Arts & Leisure

Movie Review: Match Point (12/14/07)
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton. Directed by Woody Allen and produced by BBC Films. Rated R with a running time of 124 minutes. Nominated for an Oscar for best writing and original screenplay...

Video Game Review: Guitar Hero 2 brings out your inner rock star (12/07/07)
With addictive gameplay, interesting visuals, and a rocking soundtrack, Guitar Hero 2 allows gamers to become the flashy guitarist we've all dreamed of becoming at some point.

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (12/06/07)

Movie Review: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (11/23/07)
Being the movie fanatic that I am, there are not many movies that truly disturb me. This one did. My husband, Josh, and I are history buffs. Take a historical movie and add a touch of the taboo, such as the thought process of a serial killer in 18th-century France, and we're in. Plus, we watch so many movies (we don't have cable or satellite), that we are always looking for a different plot line...

Movie Review: 300 (08/20/07)
The historical fantasy epic drama, 300, based on Frank Miller (Sin City) and Lynn Varley's graphic and fictionalized novel series about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. is hard to sum up. For those of you who are not familiar with the legendary battle, the movie centers around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and a band of 300 Spartan warriors, who must hold the pass at Thermopylae from King Xerxes and the enormous and savage Persian army determined on conquering Greece...

Poetry Review: "I'm Nobody Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson (08/08/07)
"I'm nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!...

Music Review: White Stripes latest album sticks with you (08/03/07)
The Detroit-based alternative rock band's sixth album is chock full of catchy tunes and fanciful lyrics that together create a musical masterpiece. The album is proof that the band is trying to make their mark in the annals of classic rock history.

Film review: "Spider Man 3" almost too much bang for the buck (05/17/07)
Second sequel in the popular "Spider Man" franchise throws out a lot of action and special effects, not enough engaging story.

TV Review: Mob TV show 'whacked' after six seasons (04/17/07)
Popular HBO mafia drama has made lasting impact on society and pop culture.

Film Review: The Departed (04/06/07)
The 2006 Best Picture Oscar winner is a violent, deeply engrossing film that is arugably director Martin Scorcese's best project to date.

Music Review: Paolo Nutini's CD, 'These Streets' (04/06/07)
Using a lot of sharps and flats, interesting rhythms, good turns of phrase and a voice that belies his 20 years, Paolo Nutini has created in "These Streets" an entire collection of likable songs with themes that reflect the human condition. They cover a wide range of moods, from passion to frustration to longing to despair to resignation to lightheartedness. Nutini has a way of drawing the listener into the story of the song...

Book Review: The Killers Angels by Michael Shaara (04/06/07)
After reading "The Killers Angels" by the late Michael Shaara, it's easy to see why the novel of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) during the American Civil War won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. During what is probably his most well-known work, Shaara takes the reader not only to the famous battle, but right smack dab in the middle of it. ...