It’s hard to believe family movies are still being made, and it’s even harder to believe they can be entertaining too. Take the "family road trip" movie. The "road trip" gives way to a host of gags and giggles as adventures are on the open road as...

Brit-pop band, Placebo, hits the shelves with a new singles collection, "Once More With Feeling, Singles 1996-2004." The album has already been on the UK Top Ten Album Chart, as high as NO. 8, since its first release. Placebo is re-releasing the singles...

oel Schumacher is probably among the worst-regarded movie directors alive today. Purveyor of such cheese as "Batman and Robin" and "The Lost Boys," it’s tough to imagine Schumacher at the top of any list to direct a big-screen version of Andrew Lloyd...

"Assault on Precinct 13" is the best B-movie of the year. But that’s not saying much considering how rare the traditional B-movie has become. Also, it’s January. Ethan Hawke plays Sgt. Jake Roenick, a down-and-out cop stuck at a rundown precinct in...

Digital is everywhere. Digital watches. Digital Video Discs. Digital cameras. Digital libraries. Digital classrooms. Digital dating services. Digital postcards. Digital recording. Digital landmarks on the digital highway of digital life. There is even...

There's not much to be said for an album whose strongest track is a cover song. "Prayer & Pretend," The Atari Star's third full-length on Johann's Face Records, unremarkably showcases the band’s influences in 10 hit-or-miss songs. Traces of Sunny...

Duluth, Minn., must be a pretty boring town if a band focuses on nothing but melodic tones and layers of vocals, like Low does. The trio never seems to get past the vocal combination of percussionist Mimi Parker and guitarist Alan Sparhawk. Harmonies...

Tom Ramsey is, first and foremost, a gamer. The junior computer science major has been president of NIU’s Video Gamer’s Association for over a year. The group meets every Saturday evening in Grant Towers South Formal Room B. Ramsey said he prefers...

On opening night, the curtain draws back, the lights come on and all Alexander Gelman can do is sit back and watch his hard work unfold. Gelman, director of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance, has been teaching at NIU for four years. His passion for...

Call it a cooling-off period. "The Apprentice"-inspired marketing class that led to Donald Trump deeming NIU "a hot school" isn’t being offered this semester despite earlier plans to do so. Marketing department chairwoman Denise Schoenbachler said the...

Every two weeks, Sweeps will take a look back at NIU decade by decade. This is in no way a ripoff of that VH1 series we’ve never seen and certainly never bought the DVDs of. The 1960s at NIU were about more than hippies and experimenting with illegal...

After two years out of the loop, teen heartthrob Mario returns legal (he’s 18 now) and ready to broaden his fan base. The album title couldn’t be tailored any better to suit the new clean-cut and sophisticated look. The Motown prodigy’s style is...