New Gorillaz album features ‘pop’ music with substance
The first image that comes to mind when one thinks of the Gorillaz is, of course, the cartoon characters. The animated foursome of 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs…
UWRF Athletic Director Rick Bowen retires
Rick Bowen has been at UW-River Falls for 23 years, working as a basketball coach and also as an athletic director. “I came to UWRF from the University of Wisconsin-…
American VI tributes Cash’s final days
American legend Johnny Cash spent the final years of his life working closely with producer Rick Rubin, and the product of these studio hours are still yielding authentic results. The…
Enjoyable, creative ‘Wonderland’ may be too graphic for children
Many viewers had such high expectations for this film that it either could never live up to them, or it had to because any other option was inconceivable. I didn’t…
Strong performances bolster film’s emotional impact
Imagine that you were locked in a dark room for a month, forced to watch nothing but news stories about gang violence and street crime, and then asked to write…
‘The Crazies’ freshens classic zombie plot
There have been numerous zombie flicks and horror films about towns going crazy or becoming infected by some evil virus, but “The Crazies” offers a fresh and close to home…
Cheap humor weakens Kevin Smith’s latest film
In the opening minutes of “Cop Out,” star Tracy Morgan spouts off more movie quotes than I could count. Among them is the famous “Yippeeki- yay…” line from “Die Hard.”
‘Queen’ Yu-na highlights Olympics with medal-winning performance
“The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that’s wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us,”…
Psychological thriller impresses with acting, story
I was starting to get worried that I’d never get a chance to see Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.” Originally slated for an October release, Paramount Pictures decided to delay it…
Psychological thriller impresses with acting, story
It takes a while to even collect my opinion of the new Scorsese film, “Shutter Island.” The movie is filled with so many powerful and disturbing images, and twists and…
