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    Turn Off Your Brain

    Lucy makes being smart look awfully dumb

    Alex Bentley
    Jul 25, 2014 | 12:00 am
    Lucy makes being smart look awfully dumb
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    Most movies require that viewers suspend their disbelief at least a little in order to properly enjoy the stories they have to tell. However, the latest from writer/director Luc Besson, Lucy, uses a premise so absurd that suspension of disbelief is almost impossible to come by.

    Scarlett Johansson plays the titular Lucy, a girl who inadvertently gets caught up in the game of international drug trafficking. Forced to carry a pouch of a new drug inside her abdomen by a Chinese drug syndicate, Lucy starts accessing heretofore-untapped areas of her brain after the pouch ruptures inside of her.

    Scarlett Johansson plays the titular Lucy, a girl who inadvertently gets caught up in the game of international drug trafficking.

    Concurrently, we see Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman) giving a lecture in Paris about the potential of the brain, repeating the myth that humans only use 10 percent of their brainpower. When students quiz him on what would happen if anyone were able to use more of their brain, the stakes of the film are set.

    Despite the ludicrous set-up — scientists have long proved that humans use the entire brain, if not all at the same time — Besson does do a decent job pushing the film forward. Lucy’s escape from her handlers and her subsequent mission to recover drugs put into other people both have a certain propulsion to them that’s undeniable.

    Unfortunately, it’s everything surrounding her that takes the wind out of the movie’s sails. Besson apparently decided that he didn’t have enough story to properly fill out an even a miniscule 89-minute film, using stock footage to make points that were already blatantly obvious.

    He also employs several scenes using an actor in the worst Homo erectus make-up you’ve ever seen, stopping the film dead in its tracks with unintended laughter every time he appears.

    What keeps the film from completely going off the tracks is the performance of Johansson, who, as she’s proven in the Marvel movies, knows how to kick butt in a believable way. Even though the quantity of action in the film is relatively minimal, she delivers when it does happen.

    She sells the film’s quieter moments, as well, especially those with Freeman. Freeman, of course, is the pro’s pro, and his presence lends the film an air of authenticity that otherwise wouldn’t be there.

    Lucy is a fun film to ponder for a while, but the more Besson uses ideas and techniques that seem cribbed from a hundred other filmmakers, the less enjoyable it becomes.

    Scarlett Johansson is one smart bad-ass in Lucy.

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    Scarlett Johansson is one smart bad-ass in Lucy.
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    Concert News

    Dozens of summer 2025 concerts in Dallas go on sale for $30

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 14, 2025 | 8:45 am
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    In what has become an annual summer tradition, concert promoter Live Nation is offering a discount ticket program for summer concert season for 2025, with $30 tickets for a variety of shows at venues across Texas.

    Live Nation’s $30 Ticket to Summer is selling tickets for $30 to more than 1,000 shows at select amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada throughout the season, including Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at The Woodlands in Houston, Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, and Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin.

    The initial on-sale begins May 21, and spans a wide range of genres — including pop, Latin, hip-hop, country, R&B, rock, metal, electronic, comedy, and more.

    Tickets purchased through this offer include all fees upfront in the $30 cost. Any taxes will be added at checkout as applicable to each city, state, and venue. Tickets are available for select Live Nation shows, while inventory lasts.

    How $30 Ticket to Summer works
    Starting May 21, in the U.S. and Canada, fans can visit LiveNation.com/TickettoSummer to see the full list of participating events. Once they’ve selected a show, they should look for the ticket type labeled “$30 Ticket to Summer,” add the ticket(s) to their cart, and proceed to checkout.

    How to find participating shows
    Fans can filter their search on LiveNation.com/TickettoSummer by participating events, venues, or artists. While on the website, fans can also set the location to the closest city and the site will refresh to only include participating shows nearby.

    How to buy tickets
    The general onsale will begin Wednesday, May 21 at 10 am local time while supplies last at LiveNation.com/TickettoSummer. ($30 Ticket to Summer will be available with T-Mobile and Rakuten early access beginning Tuesday, May 20.)

    Here are the cities, venues, and shows where the $30 action is happening.

    Dallas
    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at Dos Equis Pavilion:

    • Halsey
    • 97.1 The Eagle’s BFD with Chevelle, Marilyn Manson
    • Dierks Bentley
    • Luke Bryan
    • Summer of Loud with Beartooth, I Prevail
    • Stick Figure
    • Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan
    • Kesha
    • Parker McCollum
    • Jason Aldean
    • Juntos
    • Big Time Rush
    • The Offspring
    • Pantera
    • Nelly

    Irving
    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory:

    • Hauser of 2Cellos
    • Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
    • Simple Minds
    • Bini
    • Babymetal
    • Tash Sultana
    • The Driver Era
    • ALT 103.7 Presents Slightly Stoopid
    • Kansas
    • 97.1 The Eagle Presents Volbeat
    • Billy Currington & Kip Moore
    • Xdinary Heroes
    • Collective Soul and +LIVE+
    • Lost 80's Live Ft. A Flock of Seagulls, Big Country
    • Toto with Christopher Cross & Men at Work
    • The Flaming Lips & Modest Mouse
    • KIDZ BOP Live
    • Simple Plan
    • Coheed and Cambria
    • Gavin Adcock
    • Myke Towers
    • Alabama Shakes
    • Eden Munoz
    • John Legend

    Austin
    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater

    • Drive-By Truckers
    • Tennis
    • Thievery Corporation
    • The Hives
    • Die Spitz
    • Matt Maltese

    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at Germania Insurance Amphitheater

    • Styx with The Kevin Cronin Band and Don Felder
    • Summer of Loud
    • Stick Figure
    • Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic and Fireworks
    • Russ
    • +Live+ with Collective Soul
    • The Offspring
    • Pantera
    • Alice Cooper and Judas Priest

    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park:

    • Peach Pit & Briston Maroney
    • Blue October
    • Slightly Stoopid
    • Billy Currington
    • Pixies
    • Coheed and Cambria
    • Father John Misty
    • Lake Street Dive

    Houston
    The $30 Ticket to Summer offer is available for the following shows at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at The Woodlands:

    • Simple Minds
    • Styx with The Kevin Cronin Band and Don Felder
    • Summer of Loud
    • Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan
    • Kesha
    • Rick Springfield
    • Kansas
    • Russ
    • Weird Al Yankovic
    • Big Time Rush
    • The Offspring
    • Kidz Bop Live
    • Leon Bridges
    • Charlie Wilson
    • Keith Urban
    • Alice Cooper and Judas Priest

    More tickets will be added throughout the summer, for chances to score $30 tickets all season long.

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