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‘The Wedding Singer’ is business in the front, party nowhere to be found

KATIE LEWIS March 7, 2008
1985: A year of big hair, stirrup pants and hot pink lipstick. A year when shoulder pads were big and computers were bigger. A year when most current college students were but a dream and a wish in their parents' pretty minds. "The Wedding Singer," which opened Tuesday, March 11, and is showing at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through March 23, is set in 1985.

Santana re-releases rare tracks on album

Matt Wilhelm March 7, 2008
Santana, the band led by famed guitarist Carlos Santana, has been a musical institution since it performed at Woodstock in 1969. At that time, the band had yet to release its first album. Nevertheless, Santana gave a legendary performance that rocketed its members into a well-respected 40-year career.

Footfalls proves to be suspenseful thrill ride

Carly Doenges March 7, 2008
A good suspense novel is hard to come by. A suspense author must create intensity without going over the top, must keep the reader wanting more without giving them too much and must keep the plot moving all the while. Saint Louis University alumnus Eddie Gresham manages to keep this balance nicely in his debut novel, Footfalls.

New suspense novelist moves from computers to thrillers with career change

Carly Doenges March 7, 2008
Look out, Stephen King; there is a new suspense writer in town. Saint Louis University alumnus Eddie Gresham (class of '92) has released his first novel, Footfalls (23rd St Publishing, Dec. 15, 2007). Achieving this, however, is a far cry from the aspirations of Gresham's youth.

Action movie kicks into high gear

[email protected] March 7, 2008
According to Dijmon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) and Sean Faris (TV's "Reunion") their new film Never Back Down (Summit Entertainment, March 14) is anything but another fight movie. The film tells the story of Jake Tyler (Faris), the new kid in town with a troubling past.

Film director focuses on human interest story

[email protected] February 29, 2008
When it comes to film directors, Robert Child (Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom) takes a personal approach to his art. Rather than focusing on new-age effects or shocking twists and turns, Child focuses his energy on a much simpler aspect of life.

Charlie Bartlett forms new brand of teen movie genre

Landon Burris February 29, 2008
Charlie Bartlett (MGM, Feb. 22) is anything but your stereotypical high-school dramedy. The new film from Director Jon Poll has the distinction of being an R-rated high-school comedy that does not involve some guys trying to get deflowered or winning an intense sporting match.

Jazz for thought at COCAloco

Will Holston February 29, 2008
St. Louis' Center of Creative Arts has the blues. On Saturday, March 1, from 7 to 11 p.m., COCA will be hosting COCAloco 2008. The fundraiser's theme this year is "Bourbon and Blues." For the event, COCA will be transformed into a blues club and will feature soul food and a performance from 17-year-old musician Marquise Knox, a St.

Musician Lowe bears rock salvation

Tim Elliott February 29, 2008
Nick Lowe's newly re-issued Jesus of Cool (Originally recorded in 1978, re-issued on Yep Roc Records, Feb. 19) isn't the kind of record you throw on for pleasant background noise. Each track jogs your senses like an unknown, but instantly familiar song that you know by heart, making it impossible to do anything but stare at your wall or your computer screen, enraptured, waiting for the hook to repeat so you can sing along.

Avenged Sevenfold starts own genre

Kelley Dunn February 29, 2008
What is the common thread that links Ozzy Osborne, Carson Daly and thousands of sweaty, overheated rock fans gathered together on an old blacktop in the middle of the summer? The answer is simple and can be found in one hardcore/metal/punk/mainstream/unable-to-stereotype band.

SLU comedians show stuff in student center

Kelley Dunn February 29, 2008
Knock, knock. Who's there? The Student Activities Board. SAB who? You would be a sorry SAB to not attend the National College Comedy Competition on Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. The comedy competition is part of a larger nationwide competition that covers 32 campuses across the country, pitting the winning Saint Louis University comedy team against the likes of Columbia University, Duke University and the University of Missouri.

On the Inside: Planes, trains and teapots

Kelley Dunn February 29, 2008
Simply put, I'm the least-cultured person in the history of mankind. No, seriously. I should be happy that, growing up in Kansas City, Mo., I lived about three blocks away from the state line. I really wouldn't have gone anywhere if it weren't for the convenience of it.
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