Review: Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice Numbed Me to Sex Jokes
Note: This Article has been updated I grew up playing adventure games, mostly from Lucasarts, but I knew of the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. In fact, Leisure Suit Larry was […]
Review: Uneven Sci-Fi Thriller Synchronic Earns Points for Originality
A slick if slight thriller, Synchronic earns points for originality with its pill-based time-traveling plot and for a strong central performance from Anthony Mackie, who brings us along as he investigates […]
Review: Off-Beat, Dry Comedy The Planters Marks Filmmaking Duo as Ones to Watch
A film with a distinctive sense of style, humor and fun, The Planters marks the confident and highly watchable feature directorial debut of collaborators Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder. The duo […]
3CR’s Guide to Record Store Day Drop 3 2020 in Chicago and Beyond
Hey folks, before we jump into the Record Store Day Drop 3 details, I should warn you that there are an annoying amount of COVID-19 reminders throughout the post. We […]
Review: Cloudpunk‘s Memorable Futuristic City Is Worth Enduring Its Bugs
Cyberpunk is a well-explored genre in science-fiction. As tech improves we can see more fleshed out versions of these worlds in video games. One of the most anticipated games in […]
Dispatch: Chicago Film Festival Wraps 56th Edition with Sold-Out Drive-Ins and Ongoing Virtual Screenings
Though it might be hard to tell without the red carpets and packed movie houses, the 56th Chicago International Film Festival has been happening all week, with virtual screenings, post-film […]
Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/22 and Beyond
It’s another great weekend in Chicago with plenty of things to do at home! Chicago has been opening up more and more, but that doesn’t mean you should take it […]
Review: Disc Room: I Came, It Sawed, I Conquered
When humans eventually find a mysterious object in space, I’m damn certain they’ll be exploring that thing—no matter how ancient or alien it is. I’ve surmised this solely from my […]
Review: The Red Lantern Shines
Surviving in a harsh winter environment was never my idea of a good video game, that is, until The Long Dark came around. I loved surviving in its post-apocalyptic winter. […]
Review: Over-Acted and Over-Produced, Remake of Roald Dahl’s The Witches Fails to Capture Any Magic
The first thing you notice about the new, Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel The Witches is that the focus is on the children, who are very […]
Review: Disruption, Hilarity and Even a Little Tenderness at the Expense of the Unsuspecting in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
In the lead-up to receiving an early look at Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the followup to the 2006 comedy Borat, the notes from publicists insisted that we keep certain aspects of […]
Review: Invasion from Mars, A War of the Worlds Radio Play by Theatre in the Dark—Memories of 1938
The Chicago company Theatre in the Dark is offering a new adaptation of H. G. Wells’ classic 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds, as a live 90-minute virtual audio […]