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Arts & Entertainment

Games provide escape
Video games waste time, money, energy and brain cells that could be spent studying, exercising or looking for a job. Many promote violence and a degrading attitude toward women or minorities.

But if you're old enough, and you have the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality, playing a video game now and then is a great way to let off some steam and have a little fun. 
 

Along came a Spider-Man ... again
The first time you see Spider-Man 2, you might want to bring a notepad. The movie feels at times like a mixture between a lecture on Greek tragedy and a visit with a motivational speaker. 
 

'High Life' feeds off garage's greatest
It's pretty clear where The Forty-Fives get their inspiration. Their music, a gritty mix of rock and blues, brings to mind some of the best rockers of 40 years ago ? The Beatles, The Who, The Zombies.
 

Emotions run low in 'Clearing'
Self-made millionaire Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) leaves for work one morning with a promise to his wife to return home by 6 p.m. for dinner with a few friends. But he never makes it. After the drawn-out dinner with the guests later that evening, his worried wife Eileen (Helen Mirren) reports him missing and within days, ransom letters are sent to the Hayes residence, FBI agents arrive and make themselves at home and the Hayes' grown children show up to support their distressed mother.