Dawn of the Planet of the Apes What made 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes better than expected was that its primary motivation was not seeing apes tear apart their puny human counterparts but...

Millstream’s German Pilsner The Drink: It seemed fitting to honor Germany’s World Cup win with a German beer, brewed by one of the most historic German settlements in the United States: Iowa’s...

If you are interested in fighting games and have a competitive spirit, perhaps Game Geeks’ Smash League, held the third Saturday of each month, is where you belong. This Saturday at 3 p.m. will be...

The appeal of The Great Outdoors, the John Hughes-penned, Howard Deutch-directed 1988 comedy, is something that I’m not sure can be appreciated by the broad audience that film execs lose sleep over. The...

The Magic: The World Cup is upon us, and what better way to enjoy the intrigue of international sport than with some international flavor. Today, we have the Caipirinha, the national drink of Brazil. Made...

This Independence Day weekend marks the return of Iowa City’s Jazz Festival, kicking this year’s Summer of the Arts up a notch. Now in its 23rd year, Iowa City’s annual free Jazz Festival...

Tonight kicks off Coralville’s annual 4thFEST, a citywide festival dedicated to celebrating the Fourth of July through a myriad of events and activities: a free concert (Jefferson Starship, 6:30...

An artist known for songs titled “Video Games,” “Diet Mountain Dew,” and “I F… My Way Up to the Top” may not appear to be well-read, but Lana Del Rey is trying hard...

The Audience vs. film director Michael Bay: An indictment for numerous counts of crimes against the audience’s humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Count 1: Adding a fourth...

1.5 out of 5 Stars If you had to design an American political issue that was both fraught with difficult moral questions and didn’t fall neatly into comfortable partisan division, you couldn’t...

Riverside Theater actor Kelly Gibson has a challenging — though, in the realm of Shakespeare, not altogether uncommon — responsibility as Othello’s Desdemona: She must die. “We rehearsed...

80 Hours takes a look at a film hidden among Netflix’s mammoth streaming collection every two weeks and examine if its position of obscurity is justified or whether you should take some time out...