1. Best Pre-Credits Intro to a Bond movie: Roger Moore in "The Spy Who Loved Me" It's priceless. He's being chased by baddies down a ski slope, and in 1977, this had to be done for real; special effects weren't around. He skis off the cliff, and just...

Curtis DuBois Fuller, a renowned hard bop trombonist, will perform with the NIU Jazz Ensemble in the Duke Ellington Ballroom tonight under the direction of Ron Carter. Fuller, the 73-year-old who used to play with the likes of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie,...

Shiny Toy Guns are in their teen years. It's only their second album, but the disc shows growth and a stronger point of view of who they are as musicians. "Season of Poison" opens more like an emo album would rather than an electronica album. Early on,...

NIU has a historical and entertaining past. By digging through the Northern Star archives, Flavor was able to examine what was going on Nov. 6 oh-so-many years ago. 5 years ago: Flavor sat down to talk with musician Robert Randolph of Robert Randolph...

It seems like with every new action movie comes a corresponding video game. "James Bond: Quantum of Solace" is the latest movie-turned-video game to follow the trend. But it's not just James Bond that has videogames made after it, there's all the "Spiderman"...

It seems impossible for writer/director Christopher Nolan not to make another Batman film. "The Dark Knight," closing in on $1 billion worldwide, was critically acclaimed and went crazy on all sorts of box-office records. But Nolan said he's not sure...

Unlike the band's most famous singles, "Lips of an Angel" and "Get Stoned," Hinder's latest release, "Take It To The Limit," does not tempt the listener to dismember his or her eardrums. Though Hinder's sound lingers in meritocracy and the band makes...

As the winter weather quickly approaches, no one wants to warm up their car or take the bus just to go get some grub. Toppers Pizza, 1015 W. Lincoln Highway #B, delivers straight to the residence halls and all around the DeKalb area. Without the toppings,...

Three days past Halloween, a spooky punk rock show overtook DeKalb's premiere venue, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, on Monday night. The results, however, were much less spectacular than expected and left me with a poor taste in my mouth. Michael...

Cory Matthews be danged, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions. If my years of television viewing have shown me anything, it is that sports play a big part in not only the story lines, but the makeup of the show on the whole. Here are a...

'Joker' Gotham City's most sadistic villain was inexplicably released from Arkham Asylum, and he intends to take back his city. Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's latest graphic novel, "Joker," showcases the demented behavior of the Joker as he commits...

At last, the 2008 presidential election is (hopefully) over. No more constant strings of political commercials on television, round-the-clock panels discussing terrorist ties and certainly no more guest spots on "Saturday Night Live." For some, Tuesday...