Best Picture This year's list has a little bit of everything from a fantasy with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," to a musical with "Moulin Rouge," to a bio-pic with "A Beautiful Mind." Rounding out the field is the comedy/mystery/drama...

The film "The Time Machine" questions the ability of time travel. If a time machine did exist now, I would hop in there and go back and get my hour-and-a-half in the theater back. The film is directed by Simon Wells, a descendant of the imaginative author...

Bill Crum holds a degree in philosophy from Iowa State University. These days, he waxes philosophical about high-quality coffee and supporting local commerce. Crum, owner of Mister Crums Bakery and Cafe (203 W. Lincoln Highway), started the home-grown...

While everyone is returning from spring break, their fun days in the sun now over, they have come back to a harsh reality: There's nothing to do on this campus. There's no nightlife, no weekend fun and the music scene is all but dead. Have faith, my fellow...

There is just something cool about Milla Jovovich killing zombies. And as a swarm of flesh-eating zombies surrounds her, and she says they're everywhere, they really are everywhere. Excessive amounts of zombies is Paul W.S. Anderson's ("Event Horizon,"...

Don't think for a moment that the M.O.O.S.E. will touch the tacky television show "Saved By The Bell." It will not be touched on a plane or in the rain or on a crane. It is better to give props to its superior, "Parker Lewis Can't Lose." The show debuted...

It's March Madness - Hollywood style. This Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the Oscars, everyone's favorite award. Sure, most spend the evening screaming at the idiot voters when their nominee comes up empty, but we all...

Jasmine Guy will not speak at NIU next Tuesday, as previously announced by CAB. Guy had to cancel her lecture "The Hyphenated Woman" because she will shoot a pilot for Showtime. "It's a big loss for Northern," said Brooke Beyers, CAB Speakers coordinator....

After 10 years of performing in everything from "Miss Saigon" to "Dick Clark's American Bandstand," Dustin Lewis comes to DeKalb to start a dinner theater. The theater group he has planned, The At Home Players, will perform at The House, 263 E. Lincoln...

John, you definitely remember MY number. "John Madden '94" for Sega Genesis is the holiest of football games, at least in the M.O.O.S.E. kingdom. Men have been made, pride has been lost and friendships have been destroyed over this stupid, silly game....

Watch out Sundance. Next week, the NIU department of communication and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host Reality Bytes, a three-day film festival featuring guest speakers, presentations and student documentary films. The student films...

Next week, four acts will invade Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Starting Tuesday, the club will shuffle through four days of big acts. Kicking off at 8 p.m. Tuesday is the rock band Papa Roach. Rounding off the rest of the week is George Clinton...