Working in an industry that is rumored to be full of narcissistic, avaricious and superficial twits, it's unsurprising that some of the sharpest filmmakers,...
What's the deal with celebrities lending their voices to computer-animated films? Is there really a demand for Robert De Niro to voice a shark or Bruce...
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge prove two heads aren't always better than one with Step on a Crack, another crap mystery novel with a title that should...
He's been called many things over the course of his career, but Prince has never been uninteresting. From branding himself a "slave" in protest of record...
bBEST PICTURE/biThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button/iiFrost/Nixon/iiMilk/i - Should winiThe Reader/iiSlumdog Millionaire/i - Will winSnubbed: iThe Wrestler/ibBEST...
b1. iThe Dark Knight/i/bIt took a comic book adaptation by director Christopher Nolan to bring about 2008's most telling and bone-chilling allegory about...
Not one of those good-handshake-and-a-plastic-smile nice guys you see all too often when they've been beaten and brazened by celebrity. Radin is the genuine,...
Well, not anymore. Thanks to Dr. Gunther von Hagens' unique plastination process, it is possible to create an exact replica of a human body by extracting...
Literatureby Jeannette PomeranceLemony Snicket; The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13); Available nowHere we have the final, miserable 13th...
Every small theatre company dreams of having its original play adapted and produced on Broadway. For New York-based improv-comedy group The Farm, this...
As the lights dim, the crowd chants his name. Finally, the beat drops and Nasir Jones plunges into his set, his diamond-studded chain sparkling as it swings...
Under apartheid in South Africa, three million white Afrikaners dominated over the 25 million Africans who were pushed to the outer edges of their own...
On stage, the band from Northampton, Mass. cracks jokes with the audience, telling stories about first kisses, interjecting movie quotes between guitar...
by Bryan o'tooleStephen King, Lisey's Story, available Oct. 24First Michael Jordan, then Jay-Z. Now add King to the list retirees who can't help but come...
In case you were wondering, it's not.Emerson alumni (class of 2002) Foster Hoyt (vocals and guitar) and Jason Edmands (bass) and Boston College grad Brian...
Every few years, an unforgettable war epic emerges in the entertainment industry and captivates the hearts and twists the guts of Americans with an invigorating...
by lynda seumoJohn Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town; Available Oct. 10 If you believe in the fairness of the criminal justice...
Students filed in, plopped down on the dewy grass and sat with their legs crossed, all in anticipation of the storyteller. There was no reading of Dr....
Judging by the advertisements, The Departed promises a return to the grimey, gritty days of Scorsese's classics. After Gangs of New York and The Aviator,...
