“Grosse Point Blank” (1997) — John Cusack finds himself upstaged by crumbling buildings, crashing aircraft carriers and other digital mayhem in the end-of-the-world smash... Full story
Minus the Bear is missing something … and it’s not a grizzly. It’s a sound that falls neatly into an established musical genre.
It could broadly be called indie rock, but there’s a certain laid-back vibe that doesn’t... Full story
The audience for Ormao Dance Company has every right to expect the unexpected, and this weekend’s fall concert will be no exception. As usual, the modern dance company focuses on new works, and, as usual, there are some new faces in the... Full story
Artist Tracy Linder thinks there’s more to a field of sugar beets than just the dirt. She thinks of the survival of individual beets.
“Some of the beets get run over by tractor tires, and that inhibits their growth,” the artist... Full story
CHICAGO • "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air,... Full story
GRADE: B+
Sandra Bullock retrieves much of the career momentum that “The Proposal” gave her and that “All About Steve” threatened to kill with “The Blind Side,” a surprisingly smart and moving drama about... Full story
How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including “The Fourth Kind”), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinking “champagne cork,” you... Full story
GRADE: D+
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Christina Jastrzembska, Robert Pattinson, Billy BurkeDirector: Chris WeitzTheaters: Gold Hills, Hollywood, Tinseltown, Carmike, Cinemark, Chapel HillsRated: PG-13 (for some violence and action) ... Full story
There are moments in life when we must put aside the diets, stifle our super egos, embrace our ids and grab spoons.
The kids inside us want something sweet.
Fortunately, some of the greatest culinary geniuses in our region have... Full story
World-renowned artist Jeanne-Claude lived life large.
She and her husband, Christo, spent half a century placing fabric art installations on or around really big things: islands off the coast of Miami, a Colorado valley, a bridge in Paris, ... Full story