Bullying, in many forms, may always exist. But much of the bullying that takes place today is trickling down from a culture and a media that gives credence to the hateful rhetoric that clogs our streets and airwaves.
The buzz has been building for Mumford & Sons since their first appearance at Telluride last year, and it may have reached epic proportions on June 19, 2011.
Today, film and video games are the most culturally dominant story-telling forms, and both increasingly rely on comics as the source of ideas and concepts. How is it that these super hero plotlines became the entertainment industry's favorite formula?
Due to there being no Broadway cast album and no movie release of the completed film, Where's Charley? has largely become obscure in the annals of musicals.
Even when he's had hits such as Match Point or Vicky Christina Barcelona, they didn't necessarily feel like Woody Allen films. Here, though, it's as if Woody has Woody.
I googled "best summer-themed movies" but I think what I got was "any summer-themed movie."For those who want a little extra quality in their summer fare, here comes a varied but more rewarding list.
As Roger Ebert suffered a backlash for tweeting "Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive," it is with keen awareness that I add my own two cents: neither should bartenders.
The tragic reality is that some parents actually react like Tracy promised he would -- by physically hurting, threatening and even trying to kill children they merely think might be gay.
I've heard a lot of suggestions on ways the Green Lantern movie could have been improved. I thought I had heard them all. Then, I read an email from former Congressman Alan Grayson.
It's sad that women characters have lost so much ground in popular movies. Didn't Thelma and Louise prove that women want to see women doing things on film?
Raise your lighter for Jill Scott, Bon Iver, and Jim Lauderdale -- three unlucky musical traveling companions who play well together. As for "Weird Al" and Night Ranger? Aren't you suffering enough?
For all the money Warners clearly lavished on the effects, the writers seemingly forgot to write a script that does more than go through the motions like superhero "mad libs."
The cover photo of Born to Run -- Springsteen grinning and leaning on Clemons' broad shoulder -- meets the standard for iconic rock n' roll images. And its status is rooted in the beautiful story that picture tells.
It's as if a huge state-of-the-art factory has been built to produce one small bells-and-whistles toy that awes children of some ages for a few minutes before they lose interest.
The new film is Hollywood's latest attempt to take the comic book movie back to its purer roots. Does Green Lantern earn its stripes as simple summer fun?
For New Yorkers of a certain breed, a peek inside The Times is selling point enough. But when you throw in an exploration of the dogged rumors of the demise of the printed newspaper, you've got something for everyone.
The importance of cultural tourism in England is astonishing, the level of theater, opera, symphony and dance performance is extraordinary, the museums are crowded and the export of arts of all kinds is thriving.
The pacing and flow of the movie are very much musical in nature, and over and over again pieces of classical music surge into the foreground, or recede into the background, sometimes in harmony and at other times in contrast to the images.
All of my career, I have had one great insecurity. One unfulfilled wish. To be able to sing in a Broadway show.
Caitlin Ryan, 2011.06.21
