Movies & TV - Nov. 1, 2008
Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: "Funny Games"
What happens in "Funny Games" is horrendous. And it happens unexpectedly. And it keeps happening. But, you never have to look at it. You have to look at the people who do it and to whom it is done, and you have to live with their reactions. It's not that it is relentless, but it becomes so horribly inevitable, that you can neither turn away nor watch. But you must.
Tags: funny games, michael haneke, cache, naomi watts, mark metcalf

Music - Aug. 13, 2008
Milwaukee scene salutes Rock Dee
Local musicians De La Buena, Fever Marlene, Cache, Rusty P's, Element, KHB, Trutanium and many others team up to pay tribute to DJ Rock Dee, Sunday, Aug. 17 at The Wherehouse, 818 S. Water St. in Walker's Point. The all-day event begind at 1 p.m and admission is $10.
Tags: Rock Dee, Roderick Schaeffer, De La Buena, Fever marlene, Cache, Rusty Ps, Element, KHB, 88Nine, WMSE, Scratch Pad, Trutanium

Music - Aug. 5, 2008
Brew City will miss DJ Rock Dee
Returning from a week away, I was shocked and saddened to hear that veteran Milwaukee turntablist and radio DJ Rock Dee died on Aug. 1.
Tags: Rock Dee, 88Nine, Gumbo, Arrested Development, Eric Benet, The Wherehouse, Rusty Ps, De La Buena, Cache, Eric Blowtorch

Movies & TV - Feb. 23, 2006
French film's answers "Hidden" in a "Cache"
In "Cache," director Michael Haneke does an amazing job of creating a mysterious world that sucks you in, not to entertain, but to force thought and anxiousness. The film opens Friday, Feb. 24 at Landmark's Downer Theater.
Tags: French film, Hidden, Cache, Michael Haneke, Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche