Artist: Kanye West Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Label: Roc-A-Fella Release Date: Nov. 22 Grade: A- Kanye West is the New York Yankees of music these days.
Movie: Tangled Release Date: Nov. 24 Grade: A- Disney continues its virtually unblemished track record for producing entertaining, family-friendly fun with its newest animated film Tangled. Tangled is based on the Rapunzel fairy tale.
Grade: C- It's the oldest story in the book. In fact, it's so old, it borders on embarrassing. Ali (Christina Aguilera, Entourage), a wholesome, blue-eyed, blonde, small-town girl, goes to Hollywood in order to find fame and fortune.
I've always dreaded seeing my favorite books played out on the silver screen. As far as movies go, they aren't bad; in fact, some of them have been claimed as cinematic genius.
Album: ?Featuring Artist: Norah Jones Release Date: Nov. 12 Label: Blue Note Grade: B+ Norah Jones has returned to the airwaves in all of her bluesy glory.
Grade: A Muggles everywhere beware; the Dark Lord has risen again. Dark times have fallen upon the wizarding world.
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Wednesday night marked the opening performance of Cabaret at UB's Center for the Arts, and the show's cast and crew brought down the house.
5. Danny MacAskill - "Way Back Home" - NEW street trials riding short film Someone should tell this guy a bike is not a pogo stick.
Artist: Keith Urban Album: Get Closer Label: Capitol Nashville Release Date: Nov. 16, 2010 Grade: B+ Grab that special someone, light a few candles, and toss on the new Keith Urban CD, Get Closer.
Who: Jameson Butler What: Brian McKnight When: Sunday, 8 p.m. Where: CFA Why: One, you're like a dream come true.
Artist: A Day To Remember Album: What Separates Me From You Label: Victory Records Release Date: Nov.
Batgirl No. 15 Gotham U. has a lot to offer its students: a vast selection of available courses, a bumping party scene, a masked heroine, and an on-campus cult ? basically everything the local high school students look for in their higher education options. As Stephanie Brown steps into the coveted black stilettos as Batgirl, her life is turned 180 degrees by the crime in Dark Knight territory. Brown thankfully has the help of the commissioner's daughter as she deciphers the cryptic cult known as the Order of the Scythe. In this issue, Dr. Barbara Gordon isn't the only assistance in Batgirl's current dilemma; the Grey Ghost pops into the comic for a few panels before leaving Brown in a rumble with the cult members. In the fantastic conclusion, Brown finds herself surrounded by Gotham City Police Department officers who claim she is wanted for the homicide of a fellow Gotham U.
Grade: B+ Law and Order: Special Victims Unit has been a reliably strong show for over a decade now.
Upon entering the upper level of the Albright Knox Art Gallery to see Forty: The Sabres in the NHL, a new exhibit that commemorates Buffalo's hockey team, one can't help but wonder how well the pristine and quiet walls of Albright Knox could possibly match the grit and excitement of the ice. Then, the image of Dominik Hasek making a sprawling save in the Sabres goal crease makes the whole exhibit seem a lot more natural. That image quickens the pulse of many Sabres fans, giving the feeling that the Albright Knox is not an art gallery but a shrine dedicated to the sport and the team that Buffalonians love. Perhaps that is the best way to approach the gallery ? not as an exhibit, but as a living monument to the 40 years of history that included the great careers of Hasek, Lindy Ruff, "The French Connection," and Alexander Mogilny. As fans walk through the gallery, they are met with images of goal celebrations, fights, amazing saves, and locker room preparations.
Artist: Bruce Springsteen Album: The Promise Release Date: Nov. 16, 2010 Label: Columbia Grade: A New Jersey's hometown hero is back for his 17th studio album, The Promise.
Grade: C+ 007: Blood Stone has some of the most precise driving a James Bond title has ever possessed.
Artist: Kid Cudi Album: Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager Release: Nov. 9 Label: Universal Motown, GOOD Music, Dream On Grade: B+ In the mere 14 months since Man on the Moon: End of the Day was released, Kid Cudi has blown up significantly.
Would It Kill You? Brings Your Ears to Life GORDON DUBOIS Staff Writer Artist: Hellogoodbye Album: Would It Kill You? Label: Rocket Science Ventures Release Date: Nov.
Superboy No. 1 Conner Kent's hometown of Smallville is unlike any suburb in the American Midwest, mostly because in any given week there are two or more extraterrestrials duking it out in the streets. High school is tough enough with its advanced placement courses, in-crowds and retrospectively irrelevant popularity contests, but the genetic mutation of the Man of Steel has to deal with merciless space invaders to boot. Superboy, for those who don't know, is the product of splicing Superman and Lex Luthor's DNA together.
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