Entertainment
Sucker punched in the head
Imagine a building where one side is a dark, dreary insane asylum populated by sadistic guards, doctors and attractive female inmates, and the other side is a popular brothel and speakeasy. Sounds like the heart of a B-movie exploitation film, and that’s what Sucker ...
The legalized gambling, not the children’s song
When I first saw that Woof! Theatre Productions was going to present its next show at the Dairy Center, it was listed as Bingo: The Musical. When I arrived for the show this past Saturday night, I noticed that the program had the title of the production as Bingo: The...
Rockabilly Renaissance
She's the Queen of Rockabilly and she's not ready to put down her crown...
From politics to Boulder jazz
During the 2000 election, the second Carmen Sandim saw a waving field of grain or a Rockwellian downtown tableau flash across the screen, she knew what was coming next...
The anguish of slavery
For many, the word “Klezmer” conjures up images of Jewish brides in chairs being hoisted in the air by friends and family while “Hava Nagila” plays in the background, or perhaps the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where men dance with bottles on their heads. But a group...
‘American Idol’ and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ duke it out at...
LOS ANGELES — CBS and Fox took the prime-time spoils last week, with not many ratings goodies left over for ABC and NBC...
Talks stall between ‘Mad Men’ creator Matt Weiner and AMC, Lionsgate
LOS ANGELES — There may be some cutbacks coming to the advertising agency of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce...
Falling through plot holes
Limitless is about a drug that rewires your brain so that instead of having access to the usual 20 percent, you can utilize it all. Every memory is eidetic; everything you’ve ever seen, heard, learned, touched, tasted can instantly be integrated into your experiences...
‘Killzone 3’ pushes the Playstation 3 to the max
When God of War 3 came out last year, it took advantage of every piece of technology embedded in the Playstation 3, making it one of the best games to ever grace the system. Now comes Killzone 3, a first-person shooter exclusively for PS3, which takes place right ...
‘Dead Space 2’ is one of the scariest games ever made
Back in 2008, EA Games dropped one of the scariest games in this generation of gaming, Dead Space. A horror game set in the emptiness of outer space, Dead Space brought back that fear factor gamers had when space horror debuted in the mid-’90s with the classic video ...
Beyond Austin
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Mark Foster was trying not to embarrass himself as he played alongside his bandmates in Foster the People at South by Southwest. This year, they’re ready to tour the world after playing the famed Austin music ...