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Every once in a while, there is a new band that makes you stop for a moment and listen intently. That new band is Irvine's very own The Jakes, a band that brings together classic pop with the urgency of the Strokes to create a unique, accessible blend of soothing, yet rocking and groovy music with up-tempo beats and rhythms.

ASUCI refused to falter in its entrance to the new school year by inviting local darlings The Jakes and Newport Beach's own Saosin for a free show in the seldom-used Aldrich Park. Oh, yeah. William Tell was there, too.

Disturbing images of children, men and women being brutally shot made many of those in the audience cringe. Shameful situations of blatant racism had viewers shifting in their seats. As blood flowed down the river, blank stares from dead faces left haunting images in everyone's mind. However, each marking of blood, nudity, hurtful slurs and passionate tears make "Miracle at St. Anna" a fascinating and memorable experience that moviegoers will appreciate.

Many of you are familiar with Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Fight Club" as well as the film adaptation starring Brad Pitt. Fox has made...

Chuck Palahniuk is back, getting under your skin and playing tetherball with your nerves via anal beads, childhood trauma, total dysfunction, hilarious ironies, sex addiction, sex, sex and more sex. Director Clark Gregg has done a magnificent job adapting Palahniuk's novel, "Choke," for the silver screen.

Ne-Yo's third album, "Year of the Gentleman" is a bit less gentlemanly than hoped for, but it still has many redeeming qualities.

When initially listening to the Cold War Kids, it's difficult to describe the band without name-dropping those who came before them. Their debut "Robbers & Cowards" brought natural comparisons with indie heavyweights such as The French Kicks and The Walkmen.

When choosing a script for the next production he was to direct, Robert Cohen looked no further than to the man who gave him the initial spark of inspiration that began his professional career as a director and scholar: Samuel Beckett.

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There's a reason why Woody Allen's latest film's title is a sole statement of the film's lead characters and location. For a director who has made his life's work an explicit form of storytelling, we should expect nothing less. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" is no exception to this established mode of filmmaking.

The Verve — "Forth" By Resham Parikh The Verve has made its comeback. With its new album "Forth," the band has redefined itself and its...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a movie with as much hype surrounding it months before its release as "The Dark Knight." Just when you think the superhero genre has been played out and must rely on witticisms and humor such as in "Iron Man," Jonathon and Christopher Nolan deliver a quite humorless three-hour epic that explores social order and stability more than gunfights and feats of superhuman abilities.