F5:05 Mamma Mia!, Park Place Stadium

Pity Amanda Seyfried.

It's bad enough that the doe-eyed young actress has to deal with three moms on the fundamentalist-Mormon HBO drama Big Love.

But now, in the movie adaptation of Mamma Mia!, she now has to sort out her father from James Bond, Mr. Darcy, and... uh... Bootstrap Bill? (Oh, and her mom is ( Read more... )

I've been busy prepping for our 4th of July departure, so here are a couple updates in brief...

FestivALL for the rest of y'all: Saturday I attended a performance of Whad'ya Know? at the Municipal Auditorium as part of Charleston's FestivALL celebration ( Read more... )

Sa12:30 Park Place Get Smart

First off: Anne Hathaway, I read you're currently attached. Call me; we'll do lunch.

Now, I'm a little young to actually watch the show -- missed it by thatmuch -- although I have seen all the reruns. Would'ya believe some of the reruns? Would'ya believe in packaged clips on the TV Land Awards?Anyway, it was a ( Read more... )

F5:30 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIf nothing else, Indy IV should win the award for longest title of the year ( Read more... )

Su5:15 Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?West Virginia's very own documentarian Morgan Spurlock returns to the screen, apparently desperate for the $25 million bounty on ObL's head ( Read more... )

F5:15 Park Place Stadium CinemasFirst off, I had a wonderful 45-minute interlude between the end of the work week and the movie. On a wonderful 80-degree day, I walked to Ellen's Ice Cream and polished off a chocolate-chip mint ice cream cone in a nearby park ( Read more... )

The Tramp (1915) / Shadows (1922)
Forrest Burdette UMC, Hurricane

This was the season-ender for the Pipesounds series using FB's massive six-keyboard organ. John Schwandt, tonight's keyboardist of record, is known as a live silent-film accompanist ( Read more... )

Su12:50 Park Place Stadium Cinemas
There Will Be BloodMan, when Park Place says they're starting the movie at 12:50, they meant it ( Read more... )

Marquee Cinemas-Southridge, CharlestonI can't recall if this was my first 3D film, but it was definitely my first concert film. This leads me to my first issue with the movie: U2 didn't play all the songs I like ( Read more... )

Sa4:00 Park Place Stadium Cinemas
AtonementIf there's one thing Robbie (James McAvoy) should've learned, it's this: even in 1930s England, think before you send that (e-)mail ( Read more... )