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The Kite Runner

Not adequate atonement

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, April 2,2008 5:40 p.m.

Like last year’s “Atonement,” Marc Forster’s adaptation of the Khaled Hosseini novel “The Kite Runner” is a story about guilt from past mistakes haunting the present.

Run, Fat Boy, Run

No gold for this race

By Derrick Carnes · Wednesday, April 2,2008 5:38 p.m.

David Schwimmer (forever affectionately known to us as “Ross”) makes his directorial debut, with some style but no real tear-inducing laughs in this new light comedy starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria.

Superhero Movie

Nothing super about it

By Ernest Moore · Wednesday, April 2,2008 5:36 p.m.

Similar to the ridiculously goofy movie spoofs that have been successful over the past few years (think “Scary Movie” installments 1-4, “Epic Movie,” etc.), “Superhero Movie” follows in the same footsteps and delivers over-the-top comedy that is at best, corny.

B-52's

This tin roof is rusted

By Chris Pickrell · Wednesday, April 2,2008 5:25 p.m.

The B-52’s have never been known to make poignant, thought-provoking music. But they’ve never really cared either.

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Sidetracked

By Alex Cohen · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:31 p.m.

Alex Cohen grades this week’s hottest tracks.

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Love at first bullet

By Stefania Marghitu · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:29 p.m.

Before Beyonce and Jay-Z, Justin and Britney and even before Joanie and Chachi, there was Bonnie and Clyde.

O'Sullivan's on 114 N. Washington St. • Michael Kors striped suit-set: $295 • Countess Maria red patterned tie: $50 • Light blue Kenneth Cole button-up shirt: $59.50 • Kenneth Clue patent leather shoes: $165 TOTAL: $569.50

Casino chic

By Gabrijel Gelic · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:23 p.m.

Being a high roller is no easy task, and looking like one is an even greater challenge. Today’s big earners at the casinos know that in order to play well, you have to look good, too.

WILL SMITH stars as Robert Neville in Warner Bros. Pictures

Short of legendary

By Megan Clayton · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:22 p.m.

When something is labeled as an “alternate” version, it should be at least slightly different than what was shown in the theater, not the exact same film with a different ending tacked on.

"Man, that chick on the right looks pretty hot. Wait, she's a what? Wait... WHAT?!"

Lonely together

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:19 p.m.

Reading the reviews accompanying each Raconteurs album, it’s hard not to feel a bit sorry for Brendan Benson.

Nothing says badass quite like middle age, glasses and a banjo – in the softest focus you can imagine.

Party like it's 1929

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:15 p.m.

West Virginia native Tim O’Brien is an award-winning songwriter and vocalist. As a member of bluegrass band Hot Rize, he won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s first Entertainer of the Year award in 1990.

Panic at the Disco

Pretty. Great.

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:09 p.m.

Panic! At The Disco burst into the mainstream in 2006 with heaps of off-the-wall pop songs and “guyliner.

Gnarls Barkley

Prince Gnarls

By Brian Hettmansperger · Wednesday, April 2,2008 3:02 p.m.

With its trippy-electronic pop production and the infectious single “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere was the album of the summer in 2006.

One of the Counting Crows has better hair than the others. Can you spot him?

Count on the Crows

By Drew Anderson · Wednesday, April 2,2008 2:58 p.m.

After a band has been around for a while, the question always arises of whether the group has passed the prime of its musical career. With their recent release from Geffen Records titled Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, the Counting Crows’ sweet melodic harmonies and thoughtful lyrics drift further from the assumption that there is nothing more left in store for the band than its ’90s hits.

Michael Reschke

Billy's goat

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, April 2,2008 2:55 p.m.

Billy’s Chicago Place proves that nothing is as good as the original. Although I was pleased with my overall dining experience, I’m convinced that I’ll have to go to Chicago if I want to experience the authentic Chicago-style food so many IU students rave about.

Isn't the using a cowboy hat as a bowl as over as using a cowboy hat as a hat?

Iraq war, MTV style

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, April 2,2008 2:52 p.m.

The title of Kimberly Peirce’s “Stop-Loss” refers to a military policy that involuntarily extends an enlisted person’s service duty.

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IUSA Editorial

Wednesday, April 2,2008 2:22 p.m.

$82,600 - That’s IUSA’s budget for 2007-2008. If it’s true that “you get what you pay for,” IU students are getting shortchanged.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Live it up

Wednesday, April 2,2008 1:33 p.m.

Go ahead and get the large popcorn; you won’t want to leave the theater for refills. “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” has the perfect combination of clever wit and slapstick gags that only the British seem to have mastered.

In Columbia Pictures

Big bets, low payoff

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 2,2008 1:29 p.m.

Virtually unknown last year, Jim Sturgess quickly gained some worldwide popularity due to his performance in the Beatles-inspired musical “Across The Universe.”

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