omg: David Tennant and Catherine Tate take on ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
And I’ve already got tix, for mid June…
Much Ado About Nothing
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘The A-Team,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Letters to Juliet,’ ‘Brooklyn’s Finest,’ more
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE The A-Team: A stirring drama of wrongly convicted patriots who get mad and kick some ass. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • The A-Team (1983-1987): The entire series is newly available in a cool new box set. • The Great Escape (1963): This Steve McQueen military classic … more…
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Just Wright,’ ‘Letters to Juliet,’ ‘Lebanon,’ more (with DVD alternatives)
(It will look here like I’m trying to condense a lot of stuff — my “week at the movies” posts, my “DVD alts” posts — into one package, and that isn’t quite the case. Or maybe it is. Bear with me as I try to figure out what the hell I’m doing and what the … more…
question of the day: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play?
Another question in honor of my trip to the once hometown of the Bard and the current base of the Royal Shakespeare company: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play? Consider the question as broadly as you like, but keep it limited to movies adapted from the plays, not movies about Shakespeare himself … more…
