8 I The Behrend Beacon Last Top Fives of the year Ryan Gallagher (left). Chris LaFuria (center) and Andy McLachlan (right): The Three Top 5 Kings "Top 5 Lead Singers of the 90s" By Andrew "Mac-Daddy"Lachlan 5. Anthony Keidis - Red Hot Chili Peppers 4. Brodley Nowels - Sublime 3. Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam 2. Chris Robinson - The Black Crowes 1. Jeff Buckley - Jeff Buckley Write for the Beacon next year! Email cslsoos@psu.edu r -- 1 r ;.) Pride (f the an Cass of 2007 P [IDEI FP r "Top 5 Songs I Love But Know I Shouldn't" 5. Sweet - "Ballroom Blitz" Toto - "Africa" The Bloodhound Gang - "Bad Touch" The Cardigans - "Lovefool" 1. Air Supply - "All Out of Love" Honorable Mention: Lisa Loeb - "Stay" " To p 5 Bands with Body Parts" By Ryan "No I Don't Smash Watermelons" Gallagher 5. Radiohead 4. The Shins 3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers „ 2. Flaming Lips 1. Bright Eyes Former OC star hits the big screen By Scott Muska student life eclat)! gorier, though the dialogue and the overall produc tion of the movie did not betray this fact as both The independent movie has become a favorite in were extremely well done. Part of the credit for America as of late, especially among teenagers the dialogue may be attributed to the star of the and college students. Movies such as Garden movie, Adam Brody, who is known for his witty State, Thank You Jrii Smoking, and Trainspotting personality and willingness to improvise his dia have garnered logues. Brody is slightly extreme critical and known for his cameo viewer acclaim and have been shot along with their stars and directors into the pub lic spotlight. They have become a phe- nomenon that shows the strength and importance of free thinking in today's society, as independ ent films are usually made without much aid from a large studio production system, which gives a great deal of freedom to the director and writers as well as the actors The latest of these films to hit the main- cessful film, Garden Adam Brody gets his groove on with Meg Ryan in a stream movie market is State. In the Land of new film about teenagers and college students. In the Land of Women, Women bears resem- a movie about a screenwriter named Carter Webb who is living in Los Angeles has his heart broken by his girlfriend; his life as he knows it turned upside-down. This causes him to run from Los Angeles to Detroit, to care for his elderly grand mother who is sick and slowly dying. He becomes incredibly attached to the three women who live across the street from his grandmother, one of them is a little child, the next is an angsty teenage girl, and the eldest is their mother, who is played by Meg Ryan. Carter in some way bonds with all of them and each one of them teaches him a valu able lesson about life and helps him recover from his recent shock. This movie was written and directed by Jon - r - 71 - r - 1 1 r' iii By Chris"tougher" LaFuria Friday, April 27, 2007 Kasdan and it was his first effort in both cate- blances to this movie in that they are both movies that don't contain much action, but have a plot that centers around a male protagonist's need to dis cover himself as a person. Both movies have also gained vast critical acclaim for their soundtracks. Though In the Land of Women opened its first weekend at eighth place in the movie box office behind higher budget movies like Fracture and Disturbia, it can still appeal to a wide audience and could possibly gain popularity as it ages. With it's adequate cast of moderate movie stars, the movie is kept modest and close to the plot while displaying a touching coming of age story with subplots that can easily make a comedic person laugh and a sensitive person cry. appearances in the movies Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Thank You for Smoking, but he has gathered most of his fame as Seth Cohen in the now defunct televi sion drama The OC. It was because of his suc- cess on this show that this independent movie was pushed ahead to the mainstream theaters so quickly after its produc tion. The presence of a well-known star often aids such films in esca- lacing to the main- stream, like Zach Braff in the surprisingly suc-
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