Entertainment
Hunters becoming hunted
The 1987 film Predator inspired a number of spinoffs, from the inane (Alien vs. Predator) to the ghastly (Predator 2), and it was definitely time for a reboot before the titular hunter became a tedious cliché. Predators is a nonstop thrill ride of an action film, ...
Too much violence — despicable
Despicable Me is a surprisingly violent animated movie that suffers from being released within a few weeks of Toy Story 3. Where Toy Story 3 has warm characters who seek to do well by each other, Despicable Me is populated by characters who constantly hurt each ...
That Devil Music
"It was one of his funny little remarks after we got off the stage,” says former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, explaining how Jerry Garcia gave the Grateful Dead’s percussion section its name. “It was like, ‘You guys sound like devils. You’re rhythm devils.’ It...
Musical lightning
“I would say it’s magic,” Dead Weather singer Alison Mosshart says when asked how her fledgling band has created two critically acclaimed albums in less than a year. “The whole fact that there’s this band now called the Dead Weather is pretty bizarre to all of us, ...
Plant a radish …
Musicals require many different things of a theater company, compared to their song-less counterparts. You have to get instrumentalists. You have to find actors who can sing...
From sedition to submission
More than any other of his works, The Taming of the Shrew is a testament to Shakespeare’s genius and unbelievable staying power. It is easy to understand why plays like Hamlet, with its intrigue, action and quotability, and Romeo and Juliet, with its tragic love ...
Two Man Gentlemen Band get intimate at Oskar Blues
It’s rare to witness true music nerds performing. It’s even more rare to find music nerds who prefer hysterical swing and kazoos to intense sampling and laptops. That’s why people who are lucky enough to see the Two Man Gentlemen Band should know that the stars have ...
Robert Randolph’s musical homecoming blends the spiritual with the secular
It has been nearly a decade since Robert Randolph took the pedal steel guitar out of the House of God Church, where he received most of his spiritual as well as musical education, and onto concert stages with Eric Clapton, The Dave Matthews Band, The North ...
‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ aims to recreate Mickey movie magic
SAN FRANCISCO — It might seem odd to make a live-action feature film based on a Mickey Mouse character from the 1940s. But that's what actor Nicolas Cage and director Jon Turtletaub have done with "The Sorcerer's Apprentice...
Gibson’s latest rant could doom his Hollywood career
LOS ANGELES — As Mel Gibson's legal and publicity problems mount, his prospects for a future in mainstream Hollywood grow dimmer...
Marvel replaces Ed Norton as the Hulk in ‘The Avengers,’ but...
LOS ANGELES — The Hulk has some fairly obvious anger issues and, let's face it, he's not exactly a team player. The same might be said of Edward Norton, the two-time Oscar nominee whose talent and temperament are often mentioned in the same breath by Hollywood ...
