Entertainment Fall T:VPre-view: T·he film reviews By Eri_n Griehs . _ By Ryan Newell Fall brings the return of The Nine' is on at-10:00 p.m. on signs 11ew ·writers to the TV show. ·- All the Kings Men~ B+ · .·· ~hool, new clothes and colder Wednesdays. Matthew Perry from Friends and · At frrst glance, All the Kings Menseems l*e the ideal Oscar reather. One positive to add to this Ugly Betty is another new The .West Wing· and Bradley mC!_y;ie. With two Academy Award winning actors in the cast and an Oscar st is that many new,TV shows are show to ABC It sounds very simi­ Whitford, also from The West Wing; winrying screenwriter turned director, the chance of ruling the fall box­ dded to the television networks. Jar to the movie The Devil Wears star in this show that's airs on Mon- office seems inevitable. Not to mention, the film is a remake of the 1949 film vhether you love law shows or are Prada. America.Ferrera from The· days at 10:00 p ..m.. _ . that won the Best Picture Oscar. Despite all of the positive factors of the 1scinated by science fiction, this Sisterhood of the TravelingPants Last but l10t least is the highly anticipated film, it becomes aparent after the first hour that Steve ew season of television is sure to stars as Betty ,Suarez; a g-irl who strange new sh()w on NBC.called Zaillian is no Robert Rossen. · lease. everyone. dreams ofrnaking.itbig in the fash- Heroes/ Heroes isabout people all . . . The film follows Willie Starks(Sean, Penn), a likeable politician Jericho is a new show to ion industry. However, she's not over the world who are finding out who runs _for Governor of Louisiana. Starks makes this possible with the :BS. It's about terrorist attacks that the best looking girl· iri the world. that they possess some pretty help ofTmy Duffy (The Sopranos' James Gandolflni) and Jack Burden ause a nuclear disaster near the She finally gets a chance to shine strange super powers. There's a (Jude /.;_aw). After promising bridges, roads, highways, and schools to the mall town of Jericho, Kansas. Be- when the owner of a famous fash­ rriale nurse that can fly, a prison· in- peol?le of L?uisiana, they s~on r~al ize that Starks has no intent to keep any ause the town is so small and iso- ion magazine hires her, to help his mate who canwalk through walls, a ofh1s_prom_1ses. Judge lrwm (bnlhantly played by Oscar winner Anthony tted, the residents aren't able _to son manage the publication. Ugly cop who can hear peoples' ~op~ms) kicks off the slow campaign to impeach Governor Starks by giv- !ceive any outs'ide help. The Betty is based, on a comedy that thoughts, an artist that can paint mg his support to Starks'rivals. _ eople have to band together to face originated. in <;::<;>lombia but is also what will happen in the future, a At a-total runtime of two hours, All the King~· Men has a short ieir new surroundings. Jericho famous in lI)dla, Ru~sia; Mexico and single mom that has an alter ego and time to get its long story across. Aside from that small factor, :ars Skeet Ulrich from . You Germany. Thursday at 8:00 p.m. is many more .. Tune. in on Mondays still manages to steal the show as the silver-tongued Starks. Adding to the an watch it on Wednesdays at 8:00 the time that you can watch Ugly at .9:00. p.m. to see what happens already large group of acclaimed actors are Kate Wins let_. Matk Ruffalo .m. Betty. . .· ' . ' . ' .· . . ' . ' when. these people discover that a_nd Patricia Clarkson, each giving their own well-perfo~ed interpreta~ Also new to CBS is the NBC seems to be the net- togetherthey can save mankind. t10ns of Robert Penn Warren's characters. With a great cast and an Oscar ramaSmith. Agroupofcareercrimi- work that boasts the most new New fall TV shows seem worthy script, All the Kings Men is one film notto miss this fall. als plans and ,carries out risky shows this fall. Friday Night Lights to get better and stranger every year. rimes at well-known places around is a series based onthe popular book Hopefully the 2006 season won't Hollvwoodland ~ B ie country. The star, Ray Liotta and movie. It's about a first year disappoint viewers. With any luck, - donning the cape of seems to some as a ~om· the 1990 movie Good/el/as, football coach .and h,is team, who is I hope that you found a show on fantasy that only Kevin. Smith would dream up. For the rest of us, the rants to pull off the perfect heist - expected to make it all the way to rryy list. that interests you and that former "Daredevil" star plays the man behind the cape, the late actor George efore he goes 'straight'. Smith is . state. According to www.tv.com it's you're able to fl11d the silver lining ~eeves. The actor, Reeves, was most famous for bringing Superman to life n at I 0:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. "like The OC plu~ ~ootball.'' You can in having a night foll ()f homework m_the 195 l film Superman and the Mole People and later the Adventures-of My pick for the best show catch Friday Night Lights at 8:00 bytu11ing into a new and addicting Superman television series. · iis season would .have to be The p.m. on Tuesdays. . _ TV show. · · As the film shows the downfall ofthe troubled actor whocouldn 't Tine on ABC. Nine people survive Studio 60 on the Sunset escape Superman·~ shadow, it also follows the fictional detective 11amed barik robbery in Los Angeles that Strip is a new drama to NBC. It's Louis Simo. The fallx detective playedby Oscar winner of­ irns into a fifty-two hour hostage about a fictional sketch-comedy TV ~ers to_ hel_p Ree_ves' _moth~r investigate ~he suicide of her son. Along .the ttuation. Every episode plays an- show that's not getting good rat­ mvest1gat10n, Simo mtervlews Reeves' former fiance Leonore Lemmon therten minutesofthe crime, which ings by its viewers~ On top ofthat, . (), an MGM studio exec Eddie Man11ix (Bob Hoskins) and ncovers how and why the_ nine there are other miscellaneous prob­ Mannix's wife Toni (Diane Lane). As the film progresses, so does Si~10's trangers are linked together. It stars - lems with the actors. The TV net­ obsession with proving Reeves' suicide was a rriurder. _· ctors such as Camille Guaty, from work gets a new producer, who as­ In a geniµs choice ofdirection, the film's director 'rison Break and Crossing Jordan, takes a dueUook•at the story by making two small movies in one. The first llil Scott Wolf from Everwood. · .· following the rise and fall of George Reeves and the second follows the fake investigation bya non-existing detective. Affleck,'as Reeves, gives a performance far worthy of Oscar attention ·than any in the_ past. Brody's Death Cab for Battle of the bands Louis Simo is a nice change for the actor who followed his Oscar winning performance in The Pianist with a string of box-office flops. In the end, Opiate for the Masses ff:ollywood!and feels like it missed the_ i).igh potential ()f being an. Oscar Cutie giant: despite the well-made attempts by the director and screenwriter.

By Sarah Conrad By ·sarah Humphrey !'. Death Cab For Cutie is a Phoenix, Arizona; is a great nique, mellow band that came out of place to find competitive bands. Local . iellingham, Washington, in 1997. This bands play show after show to become Abelweenfest 2006 and classifies its music under the cat- known as one of the best local bands in gories of Indie Rock, Indie Pop, and Phoenix. So, what do you get when the By dtemative Rock. two most competitive band~ in 1999 The band first started out as clash to form one hard-hitting, intelli- Sarah Humphrey solo project for lead singer, Ben gent rock band with industrial rhythms iibbard. Gibbard recruited men that he and classic and modem rock influences? Attention all Liverpool (210 East 5111 Street). The 10ught would do the job in making it a You. get one awesomely construct~d music lovers! Where can you go doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the 111 project and turned it _into a well- · band filled with talent and individuality to see the best local bands, dress bands start at s:oo p.m. It is an all nown, successful band. In 1998 the known as Opiate for the Masses. up for Halloween, and meet tons . age show and the cost is only five arid released .their LP; "Something · When son~writer and guitar­ of new people? The answer is dollars. For five dollars you get to •bout Airplanes." The album got good istJim Kaufman ofa oancj called Projex. Abelweenfest 2006. Abelweenfest see all seventeen bands. The bands eviews from the music scene so the (rap-metal) approached drummer Elias · is an annual local band s-how. this year are Disown, Lost Souls Di- and set out to produce several success- Mallin and vocalist Ron Underwood of hosted by Steve Abel. It is a day . vided, Eli Funk, Hollywood Injec­ Lil EP's. Death Cab got their start only a band called 5 on J (funk based) about full of a variety of awesome bands tion, And the Weak Lie Frail, Dog 1 '97 but is considered to be the next combining to make a band with a. vari­ hit demo was recorded by the and music, People are welcome OK, Third Class, Ohm, Metalourd, !fodest Mouse. Death Cab is quite a ety of sounds the ideas started .to fly. keyboardist for Nine Inch Nails known from everywhere to dress up in their Tap Dance Tragedy, Tedious, Bleed imple band; they don't have flashy ef- All three men went to the same per­ as Charlie Clouser. best costumes, listen to amazing intlarity, The Porkypines,Jacob or· ects or cryptic lyrics. A majority of forrriing arts schooL This is also where · Opiate for the Masses grew music, meet new people, and pos­ Logan, The Fashion Pdlice, Needle 1eir songs are quite confessional, soul- they found the two{emaining members too big to label as a: small local band sibly win some prizes, The show Sleeve Circus, andLoxliesGrove. ·earing tales that deal with relationships of the band. Dustin Lyon was recruited · from Phoenix, Arizona. Soon after form~ has been gQ.ing on for many years So, come in your best cos- nd their hardships. as lead guitarist and Ryan Head joined ing, the band was asked to go on several now and always attracts tons of . tumes to have an amazing night full 'heir style of mµsic is also very versa- ·as bass guitarist. small U.S. tours with' other national fans. More and more bands ·are of music and madness. Feel free to ile from songs such as "Champaign The band, already big in Phoe­ bands.· Over these few years the band added to the bill every year. This bring some friends and family mem­ rom a Paper Cup" to "Sounds of Settle~ nix,. started mixing and creating new has become increasingly popular every­ year the .show is. up to seventeen bers. You are sure to have an unfor­ ~ent." "Champaign from a Paper (;up" · songs arid 'dem_os. With influences such where: They are still coming out with bands. "I am the photographer for gettable time. For anymo~e informa­ >more melodramatic and apathetic than · as David; Bowie,, ~:ini$try,, Metallica, amazil'lg music, and they continue to the show," says senior Katy tio_n contact Steve Abel at Sounds of Settlement" which is up- . Tool, N'.ine focq, N~i I~; ~and'. Depeche tour with very popular national rock Birtalan "the shows are absolutely www.mvspace.com/abelweenfest or . crazy, and I know this year will be 1eat and spunky. Mode the· baii