'Last Man' stands strong
Walter Hill's "Last Man Standing" is an entertaining and surprisingly rich reworking of Akira Kurosowa's classic "Yojimbo" (1961). Hill transplants the setting of the story from post-Tokugawa Japan to Prohibition-era Texas, and instead of a weary samurai, the central character is a weary gunman named Smith (Bruce Willis).
Smith, on the lam for undisclosed reasons, wanders into the small border town of Jericho and finds it inhabited by two rival gangs. Both gangs, one an Irish faction headed by the shrewd, feisty Doyle (David Patrick Kelly) and the other an Italian outfit under the control of Fredo Strozzi (Ned Eisenberg), strive to monopolize the flow of booze coming across the border.
'Weird' Al brings madness to Hill
The one thing you can expect from "Weird" Al Yankovic, master parodist and polka-man extrordinare, is the unexpected.
With his biting wit and wild musical talent, Weird Al has been able to outlast quite a few of the artists he's parodied over the years.
'Without a Net' cracks up 'U'
If you're an improv comic, practice can only prepare you so much. There are no lines to memorize, no actions to rehearse. When it comes down to the performance, only your wits can keep you one step ahead of an audience.
"It's a weekly audience, a huge, packed house. It's a popular thing on campus but an artistic thing," said Bob Gilliam, producer of Without A Net and School of Education Senior. "We're just going to have an amazing show."
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