
REVIEW: Time Stands Still (Firehouse)
This political discourse has an accomplished cast.

Firehouse announces new season
5 shows & 3 collaborations for the 20th anniversary.

42 (review)
The new Jackie Robinson biopic is earnest and sometimes succeeds.

One more show of THE TEMPEST…free!
Richmond Shakespeare teams up with Maymont for an encore.

Place Beyond the Pines (review)
R. Gosling and B. Cooper are just 2 reasons to see this compelling drama.

Trance (review)
Hypnosis & an art heist are only the groundwork for this confusing yet cool film.

Waiting Room
Just when I finished reading the 30+ page TIME article about our broken medical system, I go see this movie. It’s a very verite look

Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Steve Carell plays the title character, a flashy Vegas magician. His career crashes after he splits with his partner (Steve Buscemi). That means he must

Metals & Mosiacs (Video 2:27)
A husband & wife craft a business.

Local actor plays sports reporter (Video 2:42)
Joe Inscoe has a small part in “42” and he told me about his experience.

The Sevens: Local Music
Some Richmond bands you should be listening to.

Tattoo Tourists (Video 1:10)
A couple from Jersey travels to RVA to support culture and get some ink.

Eating My Words
Back East and tasting Richmond

Lack of Faith
“Faith Healer” fits, but does “Magic Flute” fit the ACTS OF FAITH festival?

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The city’s coolest art show we’re pretty sure you didn’t see.

REVIEW: The Pride (Triangle Players)
A sometimes adult look at sex, love & longing from 2 different periods.

Spring Breakers (review)
Four chicks go to Fla for vaca and end up involved with a very funky gangster (James Franco with braids and gold teeth). There’s about
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Mental
There’s a family of 5 crazy girls…at least the girls think so. After their mom is sent away, dad hires a weirdo (Toni Collette) to
Gangster Squad
In 1949 Hollywood, a gangster from New York (Sean Penn) muscles his way into the West Coast crime syndicates. To bring him down, a renegade
Stand Up Guys
The film starts as Al Pacino gets out of prison after 28 years. He’s met by his best friend, Christopher Walken, and they spend one
Parker
Jason Statham plays himself: This time as a pro thief who gets double-crossed by his gang, causing him to seek revenge. It’s a pretty standard
Quartet
This year’s “Exotic Marigold Hotel” in so many ways: a group of (even more) elderly interact, look back at their lives and face the inevitable

Warm Bodies
A deadpan delight

Avengers: Endgame (review)
The conclusion of 22 films

Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (review)
Despite the embellished title, it’s a love story

High Life (review)
A space oddity

Off the Richter Scale DIRTQUAKE to hit San Francisco!
They’ll be asking, “Who crapped in my Rice-A-Roni?,” when Donnie does the Castro!

Little (review)
Not big on fun

Family (review)
Featuring Juggalos

Amazing Grace (review)
Aretha Franklin sings!

Teen Spirit (review)
Nothing to do with Nirvana

Atlantis (review)
The new musical

Bad Dates (review)
More from the Women’s Theatre Festival

Pet Sematary (review)
Stephen King novel remake

The Best of Enemies (review)
Racial turmoil in 70s Durham

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

This Oscar-nominated producer’s new film
RVA native Michael Gottwald

The Four Seasons
Three couples vacation thru the year

The Surfer
Nicolas Cage wipes out