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'Lakeview Terrace': your reviews
September 16, 2008
Comments(7)So, were you among the crowd at the sneak preview of "Lakeview Terrace," the new film directed by former Hoosier Neil LaBute?
What did you think?
Comments encouraged.
MoreIBJ Movie Night: 'Pulp Fiction'
September 11, 2008
Comments(2)As part of its Flashback Feature series of Wednesday night classics, Circle Centre 9 will be screening "Pulp
Fiction" on Sept. 24 at 8.
If you'd you'd like to take advantage of this rare chance to see it on the big screen, e-mail...
MoreU.S. premiere to launch Heartland
September 10, 2008
Comments(6)Heartland Truly Moving Pictures announced today that its Opening Night Event, Oct. 16, will feature the North
American premiere of the Miramax film "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas."
Actor David Thewlis (best known from the Harry Potter films),...
MoreIBJ Movie Night: 'Lakeview Terrace'
September 4, 2008
Comments(19)Note: All passes are gone. If I get more, I will repost. I'll contact winners early this week. Look for
news of another IBJ Night at the Movies soon. --LH
On Sept. 16th, I'll be hosting...
MoreCol. Esserman at Start with Art
September 4, 2008
Comments(4)Today's Start with Art luncheon at the Convention Center unofficially marks the start of the arts season
in Indy.
So were you there? If so, what did you think of Col Dean M. Esserman's talk?
For those who weren't, Esserman--Chief of Police...
More'American Teen'--your comments
August 14, 2008
Comments(6)So were you there at the IBJ Night at the Movies screening of "American Teen," the high school documentary shot in Warsaw,
Indiana?
Let us know what you thought of the film.
MoreEmptying the A&E notebook
August 6, 2008
Comments(0)Some thoughts on recent arts encounters that didn't make it into my weekly IBJ A&E review column:
-- With a trio of young, out-of-town sports nuts in tow, I recently paid my first visit in years to the
National Art...
MoreIBJ Movie Night: 'American Teen'
August 4, 2008
Comments(2)"American Teen" won the Best Director/Documentary award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Shot in Warsaw, Indiana, it follows a group of teens through senior year of high school. Rolling Stone's
critic said, "If 'The Hills' went back to high school and developed...
MoreIllegal smiles: Pot comedy returns
July 29, 2008
Comments(11)Variety reports today that "Up in Smoke" comedy legends Cheech and Chong will be hitting the road for the
first time in 25 years. Their national tour, titled "Hey, What's that Smell?" will be announced tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the latest comedy from...
MoreEmmy nominees announced
July 17, 2008
Comments(6)The Emmy Awards don't have the same cache--or offer the same box-office boost--as the Oscars or the Tonys.
But they do lend prestige to the TV shows and talent that win them.
Because much of my evening time is spent at...
MoreSummer of the Superhero
July 15, 2008
Comments(6)There was Iron Man. There was the Hulk. There was Hell Boy. Now, Batman is back.
Summer has long been the time of blockbuster special effects movies, but this year seems disproportionately
super hero focused.
What does it say that so many films--not...
MoreHutcherson visits 'Journey' crowd
July 8, 2008
Comment(1)Last night, the Heartland Film Festival (sorry, I mean Heartland Truly Moving Pictures--I'm still getting used
to the new name) added some dessert to a packed advance screening of the new adventure flick "Journey to
the Center of...
More'Wall*E': Quality as business plan
July 1, 2008
Comment(1)"Quality is the best business plan of all."
So Pixar chief John Lasseter told the L.A. Times.
And the combination of reading that statement and seeing Pixar's remarkable "Wall*E" last night gives me hope
for, well, everything.
I'm not going to...
MoreAvg. TV viewer is now over 50
June 30, 2008
Comments(3)Today's Variety quotes a study stating that the average age of TV network viewers--at least, those viewing
shows live and not on DVR--is now 50. That's the highest it's ever been.
CBS has the oldest average age viewer, at 54. The...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
June 30, 2008
Comment(1)So did you visit the "On the Road" scroll at the IMA? Swing to "Swing" at American Cabaret Theatre? Try
to understand the great Joe Cocker at Verizon Wireless Music Center?
Let us know what A&E you experienced this weekend.
For me, much...
MoreTaking the "art" out at Keystone
June 25, 2008
Comments(14)I've got a pretty broad definition of art. And a pretty broad definition of art films.
But "Get Smart"? "You Don't Mess with the Zohan"? "Indiana Jones"? "The Happening"? "Sex in the City"?
Such is the lineup at Landmark's Keystone Art...
MoreAnn Patchett on opera and veggies
June 24, 2008
Comments(2)"Sometimes I worry that culture is like vegetables and that I'd be better off eating that which is locally
grown," writes novelists Ann Patchett in today's Wall Street Journal.
The piece isn't a celebration of local arts. Rather, it's a tribute to the...
More"Get Smart"--Your thoughts
June 17, 2008
Comments(12)Since I'm out of town, I had to miss the Tuesday IBJ Night at the Movies preview of "Get Smart." So if you were there, enlighten
me. What did I miss?
MoreCaring about the Tony Awards
June 12, 2008
Comments(4)The Tony Awards , the annual celebration of the Broadway season, are being handed out this Sunday night.
Did I hear a yawn? You aren’t alone.
A notorious ratings loser, the show each year seems to squander the opportunity to excite....
MoreSummer on the tube
June 5, 2008
Comments(9)Since “The Sopranos” staged its final hit, “Desperate Housewives” became, well, desperate, and “American Idol”
lost some of its water-cooler luster, I’m hearing fewer people outside of the media talk about television
shows. (Except for...
MoreIBJ Movie Night: Get Smart
June 3, 2008
Comments(45)Want to join IBJ for a screening of the new comedy "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway?
It's happening June 17 at AMC College Park
For a pair of tickets, just take both of the following steps:
1. Post a comment...
MoreOn Sydney Pollack
May 27, 2008
Comments(10)The sad thing—well, one of the sad things—about the death of filmmaker Sydney Pollack yesterday is the nagging
feeling that there should be more to be excited about on his directing resume.
Pollack, a native of Lafayette who grew up...
More'Rent' at a theater near you
May 22, 2008
Comments(0)Yes, "Rent" -- the movie -- already played movie theaters (and didn't do particularly well). But now it
looks like it's getting another shot. Not a second run of the film, though. This will be a from-the-stage
performance of the hit...
MoreIn you face: 3-D on the way
May 22, 2008
Comments(0)1500 movie screens across the country will be upgraded to 3-D. So announced Regal Entertainment Group on Tuesday.
What was once a gimmick, now looks to be the standard for future moviegoing. This summer's "Journey to the
Center of the Earth"...
MoreBeyond 'Dancing with the Stars'
May 21, 2008
Comments(4)So TV's "Dancing with the Stars" has another winner.
Hooray.
I caught some of the finals last night without having seen the rest of the series. And having been to
Dance Kaleidoscope's season ending performance Sunday, I'm curious as to whether the huge...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.