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Cafe to host a pair of rock shows

By Adrian Finiak | November 8, 2006

The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, will showcase a pair of distinctively diverse musical evenings tonight and Thursday. The weekend will feature bands, The Chariot and Elanors, amongst others. Tonight The Chariot — featuring Josh Scogin, former...

‘Saw’ seen before

By Stacie Wieland | November 6, 2006

At the end of "Saw II", audiences were left seeing John, aka "Jigsaw" (Tobin Bell) — the mastermind behind a series of twisted deaths that have baffled authorities — on the verge of his own demise. In "Saw III", his condition has deteriorated to the...

Fantastic visuals in ‘Flicka’ still best suited for children

By Christopher Schimmel | November 6, 2006

It is hard to feel bad for a person when their major worry is whether he or she will get to go back to a private boarding school. "Flicka" is the story about a girl who, after her school threatens to kick her out, trains a mustang and eventually rides...

Cohen’s satire genius in ‘Borat’

By Paul Giuntoli | November 6, 2006

"Entertainment Weekly" recently posed the question, "Is ‘Borat' the funniest movie ever?" It's certainly debatable. But it's doubtful anything better will come out in 2006. Sacha Baron Cohen, last seen in the now second-funniest film of the year, "Talladega...

Term’s halfway mark shows frustrations

By David Rauch | November 2, 2006

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. There are frustrations, to be sure. I've been told they are normal and that they might come and go. But they will last...

‘A Time To Burn’ to starts second week of performances

By Stacie Wieland | November 1, 2006

"A Time To Burn" will start its second run on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and will play through Sunday at the Players Theatre. Tickets are available at the box office in the Stevens Building weekdays from 12:20 to 4:30 p.m. and are $14 for adults, $8 for senior...

My Chemical Romance

By Adrian Finiak | October 31, 2006

In 2004, New Jersey's My Chemical Romance released its sophomore album. "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" went platinum and sent youngsters to cosmetic counters. The dark quartet has released a 13-track album in support of a slight image change. Now everyone...

Paul Stanley

By Keith Beebe | October 31, 2006

Strip away the excessive pyrotechnics, makeup and extreme chauvinism and Paul Stanley is just another 1970's rocker looking to outshine the stigma of his band KISS. "Live to Win" is Stanley's first solo release since 1978 and a far cry from the Neanderthal...

“Boys Like Girls”

By Evan Thorne | October 31, 2006

Boys Like Girls was given a career jump-start by touring with Butch Walker and having an album produced by Matt Squire of Panic! At The Disco fame. And while there are certainly bands less deserving of such opportunities, Boys Like Girls hasn't exactly...

Badly Drawn Boy

By Evan Thorne | October 31, 2006

Singer/songwriter Damon Gough — known as Badly Drawn Boy — has released a concept record about being British. Wait, what? Okay, so "Born in the U.K." might not literally be about being British, but it is to Gough, as to all British people. "Do you...

Coppola doesn’t deserve ‘yeas’ or ‘nays’

By Paul Giuntoli | October 30, 2006

Critics and audiences have been drastically polarized by Sophia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette." It was nominated for a Golden Palm Award at The Cannes Film Festival, where it had been booed during its screening days before. People seem to either love it...

‘Prestige’ is magic

By Stacie Wieland | October 30, 2006

"The Prestige" is the story of Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), two up-and-coming magicians who become locked in a bitter rivalry —driven by the need to outshine the other and to keep their audiences in constant awe....