Roscoe’s: greasy and awesome
Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles in Long Beach provides an ideal dinner outing for any fried chicken lover due to its lively atmosphere and unique combination of tastes. […]
Arts
‘The Wiz’ gives Costa cause to rejoice
Friday, April 30, 2010 By Alex Parducci Staff Writer The highly-anticipated musical “The Wiz,” put on by Mira Costa’s Drama Department, opened on April 16 to a packed auditorium where expectations were high. “The Wiz,” […]
‘Doctor Who’ regenerates solid plots with cool twists and turns
Friday, April 30, 2010 By Rachel Bracker Editor-in-Chief Most television shows must end when their main actor decides to move on, because he or she simply can’t be replaced. The British have managed to create […]
‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a must-see from faraway Sweden
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Abby Watkins Staff Writer Any studio executive could figure out that trying to profit off of a foreign language film is financial suicide. A subtitled film appeals to an American […]
MGMT slides away from an ‘Electric Feel’ and into a new vibe
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Rose Graner Entertainment Editor The only thing more tragic than a talented band never becoming successful is a talented band becoming a one- or two-hit wonder because of a track […]
Dillinger Escape Plan ditches artistic innovations and dumbs itself down
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Austin Siegemund-Broka Editor-in-Chief Option paralysis is the feeling of receiving too much information to possibly make reasonable choices. Neurologist Oliver Sacks compared it to eating 20 pounds of liverwurst; others […]
‘Clash of the Titans’ clashes with audiences’ taste in movies
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Jessica Clemens Staff Writer In movies today, viewers expect to find anything from death-defying stunts to romance to action. Watching “The Clash of the Titans,” most viewers simply find themselves […]
Don’t bother with ‘The Bounty Hunter’; Boba Fett did it better
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Audrey McKenzie Staff Writer If you’re into the quintessential cheesy rom-com genre that seems to have infiltrated the film industry today, “The Bounty Hunter” is the perfect movie for you. […]
Starcraft 2 prepares for launch after a decade of development
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Sean Yates News Editor When it comes to real-time strategy games, Blizzard’s Starcraft is king. No other game in the genre is known as well or treated with so much […]
Run to, not from, a theater near you to see “The Runaways”
Friday, April 9, 2010 By Rose Graner Entertainment Editor “The Runaways” is the latest to follow in a fine, upstanding cinematic tradition; specifically, the tradition of being a terribly well-done film that almost no one […]