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(06/17/04 4:00am)
Steven Spielberg's is on a roll. Wait, scratch that, he was on a roll. In 1998, Spielberg released Saving Private Ryan, and then followed that acclaimed project with A.I., Minority Report, and Catch Me if You Can over the following four years. With The Terminal, Spielberg reminds everyone that he's not flawless. He's had a brilliant career, but blemishes exist -- Hook and Jurassic Park: The Lost World come to mind.
(06/17/04 4:00am)
Former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp told Street last week that he didn't understand distorting guitars these days. Sharp would have felt out of place at Saturday night's TLA show, which featured three of Weezer's alt-rock children: headliner Rooney and supporting acts Straylight Run and Ozma.
(06/10/04 4:00am)
The audience at Jesus Christ Superstar could not help but enjoy themselves on Tuesday night. The apostles dress in camo. The Jewish priests opt for black trench coats and shiny chest armor. Jesus wears khakis and a dress shirt.
(06/10/04 4:00am)
Garfield is a cartoon that many kids watched as a child. Looking back, the cartoon wasn't very funny. In fact, most kids probably watch it because it is animated and on TV, and nothing more. And yet, like the equally mediocre Scooby Doo, Garfield is now on the big screen.
(06/10/04 4:00am)
Matt Sharp has been in the music business for over a decade, but with the release of his self-titled solo debut, he finds himself back where he started, when he was Weezer's falsetto-singing bassist.
(05/27/04 4:00am)
MoveOn.org, a democratic, internet-based advocacy group, billed The Day After Tomorrow as "The Movie the White House Doesn't Want You To See." For once, the White House demonstrates some good taste. This summer blockbuster is a disaster of a movie.
(05/27/04 4:00am)
Comic books carry a bad stigma. The common man regards them as cheap, childish rags that should be abandoned as one enters the adult world. Nerds regard them as heavenly fruit, a form that can rival the best literature. The informed common man who isn't a nerd? Well, he knows that, like most forms of entertainment, comics can be amazing, they can be trashy, or they can fall in between.
(05/21/04 4:00am)
The original Shrek lost a lot over repeat viewings. People frequently quoting the parfait line didn't help, either. Despite the backlash, Shrek still is a good, fun film, one that promised advanced, intelligent animated films from a studio not named Disney. Shrek 2 comes after the success of Finding Nemo -- which helped Pixar break off from Disney -- and while the film cannot touch Pixar's last offering, it's a pleasant (if sometimes tedious) sequel to the 2001 original.
(05/21/04 4:00am)
If a film could ever ooze indie cred, it would probably be Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes. The film, comprised of a series of vignettes, was shot over the past two decades, and at times plays like a short story collection on film. Featuring a diverse cast of actors and musicians, Jarmusch's film rises and falls with the strengths and weaknesses of his cast.
(05/21/04 4:00am)
Despite the too-easy, self-deprecating title, David Cross' latest comedy CD -- It's Not Funny -- is a hilarious, diverse look at his life, at politics, and at the world. The liner notes list random titles that never correspond to the track, but by the end of the disc, this seems more than appropriate. Cross himself never works to one main point -- he wants a laugh after each sentence.
(02/26/04 5:00am)
Hamilton Leithauser, lead singer of The Walkmen, isn't buying into any of the buzz. To him, the New York rock revival is nothing more than a press creation.
(02/05/04 5:00am)
Castro. Communism. Cigars.
For the average American, talk of Cuba is limited to these three Cs, despite an ongoing fascination with the once-rogue nation that began in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was then that Fidel Castro - a rebel cheered by some and jeered by others - staged a takeover of Cuba that has kept him in power for the past 40 years. Castro's image graced the cover of Time Magazine on January 26, 1959, and then he visited the United States in April of that same year, creating a media frenzy as he toured many universities, supportive groups and even Yankee Stadium.
But these more glamorous times are now forgotten, and Castro's Cuba is one shrouded in mystery and misconception. One such misconception, says Donna Butler, director of Penn's Study Abroad Program in Cuba, is that students are not allowed to study abroad in Cuba. They are.
But of course, this wasn't always the case. When Butler University spearheaded an effort to establish a Cuban study abroad program in 2000, the University of Pennsylvania joined the effort, and this resulted in Penn's first study abroad success in Cuba - a lone student sent abroad there in 2000.
Since then, 21 other students have studied in the country, including six who are currently at the Universidad de La Habana this semester. Here are some of their stories.
(01/29/04 5:00am)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 11:00pm, Comedy Central
(01/22/04 5:00am)
Friends, 8 p.m.
(11/20/03 5:00am)
If MTV's 30 second video clips of Beyonce and Britney don't do it for you anymore, the Directors Label is here to help. Out to showcase music videos as the works of art they truly are, the Directors Label has released three volumes dedicated to three of the genre's best directors -- Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham and Michael Gondry.
(11/13/03 5:00am)
Punk rock is quite an amusing genre, especially because of its fans. They'll support their groups whether the crowds have five people or 100, but once you start inching towards 200, well, you're a sell out.
(11/06/03 5:00am)
The Bridge: Cinema de Lux opened its doors on Nov. 8, 2002, and after a year of operation, the theater has come a long way from the chaos that surrounded its opening weekend. Moviegoers were confused by the assigned stadium seating, and due to poor theater planning, some were shut out from films altogether on the first weekend.
(11/06/03 5:00am)
British Sea Power's Yan is so cool that he doesn't need another name. When not talking to Street on the phone in a sometimes indecipherable accent, Yan scours the forests for trees and shrubbery to adorn BSP's live act. Yan and the rest of his group will be invading Philadelphia with greenery and military outfits tonight at the Khyber. Be sure to check out this buzzed British act, and be on your best diplomatic behavior.
(11/06/03 5:00am)
Lauryn Hill, Pras and Wyclef Jean have walked very different paths since The Fugees broke up. Hill was a hit with both critics and fans with her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Her follow-up, an MTV Unplugged album released four years later, was met with much head scratching. Pras had the biggest hit of any Fugee, "Ghetto Supastar," but he then faded away.
(09/25/03 4:00am)
With the release of You Forgot It In People, Broken Social Scene was catapulted from an unknown Canadian band to one of the most talked about groups in indie rock. Before gracing the First Unitarian Church's basement stage in a green tank top and a "Death Cock" hat, Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman took time to talk to Street outside of the church this past Friday night.