Weekend

By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic

Posted 10/09/2008

Just a few years ago, the movie marquee now overlooking busy Columbus Boulevard would have read like a prank, a mistake or science fiction: Right below "Free Popcorn Every Tuesday" at the United Artists Riverview Cinema, it says "Advance Tickets Now on Sale - Met Opera Series."

"The Express" stars Rob Brown as Syracuse star running back Ernie Davis (No. 44) and Dennis Quaid (left) as his crusty coach.

"The Express" a schmaltzy flick about a dying athlete

By David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Staff Writer

Posted 10/09/2008

The Express glorifies the life of football player Ernie Davis. Despite its title (Davis was known as the Elmira Express), the film is in fact a pokey local to Schmaltzville.

Crowe, DiCaprio in cell-phone showdown 10/09/2008: By Carrie Rickey , Inquirer Movie Critic

In Body of Lies, Ridley Scott's fascinating and flawed spy thriller about a soulless CIA technocrat (Russell Crowe) pulling the chains of field agents in the Middle East, Leonardo DiCaprio furnishes the soul.
'City of Ember': Post-apocalyptic fantasy 10/09/2008: By Steven Rea , Inquirer Movie Critic

'On the day the world ended, the future of mankind was carried in a small metal box . . ." So goes the voice-over (of Tim Robbins) at the start of City of Ember, a post-apocalyptic parable based on Jeanne Duprau's children's novel and brought to the screen with a nifty visual inventiveness by Monster House director Gil Kenan.
Compassion for gays, and their Christian saviors 10/09/2008: By Carrie Rickey , Inquirer Movie Critic

Now, I won't say categorically that Save Me is a film that both homosexuals and homophobes can embrace. But this earnest, well-acted melodrama has compassion for all of its characters, who include gay men and the Christians dedicated to healing them of their "brokenness."
Repertory Films showing this week 10/10/2008: Repertory Films Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. The Animation Show 4 - Short animation from around the world. $8.50; $6.50 seniors, students & children. 10/16 7 pm.
New This Week 10/10/2008: You Don't Mess With the Zohan **1/2 (Sony Pictures,'08) $28.96. 117 mins. An Israeli counterterrorist agent fakes his death to live peacefully as a hairdresser in New York - his life's dream - until his Palestinian enemy arrives in the Big Apple. With Adam Sandler, Alex Luria, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider. PG-13 (crude and sexual content throughout, language, and nudity).
Do This! 10/10/2008: By James R. Sanders

Today Lee Atwater, maverick Fasten your seat belts for the Lee Atwater story, a film explaining the rise of a man who went from musician to politician. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, directed by Stefan Forbes and produced by Noland Walker, makes refer
Concert Previews 10/10/2008: Jesse Malin A former glam-rocker who fronted D Generation, Jesse Malin has successfully transformed himself into an urban troubadour/rocker, the kind of performer who is not out of place duetting with Bruce Springsteen, a big fan of his work. After three
Concert and club listings 10/10/2008: In Concert Appel Farm Arts & Music Center 457 Shirley Rd., Elmer; 609-358-2472. www.appelfarm.org. The Klezmatics. $27.50. 10/11 8 pm.
Ray LaMontagne loosens up 10/10/2008: Singer-songwriter goes for a different vibe this time.

By Steve Klinge , For The Inquirer

Ray LaMontagne's second album, 2006's Till the Sun Turns Black, burned softly and darkly, soberly and deeply. It was a "Serious Album," and it rightfully won the Maine singer-songwriter many accolades and fans.
Casino shows and concerts 10/10/2008: Casinos Atlantic City Hilton Boston at the Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-347-7111. www.hiltonac.com. Frank Sinatra Jr. $50. 10/12 7 pm. Smokey Joe's Cafe. Closes 10/31. $30.
Fall Highlights 10/10/2008: Rossini's Barber of Seville. Presented from Teatro la Fenice in Venice starring Francesco Meli, Bruno De Simone, and a mezzo-soprano frequently heard in Philadelphia, Rinat Shaham. Oct. 18 at the Ambler Theater, 108 E Butler Ave., Ambler.
Performance and classical music listings 10/10/2008: Theater Professional/semi-professional Anna Bella Eema Mother & daughter struggling to get by embark on an adventure when the daughter brings a mud-girl to life. Closes 10/11. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-407-0556. www.gasandelectricarts.org. $20; $15 students.