Tony Scott is the prototypical MTV-generation director. His films fly by at a maddening pace and tend to work best to the attention spans of people whose favorite drink is a triple-shot espresso with a dash of cocaine and Ritalin. His camera is always...

The holiday season is in full swing — snow, spending money, yuletide cheer... and sub-par holiday movies. Case in point: "Deck The Halls." Dr. Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) is the self-proclaimed "Christmas Guy" in the quaint town of Cloverdale, Mass....

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. "Hello. Welcome to the Thanksgiving dinner celebration at the CIEE Paris Branch. … Wow, this does look like a soup kitchen...

Friday at 8 p.m. Margot and the Nuclear So & So's will headline The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. With Dirty on Purpose, Light Pollution and Paper Machines, the show will cost $6. The Indianapolis-based indie rock band is out supporting its...

On Friday, Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, sets the stage for the Goodyear Pimps. Doors will open at 9 p.m. for the 21 and over event. Ready…Break! is scheduled to open. At press time, no official ticket price had been announced. In 1994, five...

Grade: B The unlikely duo of Naledge (Jabari Evans) and Double-O (Michael Aguilar) are the latest additions to the burgeoning Chicago hip hop scene, following much the same lines as Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco. But they bring their own unique spin...

Grade C- When Alternative Press magazine ran its "most anticipated album list of 2005," it included Brand New. Yet the New York-based quartet's LP was released just last week — the band's first since 2003's. There are several changes with the dark-toned...

George and Giles Martin are totally nuts. They may also be geniuses. Someone would have to be both in order to create something like this. The legendary Beatles producer and his son have taken a massive chunk of the Beatles' catalogue and re-mixed it,...

Grade: B+ Rockabilly genius Brian Setzer is known for three-chord boogie and clean, chiming guitar tones, but his 13th solo studio album —cleverly titled "13" — will shock fans expecting pompadours and cocktail lounge vocals. Setzer's release pairs...

"The Fountain" is an epic journey through time and space to find immortality. Three stories spanning 1,000 years are woven together. A conquistador in 16th century Spain is charged with a quest to find the mythic Tree of Life. The legends say whomever...

Eventually a movie will come along that truly reveals the impact Bobby Kennedy's assassination has had on America. The movie will show the man not just as President John F. Kennedy's little brother, but as the 1968 presidential candidate whose death we...

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is back once again, causing readers to take a breath after saying its name. The Austin, Texas-based quintet directed by multi-instrumentalist Conrad Keely is finally telling the truth to its fans. In the past,...