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Rock concerts need a few things to make them memorable. They need a high-energy band that can bring the noise while pumping up the crowd, a mosh pit for the crazies to release their built-up muscle spasms and an all-out encore. Puddle of Mudd nailed the encore Thursday night, but the lack of a pit and a mid-range energy level kept the concert from greatness.
Tags: concert review, Puddle of Mudd, rock
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, The Scene
Guy Ritchie (“RocknRolla”) is not known for subtlety. Sherlock Holmes is not known for over-the-top action. One of the two had to give, and Ritchie has turned one of literature’s classic detectives into an action star more closely resembling Indiana Jones than the traditional pipe-toting Sherlock Holmes. The result is an over-the-top action thriller that does just as much to confuse as it does to entertain.
Tags: Crime, DVD review, film review, movie review, movies, mystery, sherlock holmes
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Inside Look, Movies
A girl with a guitar walked on stage. Lights, judges and a video camera all stood in the way between her and a life on the road. Tears welled up in her mother’s eyes as her daughter started singing her original song, “She’s No Me.” That girl was Suzie Chism, a 20-year-old former music major at the University of Nevada, Reno, with her fingers crossed that she might make it through to the next round of the latest reality television music competition, “The Hard Road to Nashville.”
Tags: CMT, Country, country music, Music, reality, Television
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Breaking News, Music, The Scene
Nintendo has dominated console sales in the video game industry ever since it introduced motion-controlled gaming to the masses with the Wii. It was only a matter of time before Microsoft and Sony followed suit with their new devices. At this year’s Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) three weeks ago, Sony unveiled its Playstation Move, an attempt to emulate the Wii’s magic using the Playstation platform.
Tags: column, move, Nintendo, opinion, playstation, playstation move, video games, Wii
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Breaking News, Games, The Scene
An audience gathered into the crowded theater Saturday night, as lights dimmed, the projector came to life and the screen lit up with the Oscar nominated short films of 2009. The Reno Film Festival hosted the event, which acted as a precursor to their independent film festival in June.
Tags: festival, Film, film festival, movies, oscars, Reno Film Festival, short film, wallace and gromit
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Breaking News, Movies, The Scene
High-priced prosthetic organs are the new way to cheat death. Science trumps nature as these mechanical miracles use machines to replace what the human body once did. But healthy living comes at a price, as falling behind on payments could result in gruesome repossession of the organ meant to sustain life. “Repo Men” uses the near future to set this chilling scenario in this interesting yet wildly uneven thriller.
Tags: action, Film, Forest Whitaker, future, Jude Law, movie review, Repo, Repo Men, sci-fi, thriller
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Breaking News, Inside Look, Movies
Rain falls. A twisted child-murderer is on the loose. Time runs thin as his next victim, a 10 year-old boy, only has days left. This is the underlying core of the haunting story of “Heavy Rain,” a new Playstation 3 exclusive that is bound to change peoples’ perception of what a video game really is.
Tags: heavy rain, innovation, playstation 3, video games
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Games, The Scene
Fires ravage recently abandoned buildings. Empty streets full of broken down cars stretch from one side of the town to the other. Trash swirls in the wind, the only movement visible in the isolated surroundings. Somewhere in the distance a scream cries out, followed by silence. The new zombie film, “The Crazies,” creates a tense world were something can jump out from around a corner at any second.
Tags: Crazies, horror, movie review, zombies
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Breaking News, Inside Look, Movies
On Tuesday I experienced one of the strangest moments of watching television in my life, and it had nothing to do with what was happening on the screen. That night ABC aired the premiere of the final season of “Lost,” and what I found was that a few people I had never met before joined me and shared my enthusiasm, while the rest avoided us like the plague. What is it about “Lost” that drives so many away while it captivates everyone else? The best answer I can come up with is: intimidation.
Tags: Drama, Lost, Television
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Television, The Scene
John Travolta is a badass. He pulsates with cocky flair normally reserved for members of G-Unit. From his unhealthy love for his pistol to his ability to clear a room before reloading, Travolta single-handley makes “From Paris with Love” worth seeing. Forget the mediocre storyline, outmatched villains and pathetic side-kick, Travolta is an action hero, mustache and all.
Tags: From Paris with Love, John Travolta, movies
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Inside Look, Movies
Hello, all you music lovers out there. I’d like to introduce myself quickly and then get this ball rollin’. My name is Garrett Estrada, the new arts and entertainment assistant editor. I’m a journalism major currently in my second year in Reno, and I am a huge fan of music. My tastes in music are [...]
Tags: Music
Posted in Blogs
The marketing campaign for Mel Gibson’s new police/political drama “Edge of Darkness” might lead viewers to expect an all-out revenge flick along the lines of the recent film “Taken.” Nothing could be further from the truth. “Edge of Darkness” instead unfolds at a very slow pace, building suspense and mystery instead of body bags.
Tags: Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson, movies
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Inside Look
