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‘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...

‘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,...

‘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...

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...

Alicia Keys’ alleged comments should not distract from her artistry

By KEITH CAMERON | April 17, 2008

It seems like I can't wake up in the morning without hearing about the latest celebrity mishap. It's become so commonplace I usually ignore it. But Alicia Keys said what!? This past week, the Internet was buzzing over an interview with Keys to be published...

Track of the Day: ‘Round and Round’

By BEN GROSS | April 17, 2008

‘Round and Round' - Ratt From the album, ‘Out of the Cellar' (1984) It's finally warming up and you know what that means ... grilling, baseball and the return of large arena concerts! OK, I know the heyday of arena concerts are over, but when...

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...

Flick Pick: ‘Blue Velvet”

By LEE BLANK | April 16, 2008

"Blue Velvet" (1986) Director: David Lynch Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini Plot: Jeffery Beaumont (MacLachlan) returns home to help out after his father suffers a stroke. When walking home from visiting his father...

Carey proves her talent on newest album

By CHRIS KRAPEK | April 16, 2008

Rating: 7 / 10 After a mental breakdown, "Glitter" and the surprising rebirth of her career, Mariah Carey at age 38 has still got it. "Touch My Body," her lead single off her 11th album "E=MC²" just became Carey's 18th No. 1 single on the Billboard...