It's that time of year once again. The time of year when the Dave Matthews Band makes its annual stop at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in southern Wisconsin. This year's two night event started on Saturday evening. Rains leading up to the show in the surrounding...

"X-Files: I Want to Blieve" STARRING: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet. Bill Connolly, Xzibit RATING: 4/10 The Plot: Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) team up once again, this time to help save the...

STARRING: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. RATING: 10/10 Few movies in recent memory have created as much hype as "The Dark Knight." The prospect of another hyper-realistic...

"Hancock" Rating: 6/10 Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman Plot: Ne'er-do-well superhero John Hancock (Smith) enlists the help of a public relations specialist (Bateman) to revitalize his image, and make the city that shunned him come...

Heart Shaped Hate "Bitch, Plz" 2008, Cassette Deck Media Conglomerate Rating: 10/10 Unbelievable. The greater Chicago land area is home to many acts that break the mold. Heart Shaped Hate, however, is something completely different. A two-piece synth/drums...

"The Love Guru" Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake Grade: 2/10 Plot: Guru Pitka (Myers) comes to America to dethrone Deepak Chopra as the best self-help shaman in the country. He's hired by a beautiful young hockey owner (Alba) to complete...

Chicago's hits & hip-hop station, 96.3 B96, brought it to Bridgeview on Saturday to host its annual Summer Bash concert at Toyota Park. Over 20,000 fans crammed into the venue where the Chicago Fire usually play to hear an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop,...

"The Incredible Hulk" Rating: 7/10 STARRING Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt and Tim Roth THE PLOT Man-on-the-run Bruce Banner(Norton) tries to rid himself of the Hulk. General Thaddeus Ross (Hurt),however, wants to find him first to weaponize a...

"What Happens In Vegas..." Review Rating - 8/10 STARRING Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell THE PLOT Two strangers (Diaz and Kutcher) meet up in Vegas, and after a wild night of heavy partying, they wake up to find they are married....

There are a lot of things in Tupac's music that I cannot relate to well. I don't live a thug life, hang out with music video vixens or represent the West Coast. But there's one thing for sure that Tupac and I have in common: We are both down with our...

Rating: 1.5/10 STARRING Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Roger Allam THE PLOT Racing fiend Speed Racer (Hirsch) rejects corporate buyout from the the evil Royalton Industries, which then vows revenge. Who knew people cared so much about racing?...

Less than a month after I started my freshman year here at NIU, Arcade Fire released their debut album, "Funeral." It would go on to be a touchstone album for popular music of this decade and the very definition of a "breakout" album that was ecstatically...