Maria S. Young Oil trains roll through densely populated Philadelphia. Delaware Riverkeeper Network, the environmental group that has been a leading opponent of oil trains, said a consultant’s report commissioned by Gov. Wolf and released yesterday was too narrow in…

Image courtesy Ellin Beltz via Wikimedia Commons. Philadelphia Police say a van with two handicapped men in it was stolen on Saturday night. Both men were later found nearby unhurt. As of press time, police were still searching for clues.…

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“There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.” That painfully American quote, from Gore Vidal, wouldn’t be out of place on the poster for Best of Enemies, which traces the genesis of small-screen punditry back…

Deathgasm AWESOME FEST AT LIBERTY LANDS 926 N. American St., theawesomefest.com Deathgasm (2015, New Zealand, 90 min.): The Awesome Fest’s 2015 outdoor screening series concludes with the Philly premiere of this heavy metal-charged horror comedy from New Zealand. Fri., Aug. 14,…

In his pressed-and-starched adaptation of the ’60s spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Guy Ritchie fox-trots through the Cold War like a politician breezing by a cocktail party, having the appropriate amount of fun for someone who does not intend to…

Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Police Department. Two men who walked down a Queen Village street while casually slashing tires did so with smiles on their faces, according to surveillance video. Philadelphia police recently released the video, which shows the…

Photograph by Billy Becerra for Metro. Ride share service uberX isn’t just getting scrutiny from local regulators. Researchers at Temple’s Fox School of Business say the controversial service might even save lives. In their paper “Show Me the Way to…

The People Under the Stairs, screening at The Colonial Theatre Aug. 7 AWESOME FEST AT LIBERTY LANDS 926 N. American St., theawesomefest.com Sun Choke (2015, U.S., 90 min.): A troubled young woman’s mental health is threatened when she develops a fixation…