Catherine Hardwicke seemed like the perfect wildcard for a biblical adaptation. The thought of the dreadlocked hippy from Texas (responsible for Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown) at the helm of a film...
Students have become accustomed to free entertainment from the John Brown Trio, the house band for Jazz at the Mary Lou. Sunday at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Theater, however, concert-goers will pay $25 to...
Look out y'all, the two kings are back, but this time with a movie soundtrack that will kick your ass from here to right over there. The Pick of Destiny showcases 15 tracks from the much...
For Leland Hodgkins, the body serves as a canvas in more ways than one. Hodgkins, a junior, draws parallels between his interests as an artist and his medical ambitions. "Being able to create a...
Named in tribute to Dr. Dre, Doctor's Advocate is the stronger and harder follow-up to the Game's debut phenomenon, The Documentary. With Dr. Dre's touch missing from this album, leading producers...
Damien Rice's second album, 9, evokes many memories. Occasionally, it makes one cry. More often, however, it makes one love life. Here are some other things that you will think of during or after...
Zorn has remained a seminal but marginal figure. Many of his disciples, including Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas and Joey Baron have reached wider success in the jazz world. He's also been cited as an...
The short answer is no. But that doesn't mean the plays are poised to come off without a hitch.
Christopher Guest's name is synonymous with the mockumentary genre-he helped create it with This is Spinal Tap and made it popular with Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. With...
Wonderful Town may be the musical you've been waiting for-that is, if you like decadent costumes and red lipstick. The musical, playing in Page Auditorium Nov. 29, is part of the 39th annual...
In the 28 years since he released his last pop-folk album, Cat Stevens has changed his religion and his name (he now goes by the moniker Yusuf Islam) and has been put on the government's no-fly...
Making a movie is much like baking a scrumptious cake. As a chef/director you have to balance the ratio of sugar/actors to flour/story. The long-awaited star-studded 60s drama Bobby proves that...
Fast Food Nation tries to shed light on a host of controversial issues, but ends up not saying much at all. Sure, many restaurants in America peddle less-than-wholesome foodstuffs. It's true that...
Chan Marshall may be a reformed enigma, but she remains an enigma nonetheless. Innocently alluring and possessed of one of the smokiest, most hypnotic voices in modern music, she has been...
For anyone who ever wondered what band mates Jack Black and Kyle Gass were up to before the days of killing yaks with mind bullets, Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny' is an essential step toward...
The devestation of Hurricane Katrina didn't end when the destruction and anarchy ceased. Many who were forced to leave New Orleans are trying to rebuild not just houses, but a sense of home right...
Need a vacation from the gray-skied Durham fall? The soundtrack to Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation may be just the thing you're looking for. The nine instrumental tracks, courtesy of Friends...
In light of poor sales, indie rockers .And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead almost called it quits last year. However, the Austin-based quartet transferred their boundless, murderous rage into...
Keith Urban's status as a country star must be such conventional wisdom by now that no one told Urban himself. It's not until the seventh song on Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing that there's...
An orphan boy who dreams of becoming a pilot, a rouge pirate and his alien sidekick and a deposed princess join the fight against the Empire and Lord Va- no, Lucas hasn't tossed out yet another...
