"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...

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...

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,...

Upon first listen, The National do not feel like a large-sounding band, but on their fourth and most accomplished album, they defy that notion amazingly through restraint and refinement. This is one of the best grower albums of the year, one that reveals...

Off her new album, "Good Girl Gone Bad", Rihanna's "Umbrella", which features Jay-Z, rocked the pop charts this summer. As a result of this success, the album was overplayed on virtually every Top 40 radio station across the country. The song is cleverly...

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...

After "Arular" made her a household name for hipsters in 2005, M.I.A. proves she's more than a one-album fluke thanks to her ambitious, experimental and dangerous sounding sophomore album, "Kala". Listening to the rhythmic assaults of "Bird Flu" and "Boyz"...