TimeLine Theatre’s ‘Relentless,’ a Punch Brothers concert and an innovative Illinois Holocaust Museum exhibit are among the entertainment options this week.
I believe in giving every movie the benefit of the doubt. I walked into "The Waterboy," sat down, took a sip of my delicious medium roast coffee and felt at peace with the world. How nice it would be, I thought, to give Adam Sandler a good review for a change. Goodwill and caffeine suffused my being, and as the lights went down I all but beamed at the screen.
Then Adam Sandler spoke, and all was lost. His character's voice is made of a lisp, a whine, a nasal grating and an accent that nobody in Louisiana actually has, although the movies pretend that they do. His character is a 31-year-old man who, soon after the film opens, is fired as the waterboy of a championship football team. Then he talks himself into a job with a team of losers, led by the insecure Coach Kline (Henry Winkler).
Bobby Boucher, the waterboy, is one of those people who is so insufferable, in a passive-aggressive way, that you have to believe they know what they're doing. No one could be that annoy
A shape-shifting, fluid film that is more a feat of dance and choreography than of cinematic storytelling, Aviva is a start-to-finish strange, surprising and often arresting artifact.
Abu Dhabi Art, Khalifa University, HCT yoke art and culture for students
3 hours ago
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Abu Dhabi Art’s Art + Tech project, with Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, welcomed guest artist Alfred Tarazi to host this year’s lineup of virtual workshops. It invited the next generation of engineers, scientists and technology professionals from Khalifa University, to nurture their cultural intellect and advance their technology skills, and to produce their own image repertoire exploring the theme, Viral Images. The support offered by Abu Dhabi Art and Khalifa University for The Art and Technology Project includes an introduction to the wider art ecosystem in the UAE, a self-discovery phase, a learning experience, critical feedback and support through the appointed guest artist.