All is disappointing 'In Love and War'
Converting a true story of love and innocence into a tale for a broad audience sometimes can move such an audience to tears. It can pose identifiable aspects of passion and deceit, so much so that it can be one of the most profound films of our day.
Spencer explodes with 'Worry'
Following their stellar, ultra-sexy 1994 album, "Orange," the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion return with a faster, noisier interpretation of the blues in "Now I Got Worry." While not quite as catchy or excellent as "Orange," the new album is nonetheless a pleasure to listen to and a worthwhile possession.
Reviewing 1996's rock myths
Throughout the great and colorful history of rock 'n' roll, there have been a slew of interesting myths.
Perhaps you have heard some of these gems: Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a live bat onstage (true, in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1982, for which he received 14 rabies inoculations in the muscle wall of his abdomen) or Keith Richards having all his blood replaced in a Swiss detox center in 1974 (false, he made it up as a joke when people asked him how he cleaned up his "human laboratory").
Messages pervade art exhibit
The newest exhibition at the Warren Robbins Center for Graduate Studies highlights three artists - Ann Agee, Oliver Herring and Kara Walker - who use traditional media and techniques to comment on contemporary and historical society.
'Labor Day' triggers laughter, tears
For many, the Labor Day holiday is a chance for rest and relaxation. For the two couples in Kim Carney's original play, the Purple Rose Theater Company's latest production, "Labor Day," is a single night on which the hopes and fears of happiness tentatively rest.
Film delivers fierce blow to funny bone
It all begins with a hilarious romp involving a fish called Wanda. Now, years later, the gang is back once again to test the world's threshold for laughter and silliness.
To avoid any confusion, "Fierce Creatures" is not a sequel to "A Fish Called Wanda." Though it reunites the cast and even reuses some aspects of its plot, "Creatures" is, as Kevin Kline puts it,"an equal, not a sequel."
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