Talk about violence on television. Parents might advocate that TV rots your brain, but in the case of "The Ring," the new film by Gore Verbinski, parents might want you to stick to the idiot box and stay away from the big screen. "The Ring" stars Naomi Watts ("Mulholland Drive"), a single mom who searches for answers behind a mysterious video tape rumored to kill you after you watch it. The tape is a grainy, black and white short film reminiscent of an experimental student film.
"Red Dragon" 4 Stars It's time to break out the fava beans and Chianti. "Red Dragon" -- the first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy -- has swept into theaters and broken "the silence." In this prequel to "Silence of the Lambs," Sir Anthony Hopkins returns as the notorious Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. Edward Norton co-stars as former FBI agent Will Graham, the man who put Lecter behind the famous glass wall and muzzle.
"The Banger Sisters" 3 Stars If Jim Morrison -- the self-described Lizard King -- were to break on through from the other side, he'd find two patient groupies waiting in the wings of the multiplex. "The Banger Sisters," Fox Searchlight Pictures' newest film by writer/director Bob Dolman, pairs Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon as formerly renowned L.A. rock scene groupies Suzette and Vinnie, respectively, who reunite after 20 years of estrangement.
Spirituality in its physical form is hard to find around campus -- but you never know where it might manifest itself. Such was the case this past Thursday afternoon, when the wet noise of smacking clay echoed across campus as three Native Americans and a group of participants pounded away on lumps of clay as part of "Functional Art from Earth and Fire," a Cherokee pottery workshop. The workshop was one of several that have been made available since the early September installation of the "art/spirit/art" exhibit in the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence.
