Arts & Entertainment
Music
Classic case
Somewhere between dark and optimistic, Classic Case's latest album Losing at Life is a moody experiment, exploring the gray area between hard rock/grunge and alternative.
by TUSHAR VASHISHT
Film
marty mcfly rolls in his grave
It's rare to be so entertained by one of the worst movies you'll ever see. In her latest time-travel disaster Premonition, Sandra Bullock awakes one day to find that her husband has been killed in a random car accident, but when she wakes up the next day, he is alive and well.
by ROB COHEN
Film
Starter Up
Starter for 10
2.5 stars
Directed by: Tom Vaughan
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve
PG-13, 96 min.
A screenwriting professor at Penn used to say, "If you aim for The Godfather and come up short, you still have Goodfellas.
by ROB COHEN
Music
broken vista social subscene
In Apostle Of Hustle, Broken Social Scene's lead guitarist, Andrew Whiteman, has finally found the perfect outlet to sport his breathy vocals.
by ALEX KWAN
Film
arithmetic for dummies
In The Number 23, Jim Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, an animal control official who becomes obsessed with a murder mystery novel (called The Number 23) which he believes to be based on his own life.
by ROB COHEN
Film
flyin' high
Inspiring movies come in all shapes and sizes. Case in point: The Astronaut Farmer. The absurd plot of a retired air-force-pilot-turned-family-ranch-hand (named Charles Farmer) who decides to build a space rocket in his barn seems too far-fetched for even Hollywood's tastes.
by DAVID GOTTLIEB
Film
The Glory of War
With so many war movies made in Hollywood every year, often with interchangeably formulaic storylines, it would be easy to overlook or simply ignore the French film Days of Glory.
by ERIN SHIPLEY
Film
Wild Hogs Review
3 out of 5 stars
What do you get when you throw together four middle-aged has-been actors, a lot of physical comedy, and the requisite "road trip" theme?
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Music
Youtube clip of the week
Few artists have gone into hiding with fame on their doorstop like Justin King.
by ANDREW POLLEN
Film
Oscar preview
It's that time of year again. The steady November to December flow of great movies has ended, and we're stuck with Norbit as last weekend's #1 movie at the box office.
by ROB COHEN
Music
Crowd's eye view
On Saturday evening, February 17th, a sellout crowd at World Caf‚ Live was treated to an entrancing performance by Chris Thile and his prog bluegrass ensemble, the How To Grow A Band, who are currently touring to support Thile's newest album, How to Grow A Woman from the Ground.
by SHANE TEPPER
Music
Paging Dr. Dog
When they took the stage at Johnny Brenda's last Friday - their first ever sold-out show - the five men of Dr. Dog were appropriately West Philly in appearance.
by STEVE MCLAUGHLIN
Film
Picks and Predicts
Imagine a catfight between two English geriatrics-one in a tiara beating the other, in a dowdy schoolmarm's housedress, with her scepter.
by JOSHUA R. COOK
Film
police squad!
Reno 911!: Miami, much like the Comedy Central show that inspired it, is obsessively random, and proud of it.
by DAVID GOTTLIEB
Music
Reviews
Winterpills
The Light Divides
After the first few tracks off The Light Divides, the Winterpills' new album, you might think you're listening to the Dawson's Creek soundtrack.
by RAFAEL GARCIA
Film
Blast off with billy bob
Billy Bob Thornton walks briskly into the Jefferson Conference Room at the Philadelphia Four Seasons Hotel and approaches one of two round tables draped in white tablecloths.
by PHIL MALACZEWSKI
Film
molto bello
The Italian, one of the best movies so far this year, follows Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov), a young boy in an orphanage in rural Russia.
by KEVIN KOPLAN
Film
from across the pond...
'Tis the season for British movie successes. Following in the wake of The Queen's award season storming, Amazing Grace, the historical biopic about English abolitionist William Wilberforce, might be an early Oscar contender for 2008.
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Music
Youtube clip of the week
Few artists have gone into hiding with fame on their doorstop like Justin King.
by ANDREW POLLEN
Film
spy vs. spy
In Breach, the weight of the movie rests on the shoulders of stars Ryan Phillippe and Chris Cooper. Unfortunately, only one of them delivers.
Phillippe plays Eric O'Neill, a young FBI operative assigned to clerk for - and spy on - Robert Hanssen (Cooper), who is under investigation for sexual deviance.
by PHIL MALACZEWSKI
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