Tag: Cormac McCarthy

Theatre Lab Opens With Ambitious First Project, ‘The Sunset Limited’ by Cormac McCarthy

Posted: August 10, 2013 at 12:54 pm   /   Live Theater, Live Theater Reviews, Local

“Every road ends in death. Or worse. Every friendship. Every love. Torment, betrayal, loss, suffering, pain, age, indignity, and hideous lingering illness. All with a single conclusion.” These are the words of a man known only as White (Zachary Allen Farmer), one half of the characters in “The Sunset Limited.” Written by Cormac McCarthy, the […]

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The Road

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 11:59 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post apocalyptic The Road is executed extremely well, but the lack of great ability in one of the films leads holds it back from being truly magnificent. Viggo Mortensen is not the lead in question and turns in another marvelous performance to add to his resume of superb work […]

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Samuel L. Jackson Keeps Busy Schedule With ‘Different’

Posted: October 7, 2009 at 1:38 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Samuel L. Jackson has to be bringing home the bank, because he seems to be in about 10 movies a year. He has a 9 picture deal with Marvel Entertainment (now an arm of Disney), and he has about another 10 movies in some form of production right now.  Now he has signed on for […]

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2009: What to Look Forward To Part 3

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm   /   Film, Local

Part 1 Part 2 Alright, let’s continue to look at some of the films that are coming out later this year! Shutter Island – October 2nd Here we have Martin Scoresse’s followup to his Oscar winning tale The Departed. This time he is going in with an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Shutter Island. […]

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