(Sept. 2, 2010) — Lock up your children. Episode three of "Zombie Etiquette" is set to air on Sept. 3.


As if New Jersey isn’t already responsible for enough of the world’s problems, now there’s "Zombie Etiquette," the brainchild of Lawrence R. Greenberg, a Delaware Valley dreamer who’s looking for a little respect for the too often maligned zombies who live among us. Ironic, irreverent and smart, "Zombie Etiquette" is part talk-show, part drama, part music showcase — and completely original.

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By Andrew Segedin / Reporter

LYNDHURST (Sept. 2, 2010) — Accomplished rhythm tap dancer, and Lyndhurst resident, Andrew Nemr will perform during the eighth hour of the 45th Annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon this weekend, Sept. 5-6. The appearance will be Nemr’s first on the show since 2006.

As in 2006, Nemr will be performing alongside his dance group CPD Plus (Cats Paying Dues) — a group of young dancers that Nemr works with in an effort to pass along the style and history of rhythm tap as it was passed along to him.

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RUTHERFORD (Sept. 2, 2010) — The Rutherford Labor Day organizing committee has announced the line-up for entertainment that will be at the event. At the Hutzel Memorial Band Shell in Lincoln Park, String Theory will perform from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; followed by The Rum Runners (Jazz Trio) with Ashley Pettet singing from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and the Kootz Band from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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By John Soltes / Editor in Chief

CHERRY HILL (Aug. 27, 2010) — John Carpenter was the main draw for the most recent Monster-Mania horror convention held Aug. 20-22 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill. Genre fans flocked to the three-day festival of gore, and most of them paid homage at the altar of Carpenter, whose terror credibility was cemented with the seminal "Halloween" film in the late 1970s.

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DVD REVIEW OF BIRACIAL, NOT BLACK, DAMN IT!

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 27, 2010) — You know you’re watching a groundbreaking documentary when it not only forces you out of your comfort zone but also manages to persuade you to reassess your point-of-view without resorting to potentially-alienating polemic. This is the case with "Biracial, Not Black, Damn It!," a poignant, thought-provoking and ultimately most-enlightening film directed by the brilliant Carolyn Battle Cochrane.

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FILM REVIEW OF PIRANHA 3D

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 27, 2010) — The only thing disappointing about this high body-count horror flick is that it was released too late in the summer to enjoy the long run in theaters it really deserves. Otherwise, this campy B-flick is the best offering from the tongue-in-cheek genre since "Snakes on a Plane," another gratuitous gore fest with a good sense of humor.

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FILM REVIEW OF THE MILK OF SORROW

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 27, 2010) — Nominated for an Oscar earlier this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category, "The Milk of Sorrow" is an introspective mood piece shot against an array of atmospheric backdrops around the city of Lima. More engaging than the underdeveloped storyline are the soulful, ever-expressive eyes of its visually-arresting protagonist, Fausta (Magaly Solier), a beautiful but bordering on catatonic young woman afflicted with the rare disease from which the picture takes its title.

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RUTHERFORD (Aug. 25, 2010, 3:20 p.m.) — The storied history of The Leader Newspaper, South Bergen’s premier weekly publication, has seen a full suite of improvements and enhancements throughout its more than 100 years of publishing. For several years, it has lived up to its motto of being “The Pulse of the Meadowlands” for the local area.

Now, the newspaper, which serves eight communities in southern Bergen County, is ready to take a bold step into the 21st century media marketplace — and it has a few new friends to help it along the way.

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FILM REVIEW OF 'THE EXPENDABLES'

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 19, 2010) — As kids, my friends and I periodically engaged in debates about which of our favorite comic book superheroes was the mightiest. Could Batman beat Superman? Who would prevail in a battle between Spiderman and Wolverine? Or between Flash and the Hulk? And how would a clash of the Fantastic Four and the X-Men turn out? The possible permutations were endless, but the winners were always a matter of pure speculation, since no issue was ever published portraying all of these characters.

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By John Soltes / Editor in Chief

PARSIPPANY (Aug. 18, 2010) — They came. They saw. They spread their middle fingers and ring fingers far apart.

Star Trek fans descended on the Hilton in Parsippany Aug. 13-15 for the annual East Coast sci-fi convention hosted by Creation Entertainment. Revelers disposed of their disposable income on rare merchandise and celebrity autographs, while Star Trek actors mingled with the hundreds of people who attended.

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By John Soltes / Editor in Chief

PARSIPPANY (Aug. 11, 2010) — Fanboys and fangirls unite! The official Star Trek convention is coming to New Jersey Aug. 13-15 and it promises to be an autograph and photo-op bonanza. Confirmed guests include a motley variety of actors from every era of the beloved sci-fi series.

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By John Soltes / Editor in Chief

The following review ran in February 2010. The Flying Karamazov Brothers have brought back their show "4PLAY" for an open-ended run at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

NEW YORK (Aug. 6, 2010) — The Flying Karamazov Brothers, that oddball quartet of juggling actors (or is it acting jugglers?), are putting on quite the spectacle at the Minetta Lane Theatre in downtown Manhattan. The four performers (they are not brothers, but certainly feel like a madcap family), make their way through a hilarious and near-perfect routine that is three parts Monty Python, two parts circus act and one part anything-can-happen oddity. These ingredients make for a scrumptious two hours — great for children and sometimes even better for adults.

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FILM REVIEW OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 6, 2010) — Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was born in Brooklyn to a Puerto Rican mother and a father of Haitian extraction. Blessed with a rebellious nature, he ran away from home a lot during adolescence, finally leaving for good at 17. Moving to Manhattan, he dropped out of school to fritter away his days spray-painting his alias, “Samo,” all over the place, because as he put it, “The whole object of doing graffiti is fame.”

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INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT DUVALL

By Kam Williams / Critic

(Aug. 5, 2010) — Robert Selden Duvall was born in San Diego on Jan. 5, 1931, to Mildred Hart, a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and William Duvall, an admiral in the U.S. Navy. Robert served in Korea in the 1950s, before getting bitten by the acting bug while stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga. After being honorably discharged, he moved to New York City, where he roomed with another aspiring actor named Dustin Hoffman.

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By John Soltes / Editor in Chief

NEW YORK (Aug. 4, 2010) — Recently, the 59E59 Theaters complex hosted the annual East to Edinburgh Festival for shows about to jump across the pond to the world-renowned performing-arts extravaganza in Scotland. Two of the highlights of this year's program included "Suspicious Package," a 30-minute noir piece where the actors are played by willing audience members on the streets of New York City, and "Considering George O'Keeffe," a portrait of the iconic artist.

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By Jennifer Vazquez / Reporter

(Aug. 4, 2010, 2:20 p.m.) — Many still know Frankie Muniz as a successful actor, best known for his portrayal of the title character in the hit series “Malcolm in the Middle.” However, after leaving acting a few years ago to pursue his passion of professional car racing, he has now taken on the real-life role of fledgling rock star.

The Wood-Ridge native is part of You Hang Up, a band based out of Phoenix that is creating quite the buzz and picking up steam in the short time the band members have been together.

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DVD REVIEW OF KICK-ASS

By Kam Williams / Critic

(July 30, 2010) — This Marvel Comics superhero adventure "Kick-Ass" revolves around a foul-mouthed, 11-year-old heroine who takes delight in spilling the blood of every last one of her evil adversaries. Plus, other underage characters are depicted engaging in a variety of morally-objectionable activities ranging from premarital sex to smoking marijuana to sadistic slaughter. So, this movie is appropriately rated R, a clear signal that it’s inappropriate for impressionable young minds. With that fair warning out of the way, let me say that, "Kick-Ass" nevertheless just happens to be the best comic book-to-screen adaptation since "The Dark Knight."

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FILM REVIEW OF SALT

By Kam Williams / Critic

(July 29, 2010) — Let’s face it, from "Tomb Raider" (2001) to "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005) to "Wanted" (2008), Angelina Jolie has always delivered in her high-octane action adventures, and "Salt" is no exception. This espionage thriller about a Russian mole strategically planted in the U.S. couldn’t be more timely, given the recent arrest of Anna Chapman, the flamboyant NYC Realtor deported after confessing to being a Soviet spy.

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FILM REVIEW OF HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL

By Kam Williams / Critic

(July 29, 2010) — Before seeing this film, I only thought of Hugh Hefner as a purveyor of smut who built an empire on the backs, or should I say breasts, of females by reducing them to sex objects whose sole purpose was to fuel the testosterone-fueled fantasies of teenage boys. While this reverential bio-pic did nothing to disabuse me of the notion that the hedonistic octogenarian remains an inveterate, exploitative male chauvinist, it did a great job of convincing me that he also happened to be an effective advocate of racial equality during the Civil Rights Era.

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FILM REVIEW OF LIFE DURING WARTIME

By Kam Williams / Critic

(July 29, 2010) — Taking a page from the Coen Brothers, whose semi-autobiographical "A Serious Man" captured what life was like coming of age in the late 1960s, Todd Solondz, here, serves up a much more twisted take on growing up Jewish in Florida instead of the Midwest. "Life during Wartime" also revolves around a 12-year-old (Dylan Riley Snider) studying for his bar mitzvah, but the dystopia in which he is immersed is far more bizarre than anything in the Coens' relatively comical adventure.

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