The movies used to thrive on Evil Geniuses and Criminal Masterminds, but today the only remaining vestiges are either rather drab fellows, or they’re holdovers from comic books and were created years ago. No one seems to be coming up with new ones. So let’s pause for a bit and take a look at some of the older panache-obsessed villains.

This week is bonus week on Book Report: Two reviews. Local author Kendall Hale published her memoir and former MIT professor Steven Pinker stops by Malaprop’s. Get reading, people.

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.

The edgy mama organizers of this year’s Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival have ramped up activities for the kidlings at the funky street fest.

There’s been a lot of talk this summer about how certain disappointing movies—namely Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Star Wars: The Clone Wars—have tainted fans’ enjoyment of the original films.

Trade used denim toward during this month-long event. (The used jeans benefit moms and teens in WNC’s Big Brothers and Big Sisters program.)

Award-winning poet Glenis Redmond returns with her third full-length collection of poetry.

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.

Here’s what happened when I dropped off my kidlings on the first day.

Has there ever been such a marvelous title? It’s even better if you hear the announcer on the trailer intone it oh so ominously. So I settled in for the day I could take that ride on the Midnight Meat Train.