Win Tickets To A Screening Of “Final Weapon” with Lou Reed

Final Weapon A Stephan Berwick Film Stream: “Dorita – The Spirit” and “Finish Line” by Lou Reed Final Weapon is a 15 minute action drama about holding, passing, and protecting an ancient form of martial art that when employed, renders the user invincible for 20 minutes, after which he/she dies. Lou Reed appears in the…

Showalter Says ‘Wet Hot American’ Sequel Is “Go”, MIB Disputes It

Last night on Andy Cohen‘s celebrity gabfest, Watch What Happens Live, Michael Showalter mentioned that a Wet Hot American Summer sequel was a “go” with the whole original cast on board. This seemingly off the cuff remark caused a bit of a twitterquake and eventually prompted Michael Ian Black to tweet that, “it probably wasn’t…

Drake’s Top Ten Movie Soundtracks of 2011

Top Ten Movie Soundtracks of 2011 Words: Drake Lelane Ok… I have to come clean. I did not see as many of these films as in the past five years of making this annual list. Since having kids, it’s hard to get to the theater to see a film that isn’t animated, but I make…

NYTimes Arts and Leisure Weekend Happening This Weekend

NYTimes Arts & Leisure Weekend It’s been a little while since I’ve written about the NYTimes Arts & Leisure Weekend (about a year I guess), but this coming weekend (January 5-7, 2012) marks the return of the newspaper’s annual gabfest. This schedule actually looks pretty enticing this year (David Cross, Errol Morris, Kristen Wiig, Paul…

Foster The People Playing Rumsey Playfield at Central Park (Summerstage)

Rumsey Playfield at Central Park Photo: Chris Becker Well folks, it’s already mid-December, so that can only mean one thing, it’s time for some of those Summerstage announcements to start trickling in. The first announced show of the 2012 Summerstage season is future one hit wonders, Foster The People, who are playing not one, but…

The “Once” Musical is Playing Off Broadway Now! (Discount Code)

Once: A New Musical As I reported back in January, a musical of the movie Once was being planned for a Fall 2011 debut on Broadway. Well, it’s now officially Fall, (almost Winter, I suppose), and the Once musical is in fact, currently playing in our fair city pretty much as originally promised. The reason…