The Citizen Online - Weekend

‘The Music Man’

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:40 -0400

All-American musical takes stage at The Fred

Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” will be presented by The Twilight Theatre at The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater beginning next weekend.

The show has been a labor of love for many local actors and their families, according to the show’s director Dana Spears. Audiences can catch the show at 8 p.m. on July 11, 12, 18 and 19 at the Peachtree City venue.

Independence Day in Peachtree City

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:41:58 -0400

Parades, food, fun and fireworks will mark the annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and, as always, Peachtree City plans to celebrate in a big way.

Wyndham Peachtree hosts golf drive-in movie night

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:54 -0400

The Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center will host the city’s first golf cart drive-in movie night on July 5 featuring the live-action movie, “Transformers.”

I’ve ‘Wanted’ a film this good all year!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:41:05 -0400

First let me establish something about “Wanted”: it’s not for the faint of heart. It’s intense, bloody and action-packed, but for anyone who can get past the R-rating and what that entails, it’s a brilliant summer movie.

‘Wall-E’ZZZZZZZZZZZ

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:39:09 -0400

This is the worst Pixar film ever. It was created for 8 year-olds.

The year is 2775. Wall-E is a robot who was programmed to pick up trash that the humans left for robots to pick up. He is curious, however, which can sometimes lead to hilarious situations. Besides his pet cockroach (yes, a cockroach), Wall-E has no other companions because he’s the only other living, well kind of living, creature on Earth. He listens to “Hello, Dolly” and other songs in his spare time via an old videotape of them.

A second opinion of ‘Wall-E’

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:37:36 -0400

Pixar enters the world of science fiction with this brilliant film about a friendship between robots that crosses the universe and helps humans return to a hospitable Earth.

Oklahoma!

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:38:02 -0400

Step into your boots and dust off your cowboy hat, because “Oklahoma!” is back in Atlanta. Appearing at The Fox Theatre tonight through June 29, audiences are sure to enjoy the classic musical, which was the first collaboration between Broadway legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

You’d be ‘Smart’ to see this movie

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:34:03 -0400

With all the big movie disappointments being inflicted upon audiences nation-wide this summer, i.e. “The Love Guru,” “You Don’t Mess With The Zohan” and “The Happening,” I was a little nervous going in to see “Get Smart.” I enjoyed the trailer, I was excited about the cast – Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart? Yes, please! – and I was hoping for a smart and funny modern take on the classic TV show. All in all, I came out of the theater pleased with the final product, although I admit not as impressed as I had hoped.

‘The Love Guru’: I hate this movie

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:32:43 -0400

I thought all the critics had to be wrong. When I saw reviews that called ”The Love Guru” career suicide for Mike Myers or comparable to watching a pregnant woman smoke a cigarette and drink a beer, I thought that there was no possible way this movie could be that bad.

99 reasons to see ‘Get Smart’

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:30:43 -0400

Steve Carroll • Closing steel doors • Top secret headquarters • Laser beams • Skydiving without a parachute • Max kissing Agent 99 • Anne Hathaway • Max kissing Agent 23 • Dwayne “ The Rock” (looks like my dad) Johnson • Shoe phone • Sticky notes • Retina scans • Plastic surgery • Uranium • Bill Murray as Agent 13 • Political jokes • Explosives • Electric fences • Gadgets • Trench coats • Dancing with the Stars • Smoke bombs • Moscow in CGI • Electronic detonation devices • Terrence Stamp • Ferraris • Radioactive bread • James Caan • Secret service • Alan Arkin • CIA jokes • Classic Cars • Suicide hotline: 1-800-Don’t-Do-It • Helicopters • Flying agents • CONTROL • KAOS • Prison breaks • Exploring your emotional side • Computer geeks • $20 million dollar robot insect • Romantic glances • Office romances • Underground lair • Weight-loss tips • Mysterious phone booths • Adorable puppy • Double agents • Beethoven’s Ninth • Scenic Moscow • Max playing Doctor Phil • Chatter • Analysts • Numerous puns • Gun smuggling • Miniature crossbows • Swiss army knife gadgets • A revealing end

Wyndham Peachtree hosts golf cart drive-in movie night July 5

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:06:35 -0400

The Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center will host the city’s first golf cart drive-in movie night on July 5 featuring the live-action movie, “Transformers.”

Improve your moves with Wedding Dance Workshop

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:04:05 -0400

Wedding season is in full swing, and for those looking to brush up their dance floor skills, the Peachtree City Parks and Recreation Department has an alternative to lengthy dance lessons.

Country comes to the Fred

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:56:44 -0400

Singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur Kenny Rogers will perform at The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater this weekend.

Taking stage on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21, Rogers will wrap up the 2008 Lexus of South Atlanta Summer Concert Series I singing tunes that are familiar to everyone.

Georgia Youth Ballet Summerfest performance is Friday

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:40:02 -0400

Georgia Youth Ballet will wrap up its three-week Summer Intensive Workshop with its annual Summerfest performance on Friday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. Nearly 40 dancers from seven south metro counties will perform numbers from classical ballets and modern works. The dancers have been working with nationally-renowned guest faculty, including Maria Chapman (Pacific Northwest Ballet), Foye DuBose (Alabama Dance Theatre), Katherine Gebler (Alabama Ballet), BJ Hilbun, Emily Lannan (Atlanta Ballet), Paulo Manso de Sousa, and Kathyrn McBeth (Atlanta Ballet).

‘The Incredible Hulk’: Not easy being green

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:32:44 -0400

A while back Dr. Bruce Banner got dosed with some serious gamma rays and now he turns into a hulking, green, angry giant when he gets angry. He doesn’t want this power and the Army does. The Army figures it can create an army of superhumans that could defeat any opponent and take over the world. Bruce doesn’t want the Army to turn his power into a weapon, so he runs. When the Army finds him, they fight and ... “Hulk Smash!”