Entertainment
Watchmen Scores on the Big Screen
- By Broadside Style Writer Ross Bonaime
They said that it could not be done. It was said to be unfilmable. For years, some of the top directors have attempted to make Watchmen, easily one of the most celebrated graphic novels of all time, into a feature length film, but to no avail. Then Christopher Nolan opened the floodgates with Batman Begins.
Nolan ushered in a new era of superhero film, one where the internal struggles and the decisions that heroes make are just as important as the maniacal villain. Over twenty years after Alan Moore's original novel was released, Zack Snyder (director of 2004's Dawn of the Dead remake and 300) makes his impressive adaptation that will make fanboys drool and make the uninitiated run to the comic store.
Beer and Loathing in Panama City
- By Broadside Correspondent Carlos Perez
Taking drugs is a risky thing. Not in the sense that you might develop an addiction; there are plenty of episodes of Intervention and commercials with talking dogs to tell you that. It is what happens after taking the plunge and just saying “yes” instead of just saying “no” that really determines what happens after you come down.
Chug! Chug! Chug!
We’ve all been there. It’s a Friday night, you’re with that same group of people you’re with every Friday night, just scrounging for something to do. By reading The Imbible by Alex Bash, you can fix this problem by bringing something new and exciting to the party: a nice long mental list of inventive drinking games. After all, many college kids get bored playing beer pong, kings and fuck the dealer every weekend, but in his witty new book, Bash has provided of-age students with something new to look forward to.
March Music Madness
MARCH 3
BellX1: Lights On The Runway
The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die
Revolting Cocks: Sex-O Olympic-O
Thin Lizzy: Still Dangerous
U2: No Line On The Horizon
Justin Townes Earle: Midnight At The Movies
Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
MCN Live: Real Reality TV
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
By Broadside Style Writer Josh Hylton
I liked how the opening title looked.
Now that I got all of the good out of the way, let’s move on to the bad.
As the latest video-game-adapted-to-film catastrophe faded to black and the credits began to roll, I sat with my hands on my head, mouth agape, shocked at what I had just seen. I didn’t even know what to say because words could not articulate the dreadfulness of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. I could have used every negative word in the English language and it would not have properly conveyed the dismal quality of this film.
DC Band Takes a Chance
By Broadside Staff Writer Ian Crocker
There is no denying that the storied lineage of the DC music scene comes with big expectations for most up-and-coming bands today. DC's own The Chance are the latest group to emerge who are hoping to carrying the torch of such noisy greats as Fugazi and Gray Matter. Their latest EP "Dimensions" depicts the group's maturing and moving in a more cohesive direction.
'The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot'
By Broadside Correspondent Hali Dayberry
The GMU Players put on four performances of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot , written by the playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, last Thursday through Saturday.
In all, Guirgis has written five full-length plays including Jesus Hopped the A Train and Our Lady of 121st Street, all of which were produced by LAByrinth and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Dance Performance Shines
By Broadside Style Writer Sarah Buchanan
David Parsons’ choreography proved accessible to dance viewers at the Center for the Arts on Saturday, February 28th. As their mission statement reads, the Parsons Dance company is “committed to creating American works” and fulfilled that claim by wearing blue jeans and dancing to Miles Davis and the Dave Matthews Band. More so than popular music choices however, audience members unanimously appreciated moments of Mr. Parsons’ choreography that were creatively simple.
The Un-Filmable Comic Finally Comes to Theaters
By Connect2Mason Reporter Greg Pelkofski
- We are now a little more than a week away from one of the most anticipated comic book movie adaptations of all time. I am, of course, speaking about Watchmen, one of the most thought-provoking and intelligent graphic novels ever written. It even made Time’s 2005 list of “the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.”