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Arts & Entertainment

Furry and Fantastic

Fantastic Mr. Fox is like watching a fusion of Ocean’s Eleven and Over the Hedge on three tabs of acid.

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Spread the Message

Almost everyone is familiar with the admonishment, “Don’t shoot the messenger.” But what if the proverbial “messenger” has already braved gunfire overseas?

by MONICA PFISTER

Interview with the Messenger

34th Street: What made you decide to work on The Messenger? Oren Moverman: From my point of view, this is a project that started with an idea that my co-writer Alessandro Camon and I developed.

by MONICA PFISTER

¡OMARVELOUS!

Nearly 20 years into his career as a genre-defying, envelope-pushing musician, Omar Rodríguez-López has yet to run out of ideas.

by SEBASTIAN MODAK

Circling Vultures

The term supergroup has never been more applicable than in the case of Them Crooked Vultures, formed in 2005 by John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

by CHARLOTTE BORGEN

Traversing the Music Twitterverse

Music fans know that Twitter is for more than just telling your friends where you’re sitting in Van Pelt.

by LAUREN LIPSAY

Defibrillator: Stevie Wonder, "My Cherie Amour" (1969)

Simple, classic and beautiful, this soul song changed my whole relationship with Philadelphia. I visited the city with my parents while I was in middle school, and I knew little about it beyond the existence of the Liberty Bell.

by ELENA GOORAY

The Best of the Midwest

Simply put, you wish you were friends with Mike Posner. He’s an intelligent Duke senior, majoring in sociology and business, and a fun-loving frat boy to boot.

by LAUREN LIPSAY

One Track Mind: 11.19.09

Hot Chip, “Take it In” Synths? Check. British accents? Check. Neo-disco-ish, meditative grooves?

by JOE PINSKER

Guilty Pleasures: Daredevil (2003)

Daredevil follows the life of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer by day and superhero by night. Clad in a tight red suit and a mask for good measure, Affleck uses a deadly baton to beat away naughty criminals.

by PRATIMA BHATTACHARYYA

Tears and Cheers

Every year, countless films claim to be the “feel-good movie of the year” and fail to pack the promised emotional punch.

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Under Twilight’s Spell

Admit it: you’re a total Twi-hard. Well, so are we. Street sat down with Elizabeth Reaser, who plays vampire mom Esme in the smash-hit series.

by MONICA PFISTER

All in the Family

Clashing Personalities Based on the works of J.D. Salinger, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) boasts the ultimate example of a dysfunctional family.

by 34TH STREET

In the Box

Street chatted with the stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden and director Richard Kelly about existentialism, picking out a soundtrack and college memories.

by BRIAN TRAN

Absolutely Precious

Nothing about Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire caters to the faint-of-heart, not the gutsy acting or the manic camerawork or the shocking content.

by TUCKER JOHNS

Kill Me Now

Sound? Check. Fury? Check. The above signifying absolutely nothing? Check. This is apocalypse filmmaker extraordinaire Roland Emmerich’s (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) newest work: 2012. It's a preposterous and bloated spectacle that gleefully destroys the entire world without examining the humanity behind it. Geologist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and colleagues discover that the end of the world is near, which means that fantastic earthquakes will soon tear apart the Earth’s crust.

by MIKE RUBIN

Sinking Ship

Given Pirate Radio’s impressive pedigree, it should have been great. Written and directed by Richard Curtis, responsible for Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually, its talented cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy.

by MIKE RUBIN

Guilty Pleasures: In The Army Now (1994)

No one in their right mind would call any Pauly Shore movie a work of cinematic genius. The gags are usually cheap, and the style of humor is pretty juvenile.

by LUCY MCGUIGAN

Lost & Found

Street sat down with Nick Prueher, co-creator of the funny and bizarre Found Footage Festival, to discuss the roots of his underground tribute to the now ancient VHS tape.

by SCOTT DZIALO

A Breath Of Fresh Air

D.C.-based rapper Wale has high expectations weighing on his 25-year-old shoulders. Since 2005, he has released five well-received mixtapes, and his debut album is supposed to be the litmus test as to whether he can really bring hip-hop cred to the nation’s capital.

by ELENA GOORAY

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