The aliens in Aliens with Extraordinary Skills aren’t extraterrestrials; they’re two illegal immigrants from the former USSR constituents of Moldova and Russia trying to make it in the good ol’ U.S. of A. And that’s about the most interesting thing in this play by Saviana Stanescu, directed by Rhonda Clark. Professional clowns Nadia (Gwendolyn Evans) […]
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After leaving the board of Carpenter Square Theatre a year ago, Oklahoma City actor Todd Clark and actor/director Rodney Brazil were bombarded with the same question: “Will you start your own theater company?” “We had no plans to, but all the questions got us talking about it,” said Brazil. Inspiration struck when he read an […]
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
I’m not the target for these movies, as I do not find the mere sight and/or mention of someone toking up to be funny. Nor do I get why it’s supposed to be. As with any joke, there’s got to be a payoff. Perhaps the sky-high are much forgiving. I thought the first movie, 2004’s […]
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The Future
July and Hamish Linklater (TV’s “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) portray Sophie and Jason, a couple for four years and running. So strong is their cozy, arty union that they’ve decided to adopt a cat. It’s sickly and healing at the animal hospital, however, so they have a month before Paw-Paw is theirs. They […]
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The Future
July and Hamish Linklater (TV’s “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) portray Sophie and Jason, a couple for four years and running. So strong is their cozy, arty union that they’ve decided to adopt a cat. It’s sickly and healing at the animal hospital, however, so they have a month before Paw-Paw is theirs. They […]
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Although Randall primarily stars as the Chinese circus owner Dr. Lao, he also appears as Medusa, The Abominable Snowman, a horned goat man, a blind fortune teller and — in one, don’t-blink scene — a stupefied circusgoer. Lao rolls into a Western town on the verge of collapse, thanks to a drought. His mysterious and […]
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The Last Circus
Having seen his P.O.W. father murdered during an escape attempt decades before, Javier (Carlos Areces, who looks like ’70s TV staple Ray Buktineca with oversized glasses) joins a circus in 1973 Madrid to follow his family destiny as a clown. Because he was denied a proper childhood, Javier follows his dad’s wishes and becomes a […]
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The Trip
Condensed from the recent, six-episode BBC series of the same name, the improv comedy casts Steve Coogan (“The Other Guys”) and Rob Brydon (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”) as themselves, more or less. Steve’s tasked with taking a road trip to write about some fine dining spots along the English countryside, and because he’s […]
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Blitz
“Blitz” has little need for humor — who does when you’ve got that winning Statham scowl? Lensed in London and based on a grit-noir novel by Irish crime writer Ken Bruen, “Blitz” casts Statham as Detective Sgt. Brant, whose temper has become a liability for the station in the form of bad publicity. This makes […]
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The Death of Andy Kaufman
In his effort to prove or disprove the rumor that the outré comedian faked his own death in 1984, director Christopher Maloney’s aim is true, but hampered by budgetary restraints. A great deal of Kaufman’s act hinged on pulling the wool over his audience’s eyes, so it’s no unreasonable for people to assume — as […]