John F. Kennedy was a doughnut. Granted, not really but he did have the German populace in a state of confusion when he gave a speech at the Berlin Wall...
Before Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, before even Taxi Driver and The Wild Bunch, there was Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, a film whose violence and...
Nicholson, winner of the History Channel's "Digging for the Truth" Collegiate Challenge, won by designing a commercial he described as being "like a cheesy...
We at The Beacon respect the Academy and their nominations-but, of course, we don't quite see things the same way. In the bizarre event that we broke into...
With "Lost," you never know when a character is going to be washed ashore or ride in on the back of a polar bear. In her article last week, Beacon news...
The Pulse Prophets, according to its press release, calls itself "an original, socially conscious groove machine that knows how to get the party jumpin'."...
In Richard Linklater's 1995 intercultural study of post-collegiate observations and relationships, Before Sunrise, Ethan Hawke's character observes, "Everybody's...
However, this is just about the only evidence of the intense violence in the area that viewers will see in the PG-rated documentary Darfur Now.,A helicopter...
In considering an 80-minute play with 20 characters, one expect to see a considerable number of cast members on stage. Nilaja Sun's No Child. breaks down...
As a follower during my high school years of the Darko cult sensation myself, the thought of seeing a play adaptation left me giddy with anticipation.,The...
In a typically cheery middle class home, we are introduced to young Juno MacGuff.,Juno is Knocked Up without crass ejaculation jokes. While both are witty...
1. Stars of the Lid, And Their Refinement of the Decline Putting their current projects aside, Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride got together to follow up...
It wasn't the wisest move of Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford to try to incorporate war, the media and education into just three narrative...
Director/screenwriter Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding confirms the belief that all weddings end in tears. These tears, however, are borne of frustration,...
by Christopher ThompsonMetal was one of the most popular music forms in the world in the late '80s, birthed of off-shoot punk and poofy hair. Overtime...
Few composers can manage to make a truly terrifying tale out of a usually harmless occupation: a barber. In Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, the...
Indie rock darlings Annuals, a collection of five 20-to-23-year-old North Carolinians, compiled so much critical acclaim for their schizophrenic debut...
During the diplomatic love affair between President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006, it seemed only natural for Comedy Central's award-winning...
Unfortunately, such is the case with Ang Lee's newest film Lust, Caution, a brilliant but misunderstood movie about the perversions of love during inhumane...
