Articles By: Amy Hamblen

ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends:  Various Artists

ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends: Various Artists

ZZ Top: A Tribute From Friends Various Artists (Show Dog Universal Music) That Little ol’ Band from Texas has given us so [...]

Film: London Boulevard

Film: London Boulevard

You probably shouldn’t watch William Monahan’s London Boulevard if you’re hoping for a scorching-hot romance between the lead characters who Colin Farrell [...]

Asuncion @ Cherry Lane Theatre, through November 27th

In Jesse Eisenberg’s new play Asuncion, directed by Kip Fagan, two educated, but perhaps not as broad-minded as expected, American roommates have [...]

FILM: Cold Fish

FILM: Cold Fish

In the movies there are big-ticket items people are willing to kill over: drugs, diamonds…aquarium fish. Well, for serial killer Yukio Murata [...]

FILM: 5 Days of War

FILM: 5 Days of War

Loud, in-your-face violence illustrates the events of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War in Renny Harlin’s (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) 5 Days of War. [...]

Goo Goo Dolls & Michelle Branch @ Jones Beach, 7/24/2011

Goo Goo Dolls & Michelle Branch @ Jones Beach, 7/24/2011

I’ve been waiting 13 years for a seductive angel to give up his wings and choose a grounded life on earth, not [...]

Governors Ball @ Governors Island, 6/19/11

I can only surmise that the crowd made up of a lot of college kids in loose T-shirts, Toms and neon-rimmed sunglasses [...]

FILM: Mr. Nice

Bernard Rose’s Mr. Nice has all the key elements of any drug movie: indulgence, greed, negative consequences and swimming pools. With a [...]

FILM: Lebanon, Pa.

For some reason or another I’ve often saved Sunday afternoons for those quiet meandering movies that break down life’s poignant moments at [...]

Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band @ Jazz Standard, 5/21/11

In close-quarters, a lively buzz filled the packed room. Jazz fans were drinking wine and ordering Blue Smoke Ale in the underground [...]