Review
Review: Faster
Faster’s unoriginal and awful title suggests a forgettable experience, and unfortunately the film’s content does nothing to counteract our initial impression.
Review: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I
As is the problem with all book adaptations, the Harry Potter movies struggle between appeasing pedantic super fans and providing enough modification to warrant a cinematic retelling.
Review: 127 Hours
Aron Ralston traveled to a national park in Utah for a typical adventure involving rock climbing and hiking.
One Track Mind: “Together Baby,” Ghostface Killah
One of Wu Tang’s most active members in the current music scene, Ghostface Killah shows no sign of slowing down, following up last year’s misguidedly R&B–centered Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City with The Apollo Kids, set for release Dec.
Make Me A Match, Part Deux
Jim Santel is a junior English major from St. Louis. He recently transferred from The University of Chicago.
Review: Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
When we casually stumbled down the stairs of Rittenhouse’s Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. fresh from a sweaty stint at a stereotypical Penn–packed event, it was as though we'd traveled back in time.
One Track Mind: “Car Crash,” Telekinesis
After a first listen, “Car Crash” seems like a major contradiction: the song’s airy, unmistakably happy hook draws us in while the morose opening lyrics question this upbeat nature.
Review: Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
Kanye West has a lot of haters. With his type of personality, it’s hard to imagine he wouldn’t.
Review: Rihanna, Loud
Rihanna’s fifth album, Loud, celebrates sex, love, and having a good time — a stark contrast with the anger emanating from her previous album, Rated R.
Review: Michaelangelo Pistoletto At The PMA
Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has strewn the walls of the PMA with his artistic reflections in more ways than one.
Review: Monsters
Despite its title, the number of alien creatures in Monsters is relatively low. The buzz emanating from this budget indie certainly isn’t on account of the film’s surprise scares or special effects. The earth has been infected by specimens of another life form travelling back into orbit from a spacecraft that crashed over Mexico.
Review: Landmark Americana
Penn students don’t often venture to Drexel’s campus, but there’s at least one destination that is worth checking out.
Honoring D'Harnoncourt
Newly rechristened in honor of the late Anne d’Harnoncourt, the PMA’s sculpture garden adds additions to its urban sanctuary.
Make Me A Match
STREET sent two brave singles on a romantic Restaurant Week blind date at Barbuzzo. The Mediterranean tapas restaurant is the newest endeavor from Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney, owners of 13th Street strongholds Lolita and Bindi.
