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  • Star Trek (Review): Star Dreck

    By on May 16, 2013

    Star Trek is one of America's greatest exports. Revered by millions worldwide, the sci-fi pop-culture phenomenon has dazzled fans for 50 years -- and with...

  • Wretched Excess

    By on May 9, 2013

    What kind of maniac tries to adapt The Great Gatsby? Few books are legitimate touchstones in American culture, and for better or for worse, F....

  • Texas Hold 'Em

    By on May 9, 2013

    A decade ago, when Texas-based filmmaker Yen Tan regularly commuted between Dallas and Houston, he wondered if he was alone out there. ''I would stop...

  • Showy Boat

    By on May 9, 2013

    In a second act scene in Show Boat, the character Magnolia auditions to be a singer at Chicago's popular Trocadero Club. Magnolia was a star...

  • 26 incredible gaming worlds

    By on May 5, 2013

    Here’s something for a lazy afternoon — Dutch artist Tim Hijlkema has created a brilliant, beautiful video inspired by his 26 favorite gaming worlds. The...

  • Icona Pop, Cher Lloyd Added to Capital Pride Lineup

    By on May 3, 2013

    Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop and British singer/rapper Cher Lloyd will join Scottish soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé as headliners at this year’s Capital Pride Festival,...

  • Get a head start on the weekend with “The Simpsons: Tapped Out”

    By on May 3, 2013

    While you should be working, it’s Friday. And hasn’t the working class been toiling hard enough the past few years? All that is but our...

  • GTA V: New character trailers. Stop reading, watch now.

    By on May 2, 2013

    Press play, try not to drool, and start wishing it was September 17th already. Follow @metroweekly Join our e-mail list.

  • Emeli Sande to perform at Capital Pride

    By on May 2, 2013

    Remarkable young soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé will be one of three featured headliners at this year’s Capital Pride Festival, Metro Weekly can confirm today. Sandé...

  • Flash over Substance

    By on May 2, 2013

    Let's just get this out of the way: Robert Downey Jr. is, and always will be, magnificent as Tony Stark. The character's cocky wit blends...

  • Belting It Out

    By on May 2, 2013

    ''It's a wonderful way to think about the rich tradition of so many Jews who were key to writing beautiful music for Broadway,'' says Carole...

  • Night at the Ballet

    By on May 2, 2013

    Did you hear the one about NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro performing with The Washington Ballet? ''I'm not a dancer, and I do not dance,'' Shapiro...

  • Manning Up

    By on May 2, 2013

    ''I think there wasn't someone like me on TV before, so maybe it was a little culture shock. Like, who's this big gay cartoon clown?''...

  • Heel Thyself: ''Kinky Boots''

    By on May 1, 2013

    The new Broadway musical Kinky Boots is hands down this year's gayest -- or ''most fabulous,'' to go with Entertainment Weekly's coded description. You could...

  • 10 of the best first-person shooters

    By on May 1, 2013

    I still remember the first time I played Wolfenstein 3D. “What fresh hell is this?” I exclaimed as I gleefully mowed down marauding, bitmapped Nazis...