Capitalizing on the popularity of a capella groups and glee clubs, Pitch Perfect has a familiar plot: Beca (Anna Kendrick) has just started her freshman year at Barden University, even though her dream is to move to Los Angeles and become a DJ.
Arbitrage, the latest film from director Nicholas Jarecki, commits a series of cinematic crimes almost as dastardly as the federal offenses it depicts.
Stephen Ellison, a hip-hop producer, abstract sound auteur and explorer of altered states, is not known for being the most down-to-earth kind of guy.
Nelly Furtado is one of pop’s more prolific artists: she has released an album every three years since 2000.
We now know Playboy considers the University the nation’s number-one party school, but here’s a question just as debatable: Is Charlottesville a Southern city?
English rock band Muse is back with its new album The 2nd Law. The record marks the group’s return to the studio after its successful Resistance tour, which passed through Charlottesville in 2010.
Guided by a list of 113 things to do before final exercises in May, fourth years strive to take advantage of everything U.Va.
When Mumford & Sons released their single “I Will Wait” — aptly named for fans who struggled through a three-year musical dry spell from the group — in early August, they coupled it with a YouTube video showing a random street passing under the camera’s eye.
Television shows can get pretty strange, creepy and downright disturbing, but none compare to Showtime’s Dexter.
If you want to hear all your favorite, traditional Christmas tunes with a few extra syllables of country twang thrown in courtesy of Blake Shelton, then Cheers, It’s Christmas is the album for you.
If you haven’t seen ABC’s Modern Family before, put aside this article and start watching it right now.
If you are not a Revenge addict, the first thing you need to know is no character stays gone for long — whether the producers bother to explain the characters’ returns or not.
Kate Middleton is known for her squeaky-clean image, mega-watt smile, classy yet fashion-forward outfits — and of course, her husband, the adorably balding Prince William.
Reggae fans, rejoice! The California-based band Rebelution will be making its way through Charlottesville Oct.
Let’s start with a social experiment: Take the next five people you encounter on the street and ask one question: “Was ninth grade a fairly awkward year for you?” If these folks had a freshman experience like mine, I’d bet their responses would consist of a rushed affirmation and fits of laughter after visualizing the dorks, geeks, dweebs or complete misfits they were so many years ago. The reason this reviewer blatantly refuses to partake in the common U.Va polos-and-khakis dress code is because in 2008, that uniform stuck to his skin five days a week.
The entertainment world constantly regurgitates formulaic and uninspired ideas. The film industry is supersaturated with half-hearted continuations of franchises.
As temperatures cool and leaves turn a pleasant washed-out gold, the early-fall release of Band of Horses’ Mirage Rock is nothing but timely.
Before I watched The Possession, I was filled with anticipation, thinking it would be similar to The Exorcist in its ability to shock and disturb.
It takes the perfect storm to create a great album, and Little Big Town’s fifth studio album, Tornado, is tearing up the country charts.
Given the recent influx of disastrous 3D movies into theaters across America, it’s hard not to question Disney’s decision to re-release a handful of its most beloved classics in this often-gaudy format.
