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Published: Apr 7, 2010

The fact that John Huston's The African Queen wasn't on DVD was like having Chase Utley on your team but never letting him play. Finally, Queen gets its due on DVD and Blu-ray. Katharine Hepburn plays a heroic Methodist missionary who must rely on the gruff, handsome Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) to ferry her out of German-controlled East Africa during WWI. After you've caught this flick, watch Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart, loosely based on Queen's plagued production.

Theatre Horizon's production of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig (April 9 to May 1, theatrehorizon.org) examines an unbalanced relationship — the woman is twice as large as the man. In this dark rom-com, the male lead must decide whether to stand up for the voluptuous lady he loves, or cave to pressure from his critical friends. "Audience members think they'll feel a certain way after it," says artistic director Erin Reilly, "and will come out feeling something completely different."

 

If we're sending you to a frat house, you know it's a special occasion. This Saturday, "anti-frat" Pi Lam (3914 Spruce St., myspace.com/thepilam) continues its Human Barbecue tradition — a full day of food and bands. The lineup: Blues Control, Home Blitz, These United States, The Extraordinaires, Hot Guts and a whole bunch more. Starts at noon. Never ends.

Tuesday nights are chock-full of gotta-see-it TV, but if you aren't watching Justified (10 p.m. on FX), you need to re-evaluate your life. The series centers on Elmore Leonard character U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), shipped off to police the Kentucky hill country where he was born. Leonard's work translates exceptionally well to the screen, and each character walks, talks and acts like his stock player, slinking around with a cool, calm badassery. For Olyphant fans, it's a modern-day Deadwood, sans the constant use of the word "cocksucker."

Talking in Maths
Stretch (A Fantasia)
Aura Implicit
Nerve