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Underwood plays to sellout at Convo

By SAM BRUNELL | April 21, 2008

DeKALB | Carrie Underwood blew the audience away Monday night with her powerful voice. About 5,000 fans, ranging from preteens to grandparents, came to the Convocation Center to see Carrie Underwood perform 15 songs , lasting a little more than an hour...

Flick Pick: ‘Red Dragon’ (2002)

By PATRICK BATTLE | April 21, 2008

Director: Brett Ratner Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes Plot: A remake of the less-inspiring 1986 Michael Mann film, "Manhunter," (no pun intended ... I think), "Red Dragon" reintroduces us to the charismatic, psychotic Hannibal...

‘Expelled’ takes a biased look at the evolution vs. creationism debate

By CHRIS KRAPEK | April 21, 2008

Rating: 3 / 10 Starring: Ben Stein Plot: Ben Stein's documentary chronicles the highly controversial debate between intelligent design and Darwin's theory of evolution and the plight to eliminate the notion of creationism in the classroom. The good: For...

Conclusion doesn’t live up to investment in ’88 minutes’

By KEITH CAMERON | April 21, 2008

Rating: 6 / 10 Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Neal McDonough Plot: Dr. Jack Gramm (Pacino) receives a mysterious call telling him he has 88 minutes left to live. That situation, exasperated by Gramm's snoopy grad students and haunting memories of his...

Track of the Day: ‘I Heard it through the Grapevine’ by The Slits

By JESSICA SABBAH | April 21, 2008

The Slits' 1979 cover of the classic Motown hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," which came more than a decade after its originator, has the ability to stand apart from other versions with its funky, alternative approach. Written by two Motown writers...

Nixon’s actions encourage better behavior from other celebs

By NYSSA BULKES | April 21, 2008

Cynthia Nixon is one classy lady. On April 15, the "Sex and the City" star announced on "Good Morning America" that she is a breast cancer survivor. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it," she said on the TV show. "I didn't...

‘Sarah Marshall’ blends raunchy comedy, romance

By CHRIS KRAPEK | April 20, 2008

Rating: 8 / 10 Starring: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis The plot: After Peter (Segel) is dumped by his famous television-star girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Bell), he takes a vacation to Hawaii only to find Sarah at the same hotel he's staying at,...

Paramore keeps crowd energized at Convo show with Jimmy Eat World

By JEN HANCE | April 20, 2008

Saturday evening at the Convocation Center was a hairdresser's nightmare, as kids with every hairstyle and color imaginable poured in to see Paramore and Jimmy Eat World in concert. It appeared immediately that the majority of the crowd came to hear the...

‘Forbidden Kingdom’ story too far-fetched

By JEN HANCE | April 20, 2008

Rating: 3 / 10 Starring: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano The plot: A young kid from Boston who is obsessed with kung-fu movies finds himself transported back to an ancient mythical China, where he and a band of martial arts warriors work together...

Track of the Day: ‘Toxic’ by Nickel Creek

By JEN HANCE | April 20, 2008

The song "Toxic" was originally written for Britney Spears, and even won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Dance Recording. With the immense success of the song, there is no wonder why it has been covered numerous times by bands such as Local H, The BossHoss,...

Flick Pick: ‘Midnight Cowboy’

By BEN BURR | April 17, 2008

"Midnight Cowboy" (1969) Director: John Schlesinger Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight Synopsis: Naive Texan Joe Buck (Voight) abandons the Lonestar State for the Big Apple, planning to earn his fortune as a gigolo. Instead, he meets crippled slum urchin...

Theater begins midnight movie series this weekend for charity

By BEN BURR | April 17, 2008

The Carmike Market Square theater is restarting its ReRun Film Series for five weeks, starting tonight with "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." All ticket proceeds will go to the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The ReRun Film Series is a long-standing...