Movies & TV - Nov. 8, 2008
Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Nov. 8, 2008
The movie "Eagle Eye" was released earlier this year but carries echoes of several previous films like "2001: A Space Odyssey," "North By Northwest" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much." The other movie in the screening room this week, "Three Kings," is relevant because it details the fight between good and evil at the end of the first war in Iraq.
Tags: eagle eye, shia lebeouf, david o. russell, three kings, george clooney, ice cube, mark wahlberg

Music - Feb. 22, 2005
Ill Groove Movement rocks to a different tune
Ill Groove Movement's style is so wholly its own it had to coin an original phrase simply to describe it. They call it "organic hip-hop," a sound that's infused with splashes of old-school jazz, funk and rock, mixed with hip-hop rhymes and beats.
Tags: Ill Groove Movement, hip-hop, old-school jazz, funk, rock, Ice Cube, Chili Peppers, Dave Hanson, Steve Kulwicki, Professor, Adam Lovinus, Emergenza Festival, WAMI Awards, Vnuk's Lounge, The Rave, Points East Pub, Conway's, The ILLiad

Movies & TV - Sept. 13, 2002
"Barbershop" will take some by surprise
A slice-of-life comedy in the mold of many others, the film -- starring Ice Cube -- somehow skirts a thin line between between raucous irreverence and wholesome sincerity, and manages to overcome the limitations of its own formula to offer a winning combination of broad comedy and unpretentious social commentary.
Tags: Barbershop, Ice Cube