The season's second David Mamet revival on Broadway, American Buffalo—which officially opened Monday on the heels of Speed the Plow, the playwright's Hollywood satire—is toast. Oh well, this is what happens to a show when its review in the Times begins: "Ssssssssst. That whooshing noise coming from the Belasco Theater is the sound of the air being let out of David Mamet’s dialogue. Robert Falls’s deflated revival...evokes the woeful image of a souped-up sports car’s flat tire, built for speed but going nowhere." In the wake of the Times pan, it was announced today that the production, which stars John...
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= 1 star Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Cedric the Entertainer Directed by F. Gary Gray Amazon Llink Synopsis Mobster / movie producer Chili Palmer (John Travolta) enters the music business, weaving his way through various corrupt industry characters to break a rising star. The Good Cameos galore. The Bad The endless list of talented actors (Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Debi Mazar, Harvey Keitel, James Woods) eventually becomes a mark of shame since all fail to add up to anything watchable. This flick glorifies the worst aspects of Los Angeles culture (terrible fashion choices, entertainment industry glitz, style and...
Photograph by dfhdez on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: Indecent exposure at 57th St & 6th Ave in Brooklyn, a car vs. house on Chandler Ave on Staten Island and a suspicious package at 1st Ave & E 17th St in Manhattan. Two people on Long Island have died from West Nile virus. Here are some tips from the NYC Department of Health about taking care of standing water (which mosquitoes love) and monitoring dead birds. Philomena Gotti, "the obscure matriarch of a family that became synonymous with American organized crime," has died at the age of 96, Newsday...
