X-Men: First Class
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS ***1/2 With apologies to Blade aficionados, director Bryan Singer’s 2000 X-Men was really the film that jump-started the cinematic superhero craze that continues to this day. Previous comic-book adaptations tended to be made for television, and such blockbusters as 1978’s Superman and 1989’s Batman proved to be the exception rather than the…
Free cheese for all!
It could be argued that Plan 9 From Outer Space, the craptastic pinnacle of writer/director Ed Wood’s career, is the raison d’Être for the Psychotronic Film Society. Jim Reed’s occasional series began as an avenue for screening cult movies – cheesy sci–fi, action and exploitation films, the stuff of dubious legend. And there’s no more…
Its tha bomb!
Someone called in a bomb threat to a day care center in the Metropolitan neighborhood. 13 small children had to be evacuated and were waiting outside when police arrived. A similar bomb threat had been called into the same day care a few days earlier too. The caller advised that he was tired of them…
Same As It Ever Was, Birdlips
SAME AS IT EVER WAS At 8 p.m. Friday, June 3 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 This is a part-time project for Curtis and Grant Geren, Knoxville-based musician brothers who have an original music band, Shortwave Society, on which they focus most of their energy. Same As It Ever Was is…
Walking toward inspiration
Photographer David Strohl discovered the inspiration for his new exhibit, “Qualifies for Dreammaker,” while taking a walk. The show, which takes a closer look at some near–Eastside neighborhoods, opens this week at the Indigo Sky Gallery. Inspired by German social critic Walter Benjamin’s interpretation of the flaneur — one who wanders aimlessly but remains observant…
Going global
At the forefront of a new Latin American revolution is Intimate Stranger, a band from Chile that makes music distilled from elements of American, British and European indie pop/rock. Playing Thursday at the Jinx, Intimate Stranger is like the Cure meets the Cars – it’s synth–y dance music, with a lot of trebly guitar, engaging…
Whatever you do, don’t call it climate change!
Joplin, Missouri, is in ruins, victim of one of the most intense U.S. tornado seasons ever recorded. That disaster comes on the heels of the jaw dropping April 28th disaster, when a record–setting 228 twisters, all spawned in a single day, roared through the Southeast. Some would point an accusatory finger at human–caused global warming.…
Mark Your Calendar: Elvis Costello
Casting our hot–concert net wide, we’ve discovered that Elvis Costello, always one of the most unpredictable of rock ‘n’ roll performers, has a date at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center July 18. This is a special tour, even by Costello standards, because it features the return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook, a tool the…
That special kind of crazy
“Improv,” says Justin Kent, “is the perfect thing for a lazy actor, because you can do the show without having to learn the lines.” Kent is part of a fairly large contingent of lazy actors in Savannah, but in the long run he can’t stand to be idle. That’s why he’s at Muse Arts Warehouse…
‘Ebb and Flow’ into local history
Local vernacular history is a recurring theme for us this month. Regular readers will remember Patrick Rodgers’ spread a couple of issues ago on the Ebb and Flow documentation project and accompanying book about Savannah’s Eastside neighborhoods. This week he follows up with a cover story on David Strohl’s “Qualifies for Dreammaker” photo exhibit at…
Heiwa Cubed
Heiwa’s Sushi Bar & Teppan Yaki Grill has a third location, at 10 Barnard St., between Five Guys and Avia. This smart, brand new location is located within easy sight of Ellis Square –– and joins a number of new eateries calling the larger News Place project home. Lunch and dinner menus downtown are consistent…
The brews of summer
When I assembled this family of “Beers for Summer” it (finally) occurred to me that each shares a unique genesis. Except for import Samuel Smith, each is a thoroughly modern beer borne from a passion. Each brewery founder began as a home brewer. Prohibition killed scores of small brewers, who never rebounded until much later…
Kids in the park
One of the nice things about living in Savannah is the traditional concert for graduating SCAD seniors at the start of every summer. You don’t have to be part of the graduating class, or a SCAD student, or even a student anywhere to see this show. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you’ve never gone…
Street food named desire
Over the last few years, many urban gourmands have turned their attention from traditional restaurants toward a growing trend of pop–up restaurants, food trucks and other mobile establishments where entrepreneurs and foodies peddle their culinary creations. In cities like Austin, Los Angeles, Portland, New York and Chicago, this new class of cooks, working from elaborately…
