Everyone’s favorite yellow family finally made its much-anticipated jump from the small screen to the big screen for “The Simpsons Movie.” Although some might think the Springfield clan has outlived its glory days on the tube, this movie is a refreshing return to form with non-stop laughs, gags and cartoon genitalia.

Ben Harper’s latest offering with his Innocent Criminals band, “Lifeline,” is a laid-back, mellow collection of songs that rides along pleasantly yet goes nowhere particularly special. For what it’s worth, it remains a pleasing aural affair, though not a total breakthrough nor a giant step forward.

(U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University students will get the chance to live like Hollywood celebrities and movie critics this year. Thanks to a new, innovative program called Campus U, they will have the chance to see movie premiers before the rest of the nation.

(U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — About 20 minutes into “The Brothers Solomon,” as the titular brothers worry about nudie mags at a “liquid repository,” I wearily began to question the need for this movie’s existence.

(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. — “I was your silver lining, but now I’m gold,” Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis sang at the Warfield in San Francisco on Thursday. It was fitting.

(U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It’s a rare breed of film that causes us to question our purpose in life. Hopefully, we can see such a film coming and prepare ourselves for self-examination and philosophical postulation. On the night of Sept.