Review: Monster Truck Championship: Big Wheels, Keep on Turnin’
I like cars and trucks, and I have ever since I was a little girl. More specifically, I love racing cars and trucks. Ever since I could hold a controller […]
Review: Wind Peaks Is a Competent, Campy Hidden Object Romp
If you ever liked Where’s Waldo? as a kid, but haven’t yet explored the hidden objects genre of video games, you’re missing out. Imagine if your Waldo books could’ve come […]
Review: Flow Weaver Has a Great Premise Marred by Bugs and Control Issues
Virtual reality hasn’t quite reached its full potential. There are all sorts of experiences out there to try, but if you’re like me, action packed games with fast movement are […]
Interview: In His First Starring Role, Taylor Takahashi Talks Playing Basketball in Boogie and Eddie Huang’s Mentorship
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: I love talking to first-time actors because they’re less guarded in interviews than their more seasoned colleagues. They haven’t been coached as […]
Review: Build a Wall to Stop the Mongol Hordes and More in Stronghold: Warlords
I’m a newcomer to the Stronghold series. It turns 20 this year, so I’m a little surprised I’ve spent little to no time with the franchise. Still, I’ve always been […]
Review: Monster Energy Supercross 4 Is a Hearty Chunk of Supercross
Since I started reviewing video games, I’ve developed a newfound love for racing games. Before, I used to say “I’m not that big of a fan” but the real issue […]
Feature: Music Institute of Chicago Continues its Mission, Pandemic or Not
One of Chicago’s longest serving music organizations has continued to operate under the trying circumstances posed by a pandemic. While COVID-19 has affected the ways in which the Music Institute […]
Review: French Filmmaker Quentin Dupieux Returns to Absurdity, if Inconsistently, with Keep an Eye Out
If there’s one thing to count on in filmmaker Quentin Dupieux’s work, it’s a certain degree of absurdity. The French filmmaker broke out in 2010 with Rubber about (and this is […]
Review: In Istanbul, Stray Follows the Dogs Living on City Streets—and in Citizens’ Hearts
A few years ago, Ceyda Torun’s Kedi glimpsed the hard-scrabble lives of Istanbul’s feral cat population; the film followed the city’s feline citizens about their daily lives as they raised kittens, […]
Review: Boogie Is a Sports Movie with Unexpected Heart and a Promising Central Performance
This one did something for me I wasn’t expecting it to. On the surface, Boogie is a sports movie we’ve seen dozens of times: a kid from Queens, New York, […]
Review: After Production Delays, Chaos Walking Begins a Sci-Fi Trilogy that May Not Be Worth Finishing
One of the things I intensely dislike about the art of watching films in this century is how much it’s possible to know about a film before seeing an actual […]
Review: With a Lot to Live Up To, Coming 2 America Holds Back Too Much of What Made the Original Great
Quite often in the world of sequels, there’s a fine line between nostalgia-mining and genuinely trying to do something new with characters who, in the case of the Eddie Murphy […]