Hometown Heroes: Parachute
By Erin Abdelrazaq and Kevin Vincenti | October 31, 2011The next time you decide to attend a U.Va. a cappella concert, keep in mind that you may be witnessing a future professional musician at work.
The next time you decide to attend a U.Va. a cappella concert, keep in mind that you may be witnessing a future professional musician at work.
Next Thursday marks the opening of the 24th annual Virginia Film Festival, which Director Jody Kielbasa will oversee for the second time.
"Funniest man under 30," as Rolling Stone called him, is quite an understatement - Aziz Ansari is one of the funniest men, period.
AMC's The Walking Dead has been nothing short of a phenomenon. The season two premiere episode, which aired Sunday, Oct.
"A lot of people walkin' 'round out there already dead, just need to be put out of their misery," explains mass murderer Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson). He has been on a murderous rampage throughout the southern United States with his wife, Mallory (Juliette Lewis). Separately, they're two messed up animals who kill whatever they want.
I just have to ask: Why does Hollywood keep remaking perfectly good films? The latest example is The Thing, a new "horror" movie from first-time director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Moonshine chugging contests, phallic photos from government employees and break-ins at a birth certificate office are just a few of the antics from this season of Parks and Recreation, NBC's hilarious comedy about the daily bureaucratic shenanigans of Pawnee, Indiana. A quintessential example of the mundane-turned-quirky, Parks and Recreation's fourth season continues the series' impressive streak of witty comedy in the fictional small town of Pawnee.
Having a baby changes everything. That's the premise behind Lorne Michael's new NBC comedy Up All Night.
In 1920s Atlantic City, the Ku Klux Klan terrorized, the Republicans were in office and America stemmed into a dangerous consumerism amidst rivers of moonshine.
Who's in: Kelly Clarkson: With Stronger, Clarkson has belted her way through her best album since...well...ever. Coldplay: With Mylo Xyloto, the band's finest work since Parachutes, Coldplay has overcome a series of diminishing returns and struck musical gold.
"We are living in a material world, and I am a material girl," Madonna sang in the refrain of her 1985 hit single, "Material Girl." With this catchy tune, the Queen of Pop placed the so-called "modern woman" at the forefront of American consumer culture.
If you are a child of the '90s, you loved watching such films as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor, and you have definitely heard of the television series Magnum P.I.
If you ever watched TV as a child in the '90s, good news - the days of orange soda, Everyday French with Pierre Escargot and Quailman are back.
In the age of big, bloated Michael Bay monstrosities and flippant, soulless romantic comedies, one begins to worry about the direction of the film industry.
What happens when you combine winning comedic chops and a large surplus of free time? For recent U.Va.
"Touched by Virginia," an exhibition displayed in Ruffin Gallery through Oct. 22, celebrates Virginia through work collected from artists who have a connection to the University.
Four episodes in and still flying, ABC's Pan Am, a period drama about female stewardesses in the 1960s, is the hot new show of the season.
Walter White is a father, a husband, a chemistry teacher, a meth manufacturer and the protagonist of Breaking Bad.
Footloose, a remake of the 1984 classic, accomplishes its overall goal of being a fun-loving movie that makes its audience want to dance out of the theater.
Hollywood has produced plenty of horrible movies with over-the-top cheesy scripts and mediocre acting.