Oct. 30, 2001 witnessed the commencement of a double dose of MJ comebacks. The two men sharing those initials both have overwhelming ego and pride as their main impetus, but no one can argue the almost god-like eminence they have achieved and very few people realistically expect them to immediately perform as they did on the top of their game. But the similarities end there.
A gratuitous bare-chested shot of Lance Bass. Joey Fatone in a revealing bathrobe. Lance and Joey singing Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and swigging beer. If the images detailed above appeal to you, perhaps you should see "On The Line," featuring Joey Fatone and Lance Bass from ubiquitous super-boy-band 'N Sync.
When musicians move into the arena of film, it's usually time to duck for cover ("Cool as Ice" and "Glitter" come to mind). However, Snoop Dogg comes across surprisingly well in his major role debut, "Bones," a vicious and violent horror film that takes no prisoners.
Director Penny Marshall and producer James Brooks team up for the first time since "Big" to bring us "Riding in Cars with Boys." The product is an unexpectedly enjoyable film adaptation of the "real-life" memoirs of Beverly D'Onofrio.
Though these post-grunge warriors call their latest album "Golden State," Bush should have called it "Garden State" (so as to avoid confusion with the Bon Jovi album "New Jersey"). The reason?
"But you're just a girl." Spectrum Theatre's production of "Antigone," Sophocles' tragedy, showing Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m.
Incubus burst onto the popular music scene nearly two years ago with its third album, "Make Yourself." Because of its timing, the band was unfairly categorized into the trend of the time, the whole nu-metal/rap-metal movement.
There is a significant lack of yodeling on The Cranberries' "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee." That's too bad, because Dolores O'Riordan is the best yodeler this side of Switzerland.
Jack the Ripper wasn't a very nice fella, so anyone expecting a coy, pleasant, Victorian-era drama laced with ribald humor about him had best stay far, far away from "From Hell." The Hughes Brothers prove themselves masters of cinematic style with this brutal, grim tale of Jack the Knife.
Oftentimes a movie will pick one sort of genre and stick to it, abiding by all the proper stereotypes and time-tested formulas.
Director Rob Lurie teams up with acting legend Robert Redford and rising star James Gandolfini in what looks like a promising picture.
Emerging from the ripening stank of the dirty south with a gilded mic in one hand and a beloved handle of Jimmy Beam in the other, the Great Unifier has been prophesized as merging worlds together as he brings bumping hip-hop to the rural backwoods while simultaneously painting the urban landscape with images of slow-smoked hillbilly heritage. Who is this dynamic figure, capable of placing the last jewel in the crown of hip-hop domination, an empire that tries to masquerade as a grassroots, organic movement instead of the ravenous machine it has evolved into?
You can't deny that you've seen the posters - from Cabell to the Corner, the signs are ubiquitous: Buzby, Tuesdays, Outback Lodge.
Leonard Cohen has been around for a long time. He's lived with Allen Ginsberg, he's loved Rebecca de Mornay and he's written some of the most lasting songs of the 20th century.
Face it - you're stressed. You've got to write a 20-page paper by next Wednesday and you have a midterm coming up in your fiction class.
Artists of the past love their 15 minutes of fame, and as long as they can stretch them out further, they will.
Today's modern music consists of a number of genres: pop, rap, heavy metal, techno, etc. But there is one genre that we haven't been hearing much from lately.
Charlottesville is blessed to have jazz frontrunner Karl Denson at Starr Hill Music Hall Tuesday, Oct.
Hedwig's got Dr. Frank N. Furter beat by more than an angry inch. Despite Dr. Furter's magnetic personality, he's just missing that feminine touch.
Taking the hint from Disney, mainstream Hollywood seems to have developed an affinity for the brilliant marketing technique of the "rerelease." On the tailend of this fad and 22 years after the original, Francis Ford Coppola has decided to clarify and expound on his landmark movie "Apocalypse Now" with the release of "Redux." Whether it is just a ploy to add depth to the pocketbook or a genuine attempt to explicate the film's point, the new and improved "Apocalypse Now" is every bit as good as the first but more mature, more insightful and more brilliant.   Quick Cut "Apocalypse Now Redux" Starring: Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Martin SheenGrade: A- Except for the addition of about 40 minutes of added footage, which contributes ideas and adds clarity, very little is changed from the original film.
