
Looking for Eric: touching and bittersweet
Now playing in limited release is a touching, bittersweet new film from veteran British director Ken Loach. Looking for Eric focuses on one beaten-down and disappointed Mancunian - Eric Bishop (Steve Evets), a hapless postman whose failures at marriage and parenthood have left him at a dead-end. We first meet Eric driving the wrong way at [...]
TV: Gavin & Stacey: modern romance still a funny thing…
MAKING A WELCOME return to BBC America this month is Gavin & Stacey, the popular and original tale of modern romance that captivated viewers during its first two seasons on this side of the pond. The fresh-faced love story with a prominent pop music soundtrack may have given it the sheen of “yoof”, but it’s actually a sweetly [...]
FILM: Playing old Harry with the bad guys…
By Debbie Lyn Elias According to Harry Brown actress Emily Mortimer, not a day goes by that you don’t “turn on the telly” or pick up a newspaper and “there’s always another story day after day of someone being stabbed….“The communities that are in don’t offer them at all. They are really poverty stricken communities and [...]
TV: Foyle’s War, Series VI on Masterpiece Mystery
MAY sees the welcome return of the British detective drama Foyles War, which returns for its sixth season on Masterpiece Mystery. The time is 1945, VE DAY. Now that the war is over in Europe, Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) finds he still has more battles to win in three gripping new 90-minute episodes. [...]
BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA SCOOPS TWO PRESTIGIOUS PEABODY AWARDS
Washington, DC – March 31, 2010 – BBC World News America has received double honors in the 69th Annual Peabody Awards announced today. The newscast has been honored for overall excellence and described by the judges as: “A nightly newscast like none the United States has ever had, it places our actions and concerns in a global [...]
