There’s a big mistake at the heart of “The Invisible Man” and that’s letting us know from the very title that there is indeed an invisible man. And if there was any confusion as to the literality of that title, most of us were introduced to this film through a trailer that shows people being […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — GFWC Maine Livermore Falls Women’s Club needs a volunteer artist juror for small art show. Saturday, March 14, 8 a.m. judging, for 9 a.m. to noon high school student art show, at the George Bunten Post 10 American Legion in Livermore Falls, Reynolds, Ave. This is a small show that needs 1st, […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — GFWC Maine Livermore Falls Women’s Club needs a volunteer artist juror for small art show. Saturday, March 14, 8 a.m. judging, for 9 a.m. to noon high school student art show, at the George Bunten Post 10 American Legion in Livermore Falls,, Reynolds, Ave. This is a small show that needs 1st, […]

FARMINGTON—Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet comes to life on the University of Maine at Farmington stage as Theatre UMF’s major theatre production for spring 2020. Performances will be held on campus in the UMF Alumni Theater at 7:30 p.m., Thursday–Saturday, March 5, 6 and 7, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 8. Directed by award-winning playwright […]

In preparation for “Bad Boys for Life,” I watched the previous two “Bad Boys” films from 1995 and 2003. This research coincided with the “Jeopardy!” Greatest of All Time tournament, which featured especially hard clues designed to challenge the brainiac players. It was an interesting balance of opposite ends of the IQ spectrum. When “Jeopardy!” […]

Last week I looked at the nominees in the Acting categories for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. This week I’ll look at four more categories, even though I know we’re all here for Best Picture. Adapted Screenplay: “The Irishman” “Jojo Rabbit” “Joker” “Little Women” “The Two Popes” “Little Women” is easily the most recognized source […]

The Super Bowl may be this coming weekend, but the weekend after is the Super Bowl for movie critics: the 92nd Academy Awards. Here are my thoughts on the ever-popular acting categories, though you’ll notice that I’m consistently underwhelmed by the nominees. Feel free to have passionate opinions where I don’t. Actor in a Leading […]

Back in 2014, my favorite movie of the year was “Birdman,” a chaotic comedy about a Broadway show gone wrong. The Academy agreed with me, awarding it the Oscar for Best Picture. The film took a unique approach to storytelling, making several weeks’ worth of action appear to take place in one unbroken shot. The […]

FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington, affiliated with the University of Maine, is pleased to bring Droplet Dance to the Emery Community Arts Center in Farmington on Saturday, February 1 at 7 p.m.. Droplet Dance, a small two-person dance company will feature Molly Gawler as dancer. Molly’s musician friend Lissa Schneckenburger will accompany her with live music. The […]