Arts and Entertainment

Edgar Wright, director of “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and most recently “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” recently spoke on a conference call to a group of students about the challenges of adapting the comic book properly for film, the process of orchestrating music for the film and the effect that “Scott Pilgrim” has had on legions of fanboys just a few months after its release.

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” on the big screen was good, but the Blu-Ray/DVD set a new standard by which all future films in your collection should be judged.

“Unstoppable” is as much a product of impeccable action film making as it is a tribute to the recession-era American working class.

“Morning Glory” is one of the more meaningful cinematic efforts on journalism, and with respect for the profession and a cast of characters who grow and develop, the film manages to be fun, engaging and a truly enjoyable experience all around.

You would think that “Megamind” is about a standard battle between good and evil, with Will Ferrell playing the wacky titular bad guy Megamind to Brad Pitt’s dashing Metro Man. But don’t let that stop you; the film quickly shifts gears and becomes a meditation on everything from predetermination in life to the merits of being a true hero, and at points it dabbles in the existential.

With “Due Date,” the new film from Todd Phillips of last year’s “The Hangover,” your enjoyment of the film is going to hinge on whether or not you buy it as nothing more than “The Hangover 1.5” or a full-blown revamp of what comedy can be.

The Downtown campus will be celebrating homecoming with events throughout the week.

With hectic schedules and Halloween less than a week away, Phoenicians have a lot of events to cover in a very limited amount of time. Just around the Valley, there are over 20 haunted houses, about nine pumpkin patches and countless Halloween Eve celebrations, all claiming to be the best in Arizona.

“Hereafter” is not a ghost story, nor is it a supernatural thriller in any way, shape or form, but a melancholy character-driven meditation on why it is that love endures long after it logically should and whether death is as bad for the deceased as it is for those they leave behind.

Listening to the plot of Robert Schwentke’s “RED,” you really couldn’t be faulted for thinking it to be nothing more than a bland sequel to one of this year’s many “team” movies like “The A-Team,” “The Losers,” or even “The Expendables.”