In six years, the value of the digital music industry has increased by more than 1000 percent, according to a 2011 report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The report...

3/4 StarsDirector Joe Wright's revenge thriller, "Hanna," reminds us of a lesson we should already know: effective suspense doesn't require CGI. It doesn't require explosions. It certainly doesn't require...

 The fourth solo outing from Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) is a change in direction and a continuation of the stylistics found on 2007's "Person Pitch," one of the most acclaimed albums of the last decade....

Developer BioWare has earned a lot of respect from the gaming community. They are most notable for evolving the Western RPG genre since 1998 with the release of the critically acclaimed "Baldur's Gate."...

UNCW's film department is hosting the VISIONS film festival and conference this Friday, April 1 in Lumina Theater with free admission for the general public. The festival will showcase international talent...

With the release of her second eponymous album, Danish electro-pop singer Oh Land and her management have lined up the big guns. She performed the first single off her self-titled album "Oh Land,"...

When celebrities fall into drugs and alcohol, party with prostitutes and wind up in jail, we usually feel remorse for their wicked ways and hope for a triumphant, sober return. Their fall from grace is...

Along with the usual suspects like grey hair and a softening midsection, one knows that he has been alive for a little while when the music of his teen years is rediscovered by a new generation, rebranded...

Four years have passed since the Swedish indie pop singer, Lykke Li, released her debut album. By the sounds of her new record "Wounded Rhymes," she has done a lot of growing and breaking up since. In...

With Pixar studios holding a monopoly on great animated movies, it was beginning to seem that no other animation studio would be able to compete. Fortunately, Gore Verbinski's 3-D animation venture "Rango"...

LOS ANGELES _ They might have stood on the most prestigious stage in Hollywood on Sunday night. But this year's Academy Award winners won't necessarily be in Oscar mode when they next pop up on a movie...

Much praise has already been heaped on Deborah Harkness' debut novel, "A Discovery of Witches." Popular website Amazon.com labeled it as their book of the month for February. But is this novel worthy of...