I Love You, ManDreamworks
“I Love You, Man” is a bromantic comedy about Peter Klaven, a man who realizes he doesn’t have any guy friends and goes on a series of man-dates to find his Best Man for hi upcoming wedding. This movie, led by Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, will make the audience laugh so hard they’ll cry. The humor, mixed with an amazing soundtrack that includes Rush, Vampire Weekend and Santogold, is guaranteed to please the entire audience.[A]—-C. VOGELS Dan DeaconBromstCarpark RecordsThe best way to describe Dan Deacon’s brand of electronic, up-beat, dance music is to imagine if you will, Animal Collective met a really drunken Battles at a party and they went out to the back of an old VW van for wild, rough, dirty sex and 9 months later produced a baby. Then that baby developed an alcohol problem and met LCD Soundsystem for a night of debauchery, the resulting mash-up of dance music and creative use of electronic effects and beats would be Dan Deacon’s 2009 album “Bromst.” Listen to it and you may need a cold shower later.[A-]—- J. clappPapa RoachMetamorphosisInterscope RecordsFrom the rap-metal of their major label debut “Infest” to the straight radio rock of “Lovehatetragedy,” Papa Roach has always been a band difficult to identify. And their sixth studio release “Metamorphosis” is no different. The band may have abandoned rapping entirely, but the wanna-be metal sound on this record certainly isn’t the best route to take.[D]—- B. BOURGEOISKnowingProd. CompanyFortunetelling has never been as intense as it is in “Knowing” starring Nicholas Cage.  Cage’s son receives a list of numbers written 50 years ago. Cage deciphers the numbers and concludes that they are predictions of the future.  The controversial twists and turns between determinism versus randomness of the universe propel the movie forward.  The film does not fail to keep the audience’s interest, but the end dances on the line between ridiculous and moving.[B-]—-  L. NUNEZPet Shop BoysYesAstralwerks”Yes,” the tenth studio album by the electronic pop duo Pet Shop Boys, hearkens back to their glory days of the late 1980s. One would think that the Pet Shop Boys would be struggling to stay musically relevant in the new millennium, but with the assistance of one of the best British songwriting houses, Xenomania, the duo continues knocking out catchy electronic pop hooks. “Yes” is an album that any longtime Pet Shop Boys fan will be proud to own.[B-]—-B. LeJEUNEDuplicityUniversal PicturesClive Owen, the perfect leading man, teams up with Oscar-winner Julia Roberts to deliver a witty and smart film about rival CIA agents. While the film is a romantic comedy at its core, it still has charm, especially while the leading characters are double-crossing each other left and right. There are a bit too many plot twists but Owen and Roberts are too good to disappoint.[B+]—-A. NORSWORTHYEditors PickThe DecemberistsThe Hazards of LoveCapitol RecordsFor Fans Of: Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, The New Pornographers”The Hazards of Love,” the fifth album from The Decemberists, probably won’t produce many singles. The album weaves the fantastical tale of a girl named Margaret and, well, the hazards of love. Each song builds on the next, with frontman Colin Meloy telling the story with help from Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond, Shara Worden from My Brightest Diamond and Jim James of My Morning Jacket. —-S. AYCOCK