items tagged with Alan Menken
A Brand-New Take on a Familiar "Carol"
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-11-30 00:00:00
When you hear director Kevin Pieper describe the Quad City Music Guild’s production of A Christmas Carol as “a new show to the area,” it’s easy to be skeptical. Haven’t we already seen this holiday chestnut – and in this area, no less – more times than we can count? (Hell, I’ve been in it twice since 1994.)
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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-11-30 00:00:00
When you hear director Kevin Pieper describe the Quad City Music Guild’s production of A Christmas Carol as “a new show to the area,” it’s easy to be skeptical. Haven’t we already seen this holiday chestnut – and in this area, no less – more times than we can count? (Hell, I’ve been in it twice since 1994.)
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Gentler Smith Fails to Score with "Jersey Girl": Also, "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," "Home on the Range," and "Shattered Glass"
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Reviews
2004-04-07 00:00:00
Read More About Gentler Smith Fails To Score With "Jersey Girl": Also, "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," "Home On The Range," And "Shattered Glass"...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Reviews
2004-04-07 00:00:00
JERSEY GIRL
Theoretically, there’s nothing wrong with Kevin Smith momentarily eschewing his predilection for what he terms “dick and fart jokes” in favor of more honest, heartwarming fare, but good God, don’t we Smith fans deserve better than Jersey Girl? In previous films, Smith presented us with a woman who screws a dead man, the Almighty in the personage of Alanis Morissette, and a lesbian who switches teams for Ben Affleck, yet I found his latest work the least believable in his oeuvre, a movie so brazenly phony and audience-pandering that I wanted to hide my face.
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