"Spider-Man 3" is the third film in the Sam Raimi franchise based on the popular Marvel comic book about an unlikely young hero and his radioactive-spider powers. This finale to the trilogy attempts to bring closure to the story arcs established in the...

Every year for the past ten years, over 58,000 Midwestern comic book fans and other "geeks" gather for the annual Wizard World Chicago comic book convention at the Donald J. Stevens convention center in Rosemont. Formerly the Chicago Comicon, Wizard magazine...

Words are weapons. They have the potential to uplift and inspire and they also have the potential to hurt and humiliate. In an even greater sense, words can be as essential to life as water, or as destructive as a nuclear bomb. Speaking of bombs, the...

Björk - "Volta" Björk stretches back into her roots by including energetic and pulsating rhythm, and ear-stunning sound in "Volta," released May 8, 2007. The tone of this album rings loudly with triumph, exploration, strength and love. Björk...

Grade: 6 / 10 Stephen King stories adapted for film are either classically good or notoriously bad. For as many "Shawshanks" and "Shinings" that are out, there are twice as many "Tommyknockers" and "Thinners." However, when it comes to one of this summer's...

With even more sword fighting, backstabbing and a swashbuckling Keira Knightly as the new Pirate Queen, the finale of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, At World's End, proved to be one of the biggest summer blockbusters this year. Elizabeth Swann,...

9.8 / 10 If you don't like Michael Moore, this movie isn't going to convert you. If you like Mr. Moore, prepare to hail this movie as his best. And, if by chance, you are one of the five people in the world who doesn't have an opinion on America's most/least...

7 / 10 "Transformers" is the latest Michael Bay film in which lots of things explode, lots of property is destroyed, and lots of expensive gasoline is burned up in car chases. The film centers around Sam Witwicky ("Disturbia's" Shia Lebeouf), whose father...

Very few rap albums are timeless in the sense that their themes are universal enough to be understood by any individual. However, Common's latest album, "Finding Forever," generates an extraordinarily euphoric sensation that prompts the listener to confront...

How can we talk about summer music in Chicagoland without mentioning Lollapalooza? And how can we talk about Lollapalooza without mentioning Parisian dance moguls Daft Punk? The two deejays who rarely tour, especially in America, co-headlined the first...

Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry Finally a Fergie song that doesn't showcase her spelling skills! "Big Girls Don't Cry" has been a Top 40 number one hit for several weeks this summer and is a first in Fergie's collection of radio singles that slows down and...

Ryan Adams has historically released amazing songs on good albums, but he's never really released a truly amazing album. "Gold" and "Heartbreaker" both come close, but the former was too long and the latter retained a bit too much twang from his Whiskeytown...