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It’s not often that a film honestly addresses the factors that attract people to one another and that depicts the goodheartedness of people without resorting to the sappy soundtrack music cues and other mainstream devices...
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Getaway, the new action movie starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez, doesn’t have to cut to the chase—it starts with one. The mayhem begins when Brent (Hawke) returns home to find his wife has been abducted. He gets a call from...
Movie
We haven’t read the book upon which The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is based, but we sure didn’t find much of a compelling story in the film. Much like the Twilight series, this young adult fantasy series revolves around ...
Movie
The element of surprise worked in the favor of 2010’s Kick-Ass. While the Rainn Wilson movie Super, which came out about the same time, took on a similar theme of everyday people trying to become superheroes — Kick-Ass benefite...
Movie
Critics have called Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, which opened to huge box office numbers in New York and Los Angeles before getting wider release last week, his best movie in years. They’re right. Like all his movies, this one f...
Beer
“It is 97° outside as I type this,” writes Brock Wagner of Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston, Texas. That’s exactly why Whopperjaw wanted to give Texas its own scorecard in “The Beers of Summer.” It’s a state ...
Q&A
The Toronto electronic act Keys N Krates formed some five years ago but has just started to make some real noise. The trio—Adam Tune on drums, David Matisse on keys, and Flowinsky (Jr. Flo) on turntables—will release the EP, So...
Concert Recaps
Lollapalooza 2013 appeals to people of all ages and interests. With its diverse artistic lineup and pretty fantastic weather,the three-day fest attracted some 300,000 people this year, packing the mile-long Grant Park in Chicag...
Concert Recaps
Day 3 of Lollapalooza 2013 featured two perfect festival acts in Vampire Weekend and Phoenix. Both bands played on the huge Bud Light stage on the north end of Grant Park. Vampire Weekend, who preceded Phoenix, started its hour...
Concert Recaps
Day 2 of Lollapalooza 2013 was a decidedly mellow affair. It’s suggestive that our favorite performance was by Court Hound Dogs. The group, which features former Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, played to a small ...