Bedroxx brings fun, games to Tucson

Smith: The old and troubled Gotham nightclub that was next to Hooters on Ina has been transformed into a "Flintstones-meets-sin city" style family fun world. The place is like a Chuck E. Cheese's for grown-ups or a casino without gambling. It houses 31 fluorescent-lit bowling lanes, a 30-foot ice bar, tons of new video games, and pool tables. [Read article]

There's something to say about The Screening Room at 127 East Congress. It's not a "Showcase Master Blaster 5000 Theatre Extravaganza," but it has something those types of theatres do not: personality.

Maybe it's because the single-screen theatre is nestled between a tattoo shop and an art gallery. Another reason might be the lack of a required uniform or cheesy, colorful vest by the employees. Or perhaps it's because their ticket stubs resemble raffle tickets. [Read article]

The morning after the Crows' kicked off their tour, guitarist Dave Bryson revealed the band's

committment to touring while "wheelin' and dealin'" in a Salt Lake City guitar shop

WILDCAT: How's the current tour going?

BRYSON: It's great. (The tour) started last night, and was a blast. We sold out. It was a great night.

WILDCAT: The Counting Crows have been out promoting Hard Candy for quite some time, and that's not unusual for the band. You guys usually have long tours. How do you find the energy to give the audience a great show every night for such an extended period of time? [Read article]

The Swimming Pool

For those of you sick of this summer's clichˇ blockbuster films like Legally Blonde II: Red, White and Blonde and T3, this artsy, foreign mystery is a tall drink of ice-cold water.

Swimming Pool, French director Fran¨ois Ozon's first film in English, lures the audience into a British mystery novelist's creative process. The bitter, conservative, and accomplished writer, Sarah Morton, escapes to her publisher's house in the French countryside for some peace and quiet to begin her new novel. But peace and quiet is the last thing she gets when her publisher's wild teenage daughter, Julie, arrives. [Read article]