Arts & Entertainment

The Fountain 3.5 Stars Directed by: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn Rated: PG-13 With a tagline that reads "What if you could live forever?" The Fountain initially seems to be a more mature version of Tuck Everlasting.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Initially, Fast Food Nation sounds like a rehash of the hit documentary Super Size Me. However, this revelatory character study from director Richard Linklater (based on the nonfiction Eric Schlosser book) takes several completely different perspectives on the ever-burgeoning problem of America's dependence on fast food. Rather than using a single viewpoint, the story weaves its way through an array of people connected through a fictitious fast food restaurant called Mickey's.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Happy Feet is not all that it's tapped up to be. The film tells the story of Mumble (Elijah Wood), a penguin with an affinity for dancing.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Few actors have generated as much controversy solely on the basis of their hair color as Daniel Craig.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have had an extreme career arc. Their 2002 major label debut Source Tags & Codes was an era-defining work of anthemic indie rock - one of those precious high school records I could blast for weeks on end in my '89 Mazda 323, driving from one South Jersey diner to another, getting home late at night and highly caffeinated, reading LiveJournals until 4 a.m.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Joanna Newsom's second album, Ys, is a daunting little number. Take the defiant medieval blonde on the cover, sickle in hand.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Manya Scheps can't stand the rain. By 8 p.m. over two inches have drenched the city and begun to leak through the walls of her basement.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Director Richard Linklater just turned 46 last July, but he doesn't look a day over 26 when he steps into a suite at the Four Seasons hotel for an interview.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Jay-Z famously rapped on Kanye West's College Dropout that he's "not a businessman" but a "business, man." Cocksure, of course, but kind of an insightful self-examination.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

For Your Consideration 2 Stars Directed by: Christopher Guest Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Jennifer Coolidge, Eugene Levy Rated PG-13 "It's about time nothing happened in a film," says actor Don Lake in the Hollywood satire For Your Consideration.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

D‚j… Vu 3 Stars Directed by: Tony Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer Rated: R Popular science fiction has been more than eager to explore theories of time travel, from the wildly popular Back to the Future series to the more cultish Primer and even an episode of "The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror." Most of these stories subscribe to one of two mutually exclusive theories: either time is a straight, predestined line with all events past, present and future already established; or time is alterable, a tree that branches every time Doc Brown and Marty push the DeLorean past 88 mph.
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

John Medeski is definitely not a physicist. Still, the 41-year-old pianist has his own convincing theory of nature: "Everything is vibration and sound.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

It's almost Thanksgiving, and aside from the turkey and long-awaited vacation time, Street is looking forward to Oscar season, that month-long period from Thanksgiving to Christmas chock-full of impressive cinema.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

The title Stranger Than Fiction implies that reality brims with more fantastic possibilities than fiction.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

Luke Jenner, singer-guitarist for the Rapture, looks serious in a cramped dressing room downstairs at Pure nightclub.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

At first glance, Harsh Times seems to be a film about two friends getting stoned and chasing women in South Central L.A.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

When shopping at the record store, one must choose sides, argues Keith Morris of punk rock band Circle Jerks in American Hardcore.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

Across four albums, Mobb Deep's primal realism vaulted them amongst hip-hop's biggest names; they rap-battled with Tupac and rhymed alongside Nas, B.I.G.
November 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

At the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Mexican director Alejandro Gonz
November 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Following in the wake of Syriana and The Constant Gardener, Babel is a thought-provoking film examining a multitude of characters and locales. Set in Morocco, Japan, San Diego and Mexico, the movie cuts among four interconnected tales.
November 2, 2006 at 12:00 am