Virtual reality hasn’t exactly panned out the way I envisioned when consumer VR started hitting the markets a few years ago. While there have been some great VR games, that […]

Well, this year’s Thanksgiving crept up on me! While everything seems to be open like the old days, there is still that looming presence of the Delta variant in the […]

Chicago Philharmonic staged the world premiere of composer Jonathan Bingham’s short symphonic piece, titled Tautology, last Sunday. His composition was placed on a program between works by Johannes Brahms and […]

This one surprised me, I’ll fully admit. Marking the directing debut of Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry, Bruised is set in the world of mixed martial arts, centering on a former […]

It’s either a crime drama, a comedic commentary about the filthy rich, or an anarchic takedown of the ruling classes by the working class. Or a bloated combination of the […]

Writer/director Mike Mills is a solid filmmaker who always seems to think he needs a bit of a gimmick in his storytelling to make it interesting. I suppose if you […]

Full of life, color and soaring music courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Disney’s latest animation celebration, Encanto, tells the story of the Madrigal family. They live in a magical house in […]

I’m not usually one to declare myself a fan of one camp over another, but when it came to my (perceived) competition between Call of Duty and Battlefield, I was […]

I’ve never been a big bowler, but it always was a fun date. That’s why the concept of a dating game mixed with a bowling game seemed perfect too, like […]

Have you ever wondered–can dogs be showpeople? Are canines natural performers who adore the limelight and thrive on the roar of the crowd? Can they take direction? Do they understand […]

You don’t expect to see the film director as a major character in his own documentary. But in the case of Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, director Robert B. Weide […]

Chicago has long been a proving ground for new stage productions bound for Broadway, and the shows that head east from here go on to varying degrees of success on […]