Being the huge nerd and Batman fan that I am I simply couldn't go without writing this one summer review. "The Dark Knight" is an achievement. It shows that a movie based on a comic book character can...
"It's good to have you back Dr. Jones." These were the words in my head as soon as Indy was dragged out of the back of a trunk and thrown onto the tarmac at a secret military base in the American southwest....
The end of the semester is almost here, and that also means that other things are coming to a close for now, too. The last nooner put on by UNIQUE this semester will be today in Serna Plaza. It will feature...
The band Elbow has been around for a while - 17 years to be exact. "The Seldom Seen Kid" is the band's newest album. I have not heard any of its other work but I found this CD to be very thoughtful and...
Carolina Liar's debut album "Coming to Terms" sounds like the perfect soundtrack for MTV's "The Hills." Maybe that's why the show has already featured some of the band's songs. I can most accurately describe...
Last year in May I remember seeing "Spider-Man 3" and being so utterly disappointed that I could not even admit it to myself. I was so stoked to see Venom and Sandman and there was so much ridiculous hype....
On April 2 local band Jackson Road released its self-titled debut album. The band hails from right here in Sacramento. It is made up of Nate Weldon (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ted Weldon (lead guitar), Christian...
Sony Pictures' "Prom Night" is not really the slasher flick it claims to be. It's more like a scary Disney Channel movie injected with a dash of steroids, thrown into a blender with a cruddy Lifetime movie...
With seven band members and three amazing studio albums, Flogging Molly hopes to keep on track with its fourth album "Float." Although "Float" does not have as hard a sound as the band's first two releases,...
Ah, Bruges, what's a Bruges? It's actually a town in Belgium and it is pronounced "Broozh." It is also one of the best preserved medieval towns in all of Europe. Depending on who you are its either heaven...
Classical and metal are not the first two genres of music one would choose to connect or combine. But a trio of musicians who call themselves Judgement Day have done such a thing. Anton Patzner, Lewis...
Batman fans have been waiting for quite a long time now to see the new Joker in action, and this last Friday they got their first chance. If one thing can be gleaned from the preview, it's that Heath Ledger...
TBS has recently been delving into the realm of original programming with mixed results. Some of their new programming includes the recent "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "My Boys." One of the better...
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and company returned Tuesday on DVD for their third outing together in "Ocean's 13." Series vets Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Bernie Mac...
On Tuesday Paramount released its biggest movie of the year, "Transformers," on DVD in both a single and two-disc special edition set. Since the single disc doesn't have much of anything in extras, we...
It can't be easy to make it as an indie band today, especially with so many other fledgling bands vying for the attention of the public eye. With a refreshing sound, the members of the un-ostentatiously...
Millions of gamers worldwide spent hours in line waiting to pick up their copy of Bungie's final chapter to the epic blockbuster space opera while Microsoft undoubtedly was already celebrating. "Halo 3,"...
For those of you not into the whole emo/screamo deal or the indie thing, there is something refreshingly different and much more laid back. Sure they've been around for a while, but ska and reggae are...
Recently, Westerns have not been a hugely popular genre in America. That is sort of odd since we invented it, but it is the only genre that America? Perhaps that is why James Mangold has chosen to remake...
From the geniuses behind Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin, comes Superbad, a hilarious comedy filling in the end of a packed summer movie season. The script is genius; it's only made funnier by the...
