
Closer (Review)
The play that became a movie in 2004

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Review)
More of the same same

Detroit (Review)
A stellar ensemble

Blue Ruin (Review)
Two NOVA natives shine

Hypocrites & Strippers (Review)
A robust performance that enhances the play

Brick Mansions (Review)
Parkour and Paul Walker

Dom Hemingway (Review)
Jude Law gets rough

John Knapp leaving RTP
Read what’s next

The Railway Man (Review)
A war biography with Colin Firth

From Brooklyn to Richmond to Detroit (video 2:15)
Sort of a college reunion for the actor & director

Other Desert Cities (Review)
An effective but not powerful production

The Other Woman (Review)
A wife & 2 mistresses team up on the man

Rob the Mob (Review)
Small time crooks make big waves

Transcendence (Review)
Johnny Depp’s makeup gag is a bunch of electrodes

Joe (Review)
Nicholas Cage gets heavy (no news there)

Music in the fan (video :55)
A tour of the new Broad St. venue

Saturday Night Live (review)
The opening of The Broadberry

A Streetcar Named Desire (Review)
Some good choices, some not

Under the Skin (Review)
Scarlett Johansson…Huh?

Oculus (Review)
Nothing to see here

The Raid 2 (Review)
One good hour, 90 minutes wasted

Closer cast
TheatreLAB’s next show

Another season announcement
Firehouse turns 21

Stop at The Depot (video 1:40)
VCU’s new art space

The Great Gatsby (review)
You’ve read it in high school

Onward (review)
Pixar’s latest

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (review)
More music from the 60s

The Invisible Man (review)
This one’s evil

Dirtwoman for the rest of the world
DVD/streaming and one last show

Seberg (review)
Activist star Jean Seberg

The Revolutionists (review)
Four women fight for expression

Souvenir (review)
Off key on purpose

The Lodge (review)
Cold and creepy

The Call of the Wild (review)
Jack London must be rolling over

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (review)
French art…literally

The Assistant (review)
A day in her life

The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter

Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy

They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love

Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”

Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”

Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series

Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?

Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors

Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it

Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it

Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens

Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best

Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years

Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher

Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny

Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown

Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run

Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad

Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs

Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel

Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars

Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash