Early in “That Awkward Moment,” a new romantic comedy that is hard to completely hate, the three mid-20s male leads vow to remain single together, to play the field before settling down. Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is a doctor whose soon-to-be ex-wife cuckolded him, and his best graphic-designer friends Daniel (Miles Teller) and Jason (Zac […]
The Partridge Inn is “the Grand Hotel of the Classic South,” an institution that has a 104-year history that has included hosting U.S. presidents and celebrities. To residents of Augusta, however, the “PI” is more like a second home, and there’s no time of year that’s more apparent than on Valentine’s Day. “Augusta’s close-knit anyway […]
This Saturday night, the Greater Augusta Arts Council (GAAC) will be holding its annual Wet Paint Party and Sale, which is a combination membership drive and art party. The event also includes a runway-style vintage fashion and hair show presented by Vintage Ooollee and Modish Salon and Spa. This year, moe than 60 local artists […]
Hollywood could use a primer in churning out proper schlock these days. By rights, a movie as shamelessly doofy as “I, Frankenstein” ought to generate a heap more fun. Here you have Aaron Eckhart, a semi-serious actor of such films as “Thank You for Smoking” and “The Dark Knight,” getting gussied in eyeblack and body-length […]
Day in and day out, Jim Beck can be found in the same place he’s been for almost the last two decades: French Market Grille West. But even though Beck and the restaurant he owns just celebrated their 17th anniversary on January 13, it seems like time has flown. “Not really,” Beck laughed when asked […]
The department of English and Foreign Languages and the division of Professional and Community Education of Georgia Regents University (GRU) present the second annual Writers Weekend at Summerville to take place on the GRU Summerville campus February 6-8. The Writers Weekend will feature award-winning authors and faculty from diverse backgrounds who have been selected to […]
The evening after I watched it, someone asked what my favorite part of “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” was. Upon reflection, I realized there’s no such thing. The latest espionage flick featuring America’s stodgy answer to James Bond, “Shadow Recruit” takes Jack Ryan out of the Tom Clancy canon (the late author receives only a “characters […]
“Lone Survivor” underscores the boldness of its title in the first scene, in which Mark Wahlberg, playing the real-life Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, appears bloody and mangled on an operating room table, flatlining. This, it turns out, is your lone survivor: The guy who’s borderline dead. One of the grittiest, most grueling war movies ever […]
“Inside Llewyn Davis” is the rare and peculiar musical film in which the lead character doesn’t much care for many of the songs in it, including those he helps perform. Llewyn (Oscar Isaac, in a star-making turn) begins and ends this curious, sweet movie with a few of his own works — a sight better […]