Every year, corporations spend billions of dollars on marketing, trying to connect with their target demographics and understand their innermost desires. But all they really need to do is whatever The Used has been doing.
Author Archives: Alex Goodman
Screen Scene: A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has been adapted in just about every imaginable way, but this latest version, a motion capture, three-dimensional, IMAX behemoth from Disney and Robert Zemeckis, might just be the strangest.
Screen Scene: The Men Who Stare at Goats
A few decades ago, a small unit of the U.S. military was dedicated to New Age and paranormal approaches to war.
‘Dawson’s Creek: A Look Back’ to bring former WB stars, show creator to Paley Center for Media
On September 17, 2006, the lives of millions of angst-ridden teens changed forever.
FilmBuff promotes independent films
In September 2007, NBA superstar Tracy McGrady visited Darfurian refugee camps in Chad, resulting in an hour-long documentary, “3 Points,” aimed at inciting philanthropic action.
A conversation with Béla Fleck
It’s unlikely that we’ll see a Banjo Hero video game any time soon, but if there ever were one, the final challenge would almost certainly be a finger-picking showdown with Béla Fleck. Few artists have done so much so well with any single instrument, let alone one as typecast as the banjo.
Concert Review: Grammy U Heads Back to School
Pop starlet Anjulie performed a quick set composed mostly of her singles Tuesday night, in front of a small crowd at the Recording Academy building in Santa Monica.