Director: Desmond Davis Starring: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith Plot: Perseus, mortal son of Zeus, undertakes a journey to save the fair Princess Andromeda from the deadly sea creature, the Kracken monster. Pitted against...

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz Plot: In this visually stunning French film, Amélie (Tautou), a young woman in Paris, finds a relic in her apartment from its previous tenant. She returns it and, seeing the results,...

INTER-GENDER MEMO RE: Cosmopolitan, May issue - "67 New Blow-His-Mind Moves" To: The Ladies From: The Fellas It doesn't take much to blow our minds. Here's a short list, off the tops of our collective heads: 1. Naps 2. When you smell good 3. Indiana Jones...

Many of us will be going home to see friends soon, but seeing people only during the summer can strain those relationships. "No Excuses," by stalwart grunge band Alice in Chains, is a reminder that old friends are worth far more than you might expect....

First, they told you not to drink until 21. Then, they said you couldn't watch rated "R" movies until you were 17. Now, the U.S. Congress is attempting to remove another form of escapism â€" the video game. That's right. U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)...

Saturday night, the roles will be reversed when the NIU School of Theatre and Dance faculty members present a concert reading of George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell." "You can only teach theater so long before you succumb to the temptation to show...

Rating: 8/10 The local band Loose Lips Sink Ships will release its new album "Puptent" today, and the band gave an exclusive first listen to the Northern Star. For the first track of the album, "OK, I'll Brainstorm," could not have been a better choice....

Rating: 6 / 10 There are "retro" bands, and then there are bands like Clifton Roy & Folkstringer. The group, centered on singer and guitarist Clifton Roy, doesn't use any electronic instruments, opting out of any pop/rock formulas. Instead, with NIU...

It was "goin' down" as hip-hop artist Yung Joc performed at the Holmes Student Center Thursday night. Jasiel Robinson, (Yung Joc) known for his popular songs including "It's Goin' Down" and "I Know You See It" performed a free concert in an effort to...

Summer Hits "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (May 22) It use to be that Harrison Ford was "that guy" who made movies with George Lucas, but recently, the actor's face has been plastered everywhere to hype the fourth installment of...

The rap group known as A Tribe Called Quest probably had no idea that its single "Scenario," featuring Dinco D and Busta Rhymes (then of the group Leaders of the New School), would eventually become the super anthem of the hip-hop universe. The song represents...

Before teenagers were wearing mascara and donning tight jeans, there was Neil Diamond. His songs of sorrow and loss are probably some of the most downright emotional songs ever written. Therefore, it should be assumed that "Home Before Dark" would continue...