Locked in a “Room”
By Skip Sheffield Claustrophobic? Be wary of “Room,” for much of it is set in a windowless 10-by-10-foot shed. The only portal to the world outside is an overhead skylight. This room constitutes the entire world for 5-year-old Jack (Jason Tremblay) whose mother (Brie Larson), known as Ma, has been locked in the shed for seven years by a character More...
A Dismal “Last Witch Hunter”
By Skip Sheffield What was Vin Diesel thinking? Diesel is star and title character of “The Last Witch Hunter;” a misbegotten horror film by Beck Eisner (“Sahara,” “The Crazies”). Diesel is Kaulder, a More...
A Thrilling “Walk” of a Lifetime
By Skip Sheffield Afraid of heights? Better steer clear of “The Walk.” On the other hand if you like dizzying thrills, this reenactment of Phillippe Petit’s amazing 1974 World Trade Center high wire walk More...
A True Heroine is “Malala”
By Skip Sheffield “He Named Me Malala” is a documentary by Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) about the fiercely courageous Malala Yousafzai. Malala was targeted for death by the Muslim extremist More...
Palm Beach Dramaworks Burnishes a Classic “Picnic”
By Skip Sheffield “Picnic,” a 1953 American classic play by William Inge, is enjoying a very classy revival at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, through Nov. 8. Director William Hayes More...
20th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival Starts March 26
By Skip Sheffield Palm Beach International Film Festival launches its 20th season Thursday, March 26 with an opening night film and party at the Muvico Parisian at City Place, West Palm Beach. The darkly humorous More...
Motown’s “Hitsville, USA” Comes to Life at Broward Center
By Skip Sheffield The “Jukebox Musical,” “Motown,” opens Tuesday, Feb. 24 and runs through March 8 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts. True to its name there are more than 40 songs covered in rapid More...
1920s Musical Spoof Onstage at Boca Raton High School
The Boca Raton Community High School Drama Department presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone,” opening at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 and running five performances only through Sunday, More...
Bob Seger Rocks South Florida
By Skip Sheffield Bob Seger may be going against the wind, but he is still going, and taking his many fans along with him. Bob Seger proved he still has what it takes when he brought his new, improved and enlarged More...
“Two Days, One Night”
Speaking of Academy Awards, Marion Cotillard gives another Oscar-worthy performance in “Two Days, One Night.’ The title indicates the amount of time Sandra (Cotillard), a young Belgian mother, has to convince More...
