At the Edison Ballroom last Wednesday Judah Friedlander stood awkwardly by the door, looking out at the dance floor where guests gyrated and boogied to Michael Jackson. In his outfit – like always, a trucker hat, jeans, and a ratty tee-shirt — he looked out of place, as if he wasn’t invited. It turns out Read More
To prepare for her role as talentless songstress Googie Gomez in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Terrance McNally’s The Ritz, currently playing at Studio 54, actress Rosie Perez watched YouTube clips. A lot of them. “I looked at videos of today’s contemporary pop singers, the good and the bad,” she told The Observer over Read More
Mel Gibson’s Revenge
Violence as entertainment? I’m probably not the one to say this, given my aversion to violent films, but Payback entertained me royally.
This horrifyingly bloody update of John Boorman’s classic 1967 film noir Point Blank starring Lee Marvin is so relentlessly violent it can produce nausea, but it’s a Mel Gibson Read More
