After gaining the public's attention with his comedic role in "Superbad" (2007), Jonah Hill is once again in the spotlight with baseball drama "Moneyball." With self-deprecating humor and bluntness, Hill spilled to the Daily about everything from golf-cart pranks to typecasting.
During the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, television dramas reached unprecedented levels of creative and dramatic heights that their comedy counterparts could not come close to matching. This creative jump could be attributed to the expansion of cable stations such as HBO and Showtime, which later gave way to original programming on stations such as FX and AMC. These cable stations allowed show writers to develop more subtle characters and storylines because they did not need to get tens of millions of viewers each week to justify the show's existence.
Like a twisted version of "Cheers" (1982-1993) inundated with drug-addicts, diseased hookers and poop jokes, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" — the lewdest and crudest show on cable television — has returned for its seventh season.
I'm glad to be back at Tufts after a semester abroad in London. Studying in Europe was the most rewarding experience of my college career, but after more than nine months away from my house on North Street, I missed the comforts of my life at school. I looked forward to catching up with friends, eating lunch at Carmichael — but not the subpar dinners — and sleeping in my king-size bed instead of on the compact mattress I had in London. But above all else, I couldn't wait to go back to the Kendall Square Cinema near the MIT campus.
For indie fans worldwide, the time has finally come. After a four-year hiatus, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (CYHSY) has returned to the alternative music scene with their third album, "Hysterical." Well worth the wait, "Hysterical" is yet another enjoyable installment released by the Connecticut College grads.
I am a newcomer to American cuisine, having arrived in the United Staes from England barely a month ago. To be honest, I was expecting the American diet to be hamburgers and chips. However, I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food since my arrival. Other food has proved more "experimental," for want of a better word. Anyway, I believe one of the best ways to connect with a culture is through its cuisine, and I intend to use this column to document my journey through American culture through the food I eat over the coming months.
F or weeks, the film "Drive" (2011) built up a healthy amount of hype. Ryan Gosling made the rounds on late night television, and TV viewers were assaulted with advertisements. Then came the reviews, which were, of course, glowing. Everything seemed to be going well.
An evening of Arnold Schoenberg and DmitriShostakovich may not be the merriest way to start off the weekend, but audience members seemed more than pleased as they filed out of Distler Hall last Friday night.
An opening slide at the production of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" reads: "All viewers looking for a plot will be shot." Fortunately, audience members don't need to worry — this story has plenty of action to keep theatergoers entertained. The musical, presented by the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, is an adaptation of a lazy, simple story: Huckleberry Finn's rafting adventure and his return home.
The new Fox series "Terra Nova" — think "Avatar" (2009) meets "Jurassic Park" (1993) — takes viewers into a fight−or−flight journey through time. The show features a futuristic human civilization looking to relocate from a now−inhospitable planet Earth.
From the very first note of "Circle of Life," "The Lion King 3D" suddenly transports you back to your first, two-dimensional experience of the Disney classic. As ever, the tale is an all-encompassing experience of delight, a bit of sadness, some great songs and a happy ending.
Attention, "Fringe" fans — all 19 of you: Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) is gone. In case anyone still watching this show missed that pivotal nugget of information in last season's finale, Peter attempted to single-handedly save two parallel universes from annihilation and flickered out of existence in the process.
Gordon Ramsay has always been an eccentric character and incredible chef. However, he was only thrust into the American spotlight in 2005 with his cooking reality show, "Hell's Kitchen." On the show — currently in its ninth season — chefs compete for a prestigious head chef position and Ramsay's harsh critiques and bad temper have earned him a considerable reputation. In another reality show, "Kitchen Nightmares," Ramsay travels to struggling restaurants around the country hoping to save them. As in "Hell's Kitchen," his criticisms are often harsh.
Tufts senior Christina Aguirre is a classically trained dancer who literally does it all: She pirouettes as the president of Sarabande, gets low as a choreographer and dancer for Spirit of Color and was even a former member of Static Noyze last year, the Boston-based dance company that was in the running for MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew." Although she'll never admit it herself, Aguirre is the closest thing Tufts has to a "So You Think You Can Dance" all-star.
Should you find yourself with a bit of extra cash on hand to devote to some culinary spelunking — or in the company of a date whom you'd very much like to impress — there is no shortage of high-end dining options in Cambridge and Boston proper. Choices range from the Southern quirks of Hungry Mother, to the classic appeal of Ten Tables, to the rustic, gourmet quality of Gaslight Brasserie du Coin.
Kasabian has a lot to live up to — mainly, its own hype. Three months prior to the release of its fourth album, Kasabian's front man Tom Meighan told NME Magazine that "Velociraptor!" would "change people's lives." When the band leapt into fame back in 2004, it declared itself the best British band of the time.
Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn could have turned an action film into a masterpiece. He was damn close, and the necessary ingredients were in the right places: Ryan Gosling in the lead role, talents like Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Albert Brooks in the supporting cast, a tremendously dynamic soundtrack, restrained car chases and some heavy suspense. "Drive," however, does not find perfection because the film is too addicted to its excessive choice of style.
