Archive for the ‘34th Street’ Category
Girl’s Rule (34th Street)
Girl’s Rule: Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway serve up a spoonful of sugar
What little girl doesn’t dream of finding out she’s really a princess? Wearing beautiful gowns and jeweled tiaras. Descending winding staircases at grand balls. Driving without a license with diplomatic immunity.
Prep School Secrets II (34th Street)
Prep School Secrets II: More soft porn hits theaters
In Lost and Delirious, Mouse (Mischa Barton) is a freshman assigned to live with two seniors when she arrives at her private boarding school. Her new roommates Tory (Jessica Pare) and Paulie (Piper Perabo) are free-spirits who smoke, spike punch and dance around in their underwear. But Paulie is the real angst-ridden wild child. Her signature phrase “rage more” is not just a pair of words. It is a way of life.
‘Blonde’ Ambition (34th Street)
‘Blonde’ Ambition: Reese Witherspoon is pretty, if predictable, in pink
What does a blonde do after her boyfriend dumps her? She, like, totally goes to Harvard. And then, like, wins a high-profile murder case. Oh, and gets a manicure. Duh!
‘Made’ to Order (34th Street)
‘Made’ to Order: But not fresh upon arrival
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn have finally reunited on the big screen to follow up on their indie hit Swingers. In the crime-comedy Made, Vaughn and Favreau play Ricky and Bobby — two life-long friends who want to be boxers but actually work in construction for low-level mob boss Max (Peter Falk).
Dancin’ in the Streets (34th Street)
Dancin’ in the Streets: Avenue of the Arts gets a summer soundtrack
Avenue Artists 2001 is the latest in a summer tradition on the Avenue of the Arts. The idea behind it is this: every Friday afternoon until August 17, a different artist will put on a free lunchtime open-air concert on a different corner along S. Broad Street each week. All this is to drum up business for the theatres, hotels and retail stores along the Avenue.
Have You Seen the Muffin Man? (34th Street)
Have You Seen the Muffin Man: Love and hunger stem from the same primal instincts or so we are led to believe in The Arden Theatre’s The Baker’s Wife.
The Baker’s Wife tells the story of the small French village of Concorde during the summer of the 1935. The village has been beset by the recent death of their baker, which has left them breadless for a whopping seven weeks.
