If I were to describe British boy band One Direction’s sophomore album Take Me Home in one word, it would be “familiar.” It seems the five insanely successful X Factor alums wanted to take this album in exactly the same direction as that of their first record, Up All Night.
Has it really been a year since Lana Del Rey captured the attention of taste-makers all over the Internet with her viral tunes and self-directed music videos?
What did you miss if you weren’t at the Jefferson Theater Nov. 16? In the words of Carbon Leaf lead singer Barry Privett: “A row, a ruction, a fracas, and a fray.
Robert Zemeckis’ Flight takes off to a spectacular start, with veteran actor Denzel Washington at the film’s helm as William “Whip” Whitaker, a skilled airplane pilot navigating a world of moral complexity and corruption.
The back of an incredibly tall, lanky man filled the frame, and a thin but soothing voice filled my ears.
Mark your calendars: The University may be a hotbed of a capella culture, but it’s not every day that the most exciting act in instrument-free music sweeps through town.
Director Ang Lee’s highly anticipated film adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2001 best-seller Life of Pi is a generally successful attempt to bring the highly literary story to the big screen.
If you think of twilight as just a part of the day, you’ve been living under a cultural rock for the last five years.
You know the most wonderful time of the year has arrived when “All I Want for Christmas Is You” dominates the airwaves, the temperature seems to drop by 10 degrees a day and Fox News gears up to combat the so-called “war on Christmas” that apparently plagues toy stores and cinemas across the country.
In its adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, the University’s Drama Department has created an electrifying blend of rock ‘n’ roll and messy adolescent sexual awakening.
It’s the end of the second quarter at Scott Stadium. The energy of the game momentarily subsides as fans talk among themselves, go for refreshments and check their phones; they don’t notice the assembly congregating on the sidelines in front of section 104, clothed in blue and white, orange capes fluttering in the breeze.
A case of privileging quantity over quality, Hope on the Rocks is country mega-star Toby Keith’s 16th studio album.
Along with Killswitch Engage, All That Remains has been one of Massachusetts’s metal titans for a decade.
Acclaimed country ensemble Lady Antebellum has released its first Christmas studio album, On This Winter’s Night, featuring songs from the group’s 2010 A Merry Little Christmas EP, other covers and new tracks.
The lineup of the Reptar and Rubblebucket concert at the Jefferson Theater last Wednesday struck a chord with the festival-going crowd, and the resulting show lived up to expectations. The performances kicked off with Stepdad, an electro-pop band from Grand Rapids, Mich.
RZA was a menace on the mic during his glory days with the Wu-Tang Clan; however, his directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists , is less than spectacular.
Fifty years ago, when Sean Connery’s Agent 007 first graced the screen in Dr. No, few viewers sensed that this campy little spy movie would change the landscape of film for decades to come.
His name is Bond, Geriatric Bond. No, I’m not just talking about the 50 year-old series. A grizzled and distinctively middle-aged James Bond is back and he needs to rely on his wits, as well as his friends, to come out of this mission alive.
Most University students consider the Academical Village People to be the most outrageous of the wide selection of University a cappella groups; in fact, some may write them off as the goofballs of the choral community.
In my third review of Virginia Film Festival screenings, I’m faced with a reprise of sorts. Not That Funny is what I Am Not a Hipster is titularly: sort of a misnomer.
