The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the much-anticipated sequel to Twilight, is surprisingly entertaining and follows the book New Moon, written by Stephenie Meyer, much more closely than did its predecessor. Director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight) adapted the plot from Meyer’s book while remaining true to most of the original story.
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, written by Dominican writer Junot Diaz, is a masterpiece of storytelling ability. It is Diaz’s authenticity, balance of humor and tragedy, and unique narration style that has won him such acclaim from both critics and the public, receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2008.
Long Island alternative rock band Brand New released its latest album in September 2009 to anxiously waiting fans. Not many listeners knew what to expect after the group’s previous release, The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, but it was clear that the band was in the middle of a transformation.
In a throwback to the 1983 miniseries of the same name, ABC has launched its new drama series “V” about the arrival of attractive aliens who offer to help humanity in exchange for the opportunity to replenish their resources. Unfortunately, all is not as it seems as the layers peel off of the “nice-alien” façade, revealing in its depths a sinister plot that threatens humanity.
In a world of animation that has been dominated in recent years by computer-generated graphics and 3D technologies, Disney’s newest film The Princess and the Frog is a delightful blast of visual nostalgia that turns what could have been a simple retelling of a classic children’s story into an epic princess tale for a new generation.
Rarely is Broadway endowed with such star-studded talent as it has been with A Steady Rain. Daniel Craig, the new James Bond, and Hugh Jackman, Wolverine, have teamed up to bring their intense acting to the stage in a two-character, one-act play.
