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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #192 :: March 28 to April 3

Going into the first week of the month, we have a lot of new films having premieres. Unfortunately, not a whole lot of them were very memorable. Of note this week, we have three films directed by William Castle with ...
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TV by the Decade :: March 24•30

A very small number of series premiered this week in several decades with a few very notable shows making their debuts. 1964 saw the first iteration of a popular game show that is still on the air today, and 1994 ...
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March 24, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Ellen, Jeopardy!, Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, Mysteries of the Bible, People Are Funny, Surviving Jack, Television, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Mexodus is one of the most electrifying pieces of live theatre you’ll see this year

It's not often that one gets to experience a vibrant, new theatrical work because the process to create a new piece of theatre can take years of writing, rewriting, composing, having staged readings, more rewriting and tweaking, casting, rehearsing, and ...
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March 22, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Baltimore Center Stage, Brian Quijada, Mexodus, Mexodus Baltimore Center Stage Review, Mosaic Theater Company, Musical Review, Nygel D. Robinson, Stage / Leave a comment

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #191 :: March 21•27

There were many films released this week across the past century, but there may be more Razzie nominees than Oscar nominees. A few classics and popular films also made an appearance this week including one 1924 silent film that's been ...
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TV by the Decade :: March 17•23

A handful of new series premiered this week over the span of three decades, most of them instantly forgettable. However, 1984 gave us a very popular, long-running and Emmy-winning sitcom, 2004 gave us a popular, Emmy-winning, profanity-laden Western, and 2014 ...
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March 17, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: American Dream Builders, Animal Face-Off, Barry'd Treasure, Chasing Maria Menounos, Deadwood, Kate and Allie, Lords of the Car Hoards, Shaping Up, Television, The 100, The D.A., The Fabulist, The Stones, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary / Leave a comment

Company Musical Review at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center Opera House

Stephen Sondheim's fifth musical as the writer of music and lyrics (he had three previous shows with collaborators Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne and Richard Rodgers) hit Broadway in 1970 and was a sensation. The show was Company, and it earned ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #190 :: March 13•20

It was a decent week for new film releases with many of the films marking feature debuts for their directors. Films of note this week include a silent epic, the first pairing of two big Warner Bros. stars, a musical ...
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March 14, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Better Living Through Chemistry, Flesh for Frankenstein, Four Jills in a Jeep, George White's Scandals, Grand Theft Parsons, Jimmy the Gent, Knickerbocker Holiday, Monkey Trouble, Movies, Movies by the Decade, My Name is Nobody, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, The Falcon Out West, The Ice Pirates, The Single Moms Club, The Thief of Bagdad / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: March 10•16

Several decades produced new series this week, but what this week may be known for is the number of shows that were cut short with many episodes left unaired -- seven series ended their runs before completing their seasons. One ...
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March 10, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Century City, Chrisley Knows Best, From Duck till Dawn: The Series, Game Over, Naked After Dark, Night Editor, Playing It Straight, Someone Like Me, Television, The Public Defender, Touching Evil, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary, Winnetka Road, Wonderfalls / Leave a comment

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #189 :: March 6•12

Many, many new films were released this week across the decades, and of note are a 1924 short featuring the kids who would come to be known as The Little Rascals, a 1934 film that brought Spencer Tracy to MGM, ...
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The Book of Mormon Tour Review at The National Theatre in Washington DC

The Book of Mormon has been a mainstay on Broadway since opening in 2011, now the 12th longest running Broadway show. The Best Musical Tony Award winner has spawned two North American tours, a West End production and a UK ...
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March 6, 2024 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Airfrica airways, Broadway Across America, Dewight Braxton Jr., Keke Nesbitt, Lamont J. Whitaker, Matt Stone, NETworks Presentations, Sam McLellan, Sam Nackman, Sean Casey Flanagan, Stage, The Book of Mormon, The Book of Mormon DC Review, The National Theatre, Touring Shows Review, Trevor Dorner, Trey Parker / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: March 3•9

While the first two decades on this week's list did not produce any new series, the rest of them did. Some were memorable and continue today, some won awards, and a few were so bad critics felt they should have ...
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Dune: Part Two is a visual feast

It's been about two-and-a-half years now since Dune: Part One was released, finding some success with its simultaneous theatrical and streaming debut during the 'dark times' of the pandemic when theaters were just starting to get back on their feet ...
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