The first time Method Man and Redman rolled down the windows of the weed-mobile with "How High" it became clear that there were ill, street-corner kinetics between the two rappers. Three solo albums and countless guest appearances later, they've reunited to release "Blackout," their first full-length tandem effort.
Displaying more than just famous faces of a bygone era, the Bayly Art Museum's latest exhibit, "Beauty or Truth: Hollywood Photographs by Clarence Bull, George Hurrell, and Weegee," raises questions about sexuality, race and even the honesty of the images themselves. This intriguing but highly problematic exhibit features 30 photographs taken during the rise and fall of the Hollywood golden age.
The new ensemble comedy "Mumford" is one possible answer to an age-old dilemma for Hollywood filmmakers: how to make the same tried (or tired) and true plotline seem fresh to the average moviegoer.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibits a person from being convicted twice for the same offense.
The reality of the Holocaust extends far beyond the realm of human comprehension. Today, we cannot fathom that such a tragedy occurred only half a century ago.
For Charlottesville rock band Earth to Andy, originality is the first priority. With their most recent album, "Chronicle Kings," the local quartet refuses to compromise its unique sound for mainstream success.
The fourth track on the second disc of Nine Inch Nails' latest release, "The Fragile," begins simply with a haunting, two-minute blend of instrumentation.
On her new double CD, Tori Amos may have traveled "to venus and back" but she would have been better off looking into her past for inspiration. After being hailed by critics as one of the few original musical acts working today, Tori Amos' second effort fails to capture the excitement of her first two albums and does not deliver anything fresh.
Type O Negative lead singer Peter Steele is a devout proponent of Darwinism, so it's only fitting that his band has evolved yet again with "World Coming Down," its fourth, and perhaps darkest, studio album. The group began as an admittedly trashy hardcore band in the '80s, flirted with Gothic metal on 1994's sublime "Bloody Kisses" and made an unusual move by playing borderline mainstream rock on its next album, 1996's mediocre "October Rust." When the disc sold poorly and fans leveled accusations of selling out, band members admitted that they intentionally commercialized their music for radio exposure.
Director Sam Raimi and writer Dana Stevens must have thought they had all their bases covered with "For Love of the Game": romance for the ladies, sports for the guys and, of course, star Kevin Costner's track record with baseball-themed movies ("Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams"). But while it's nice to see Costner back on the mound instead of battling the apocalypse, it's not enough to make the movie feel complete. For one thing, there's not enough baseball to really make "Game" feel like a baseball movie.
311 will be throwing down Omaha-style at Trax Thursday night, in the third stop on a four-month long club tour.
Guns abound in Martin Lawrence's new movie, "Blue Streak," but a PG-13 rating delivers the fatal blow. Apparently the writers - or perhaps Columbia Pictures - thought they could make the famously profane comedian fun for the whole family.
Two years after being expelled from the Soundgarden of Eden, Chris Cornell has returned from exile with "Euphoria Morning." As leaders of the Seattle grunge movement of the early 1990s, Soundgarden boasted the dynamic guitar riffs of Kim Thayil and the Robert Plant-like vocals of Cornell.
Music critics are not always the most innovative bunch. With nothing better to talk about, the "experts" have recently adopted the rallying cry that Rock is dead. And, to the casual observer, they would seem to be correct.
Welcome to "The X-Files," Vatican style. In "Stigmata," dignitaries in the Catholic Church connive and conspire like the shady feds on the hit TV show.
To ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night, Hollywood says, "Deliver us money!" And they listen.
It will probably come as a surprise to learn that Starbucks has better taste in music than it does in coffee.
"People go out for a reason ... for something different. They want to hear something new and exciting.
While radio stations flood the airwaves with singles by Korn and Limp Bizkit and MTV elder statesman Kurt Loder reminds us once more that rock and roll is not, in fact, dead, the members of Coal Chamber probably are sitting at home smiling and painting its nails - black.
Andy Warhol will be getting more than his share of 15 minutes of fame in the Newcomb Hall Artspace Gallery.
