We live in a golden age of comedy, my friends. Where we once saw Ben Stiller, we now see Paul Rudd. (Yes, I miss seeing Owen Wilson in blockbuster comedies, too, but we all have to make sacrifices). “I Love You, Man” is yet another…
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So we’re sitting here wondering “Whatever happened to Biz Markie?” Turns out, the one-hit-wonder contributes his talents to the Nick Jr. television block on a regular basis. Naturally we wanted to know more. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite one-hit-wonders, and where they are…
Of all the words you can use to describe Jack White, predictable is not one of them. He’s an actor and one-time upholsterer, but he’s mostly revered for his involvement in several genre-crossing musical endeavors since the early 1990s. There was the Grammy-winning rock duo,…
“New In Town,” directed by Jonas Elmer, is a standard, formulaic romantic comedy. Co-written by “Sweet Home Alabama” writer C. Jay Cox, “New In Town” is a must-see for chick-flick fans. It all starts when Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger), a rising star in her company,…
I think every American boy from age eight to 10 is obsessed with kung-fu. From “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to the Super Nintendo classic “Street Fighter,” martial arts seems to be the pinnacle of refined cool. So as I picked up “Yoshimi Battles the Pink…
Bradley Theatre has an affinity for leaving audiences feeling different as they walk out the Hartmann Center doors than they did as they walked in. Some leave with lingering chuckles, some with teary eyes and in the case of “Cloud 9,” some audience members scraped…
Laughter filled Neumiller Lecture Hall on Monday night as stand-up comedians Mike Trainor and Steve Hofstetter took the stage for a charity event hosted by Sigma Phi Epsilon. The show opened with Trainor, a comic from New York and contributing editor for Collegehumor.com. …
Since taking off on a solo career more than two decades ago, former Smiths’ singer Morrissey has adopted the gently mocking tone of his former band’s work wholesale and hurled it further into exuberance, complete with Brit wit song titles (here we get “It’s Not…
Graphic torture scenes, sexual exploitation and gruesome murder seem to be the makings of a “Saw” movie, not a critical darling. Yet somehow “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle makes every action, no matter how shocking or trivial, seem poignant and beautiful, while conquering the cliches…
The biggest night for movies is usually a dull and dry affair, full of actors stiffly walking down red carpets, filing into seats, giving simple thank-you speeches and clapping politely. For the 81st Academy Awards, someone decided this idea just had to go. Host Hugh Jackman…