This movie was the last of the Best Picture nominees I got a chance to look at. I was initially hesitant to seek this one out primarily because of Day-Lewis’ performance in Gangs of New York. While I admired that performance it was completely at odds with everything I remembered from his past. It also [...]
Michael Clayton is the second Best Picture Academy Award nominated film for 2008 we’ll be looking at before the night in question. And no, it’s not about American Football (or ‘Football’ as the Americans like to call it), but rather a legal drama in which we see George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton give [...]
Remember Knocked Up? Geek meets girl. Geek sleeps with girl. Out pops baby. Well, Juno is more of the same… except all the parent’s to be are highschoolers. Usually, I wouldn’t be interested by something as mundane and Oprahesque as a drama comedy about unplanned teenage pregnancy. However, Jason Reitman’s directing and Ellen Page’s quirky [...]
Directed by Steve de la ZilwaWritten by Peter ShafferStarring Tracy Holsinger, Shanaka Amarasinghe, Subha Wijesiriwardena, Hiran Abeysekara, Ranmali Mirchandani, Shannon Raymond & Janice De Zoysa
More information on this play can be found at the Homepage and Wikipedia.
Well, I’ll jump right to it, I’ve always considered Equus to be rather dull and tiresome. And a kid [...]
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Also tagged Hiran Abeysekara, Janice De Zoysa, Peter Shaffer, Ranmali Mirchandani, Shanaka Amarasinghe, Shannon Raymond, Steve de la Zilwa, Subha Wijesiriwardena, Suspense, Theater, Theatre, Tracy Holsinger
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The souvenir for this production was packed with references to past glories, and I’m sure many would think that past achievements mean something… that if a person (or group of people) has a history of producing good work then any work produced by them is good (regardless of the actual quality of the work in [...]
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Also tagged Anushka Periera, Comedy, Gihan Jayatilleke, Jerome de Silva, Jithendra Seneviratne, Kisholi de Mel, Lionel Wendt Theater, Mario de Soyza, Musical, Prasad Perera, Theater, Theatre, William Martin Russell, Willy Russell
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… and buried gardening implements.
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Also tagged Amrik Wilson, Comedy, David Mamet, Feroz Kamardeen, Jithendra Seneviratne, Noir Theater Festival, Punchi Theater, Sashane Perera, StageLight&Magic, Theater, Theatre
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Oh, how I wish I was a homo…
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Also tagged Amrik Wilson, Ariel Dorfman, Arjuna Wignaraja, Comedy, Feroz Kamardeen, Neluka Silva, Noir Theater Festival, Pubudu Jayawardene, Punchi Theater, StageLight&Magic, Theater, Theatre, War
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Oleanna. A production by StageLight&Magic.