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Hot Chip comes to Variety Playhouse Hot Chip will be performing in Little Five Points at Variety Playhouse on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8:30 p.m....
Chopstix serves up tasty, overrated cuisine
By Kristin Hanson Contributing Writer Buckhead, known for its fine dining, is the home of the gourmet Chinese piano bar Chopstix. It has been honored...
LET THERE BE ROCK BAND 2
The seemingly flimsy, plastic guitar controller should be quite familiar to most people these days who are acquainted with the concept of television, and the...
Abrams’ Fringe provides edgy, supernatural thrills
The two-hour pilot of Fringe managed to hold my interest throughout despite its slightly hackneyed script and somewhat bland acting. Co-creator J.J. Abrams grabbed my...
Square Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery falls short of expectations
By Kristin Hanson Contributing Writer Finally, Microsoft has heard the call from gamers everywhere for the Xbox 360 to become a more RPG-friendly console. With...
Strong performances save slow Kill
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino share the screen in Righteous Kill (this season’s serial crime thriller) as partnered New York City police detectives. Thrown...
Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading revels in ridiculousness
Last Friday, Joel and Ethan Coen released their latest soon-to-be hit, Burn After Reading. The film showcases such talents as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda...
BUZZworthy
DVD: Risky Business: 25th Anniversary Edition It’s been too long since you’ve seen Tom Cruise dance around in his underwear, and Warner Brothers knows it....
Hamlet 2
Every once in a while, a movie comes along almost out of the blue and completely defies all expectations. Hamlet 2 happens to be one...
Spore provides cute, light-hearted fun
Three years is a long time to wait for anything. In the case of the long overdue Spore, it spent nearly eight years in production...
Braid enchants with time-altering adventure
While most games on Xbox Live Arcade are fluff and a waste of space, equivalent to the Wii library, a recent release has stood out...
Stars’ Robots fails to wow newcomers
Our neighbors to the north have sent us yet another group of talented musicians. With track themes ranging from melancholic to downright dark, Sad Robots,...
Buzzworthy & City Scene
Buzzworthy: Movie: Burn After Reading The Coen Brothers follow last year’s Oscar-winning masterpiece No Country for Old Men with something a little lighter for the...
DRAGON*CON 2008
What better way to relax for Labor Day weekend than to shuffle and bump around gaggles of elves, fairies, and aliens for four days? Such...
Despite decent acting, Babylon A.D. fails to deliver
What the hell happened? This movie had such promise. Vin Diesel starred in it. Granted, the action star has had quite a few duds the...
BUZZworthy
Album: Ultra Beatdown by Dragonforce With many thanks to Guitar Hero III, Dragonforce has become somewhat of a legend; finishing “Through the Fire and the...
City Scene
Gwinnett County Fair Sept. 11 to 21 The Gwinnett County Fair is coming this month and will be presenting entertainment such as live music, carnival...