Amy Silverstein

September 25, 2008

Ghost Town

By Amy Silverstein

In David Koepp's "Ghost Town," at least five characters look into the distance and try, unsuccessfully, to hold back tears.

September 18, 2008

Chick-Lite

By Amy Silverstein

Diane English's "The Women," a less catty, more sappy remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic, plays out like a "Sex and the City" episode that got watered-down with excessive life lessons. There is not one male in this ...

June 5, 2008

“Stranger” Than Fiction

By Amy Silverstein

“Inspired by true events” is usually code for, “inspired by other terrible horror movies.” Although “The Strangers” does feature this clichéd, questionable disclaimer, it is still...

May 29, 2008

Nine Inch Nails Gives Fans The Slip

By Amy Silverstein

On May 5, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor announced that the band's latest album, The Slip, was available as a free download, an act that's about as charitable as donating a blank CD to your roommate. Sure, it's wo...

May 15, 2008

Sin City

By Amy Silverstein

Hollywood is on a mission to prove that number-crunching career women lead unfulfilling lives, at least until they quit their jobs and settle down with The One. This time around, it's Cameron Diaz who plays the emotional...

May 1, 2008

Tell Me More

By Amy Silverstein

William Tell, the former rhythm guitarist of Something Corporate, graced Storke Plaza on Tuesday with a fittingly corporate rock performance. It couldn't have been easy for him to leave behind a piano rock band that got ...

March 6, 2008

Girl On Girl

By Amy Silverstein

Despite what its sexy previews suggest, Justin Chadwick's "The Other Boleyn Girl" leaves audiences with the cinematic version of blue balls.

February 21, 2008

Just Jack

By Amy Silverstein

It would be easy to dismiss Jack Johnson's latest album, Sleep Through The Static, as a rip-off of his three previous platinum releases, but that is beside the point.

February 7, 2008

Girl Power

By Amy Silverstein

Gender was just about all that the speakers in last Saturday's "Creative Forces: Women in the Biz" panel at the Lobero Theatre had in common, for their stories were as diverse as their individual crafts. In the female-do...

January 31, 2008

The Great Cate

By Amy Silverstein

"Cate who?" asked my roommates on Saturday night, before I left for the Arlington Theatre to watch Cate Blanchett stroll down the red carpet. Blanchett is not the most glamorous or spotlight-seeking actress in Hollywood,...

November 29, 2007

Geiger Counter

By Amy Silverstein

According to the girls yelling in my ear all night at the Hub on Nov. 16, Teddy Geiger is hot.

October 25, 2007

When Night Falls

By Amy Silverstein

If the sight of blood alone were enough to frighten movie audiences, maybe the vampire flick "30 Days of Night" would have seemed scarier.

October 22, 2007

Not All Students Like to Hate on the Hump

By Amy Silverstein

I'm sick of reading all these complaints about the Hump.

September 27, 2007

You Say You Want a Revolution?

By Amy Silverstein

"Across the Universe" is both a film and a time capsule, allowing our own jaded generation to experience what it felt like to live through the idealistic 1960s. The film - a musical in which people belt out songs by the ...

September 20, 2007

Music With A Twist

By Amy Silverstein

If you prefer your music with a coffee and a cigarette rather than a forty and a blunt, the lounge act Pink Martini is perfect for you.

June 27, 2007

The White Stripes Step Up Their Sound for the Stadium Circuit

By Amy Silverstein

Following the commercial success of White Blood Cells, the White Stripes are sticking to the same tried-and-true formula of combining memorable lyric, super catchy guitar riffs and a lot of repetition while crafting its ...