“The Way We Were” was a fairy tale with many improbabilities but when producer Ray Stark first saw the “treatment” of the story, he didn’t notice them. He saw ticket sales and in his mind’s eye, they were good.
Arts & Entertainment
KAA student show opens Feb. 2
Student artists will take center stage when the Keizer Art Association presents the annual McNary High School Art Show in February.
REVIEW: Ortega and the Addams shine in otherwise dreadful Wednesday
The Addams Family gets a new iteration in Netflix’s Wednesday, where the titular character and her morbid family are the only interesting things.
PHOTOS: The magic of Mary Poppins
McNary High School Theatre’s latest production, Mary Poppins, opened Jan. 25 in the Ken Collins Theater on the McNary campus with shows running Jan. 25 – 28 and Feb. 2-4.
Book review: “Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer’s Guide to Telling Your Story” by James R. Hagerty
If you’re rich, famous, powerful, or important, you probably don’t need to worry. Someone like Hagerty, who creates obituaries for a living, will do a quick internet search and write a few glowing words about you. But if you’re like most folks, one of your grieving relatives will dash off an obit that – well, let’s face it, it’ll be boring.
REVIEW: Matilda: magical musical adaptation
A review of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, on Netflix
Book Review: “Do Let’s Have Another Drink! The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother” by Gareth Russell
Anglophiles need this book, and so do history lovers. Imagine it: a warm one with a garnish, “Do Let’s Have Another Drink!”, a comfortable chair, and you’re set.
REVIEW: Return to the 3D spectacle of Pandora
TJ Reid review’s James Cameron’s Avatar: Way of Water
A dark and beautiful comedy
There have been a few films that I have seen over the years that I was not even aware were considered black comedies until I looked them up on Wikipedia long after the fact, and I am never sure if this is because the ratio was off or if I just wasn’t dialed into the humor for whatever reason. On the Count of Three has a good deal of this unevenness, but it has even more moments where the balance is pretty darn good.
Let’s get Weird
Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood) and Weird Al (Daniel Radcliffe) in Weird:The Al Yankovich Story By TJ REID For the Keizertimes The first time I ever truly felt old was the day I realized that I didn’t recognize any of the songs Weird Al Yankovic was parodying on his last album,[Read More…]
