Guest reviewed by Caballero Oscura Let’s review the basic concepts of Cleopatra 2525. Hot chicks? Check. Skimpy costumes? Check. Sci-fi with lots of action? Check. Exec produced by Sam “Spider-man” Raimi? Check. So on paper, this series would appear to have the basic ingredients needed to satisfy most adolescent and …

Foo Fighters celebrate their 10th anniversary with their fifth release, a double album of 83 minutes that is split into a rock disc and an acoustic one. Leader Dave Grohl wanted In Your Honor to be the one album the band is remembered for in the same way that he …

Directed by Carl Reiner Screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias Story by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb The Jerk tells the “rags to riches to rags” story of Navin R. Johnson, a “typical bastard” to some. When the film opens, Navin is homeless and he tells the viewer …

Northern Exposure, which ran from 1990 to 1995, is set in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, where the residents are lovable eccentrics whose lives are set in a world of magic realism, limited only by the writers’ imaginations. It’s a place where it’s perfectly natural for ex-boyfriends to be …

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure reacted to the famine in Africa and the world’s lack of response to it by organizing Band Aid, an all-star group of mainly British performers who recorded the charity song, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” They then created Live Aid, an intercontinental concert that took …

Written and directed by Preston Sturges After a successful run of seven hit films in four years with Paramount Pictures, writer-director Preston Sturges left and signed a deal with Howard Hughes. Their arrangement didn’t work out and resulted in the release of only one film, technically two if you count …

Directed by Francis Lawrence Story by Kevin Brodbin Screenplay by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer Constantine begins with a quote about the Spear of Destiny, which is fabled to have been the spear that pierced Jesus’ side while he hung from …

Austin’s Patricia Vonne returns with her second album, Guitars and Castanets, 41 minutes of music culled from her roots. The collection is filled with Texas rockers and Mexican folklorico ballads, three of which are sung in Spanish, including the translated title track, which was co-written by her brother, director Robert …

Tony Bennett is a national treasure whose brilliant talents have been on display since he first started recording in the ‘50s after being discovered by Bob Hope. He has an amazing voice and is a genius at interpreting and phrasing lyrics. Sinatra considered him “the best singer in the business.” …

Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber If you can dodge this movie, you can dodge losing two hours of your life. I couldn’t believe how bad this movie was. It was an utter waste of time unless you’re under 14 or else stoned on some type of inhalant. Sure, …