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Review: In Michael Jackson Biopic, Michael Gets a Highlight Reel, Audiences Get the Greatest Hits, But No One Gets the Full Truth

by Steve Prokopy
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Review: Rustler Is a Funny but Flawed Homage to Classic Grand Theft Auto

I feel like a fogey sometimes when I think about games I played when I was a kid. Back when fully 3D open world games were just a dream, I […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 30, 2021
    • Art & Museums , Feature

    During Covid, Public Media Institute Helps Artists Build Resilience, Explore Overlooked Queer, BIPOC Histories

    By Colleen Morrissey When the lockdowns began, artist Abraham Avnisan didn’t think it was possible to continue performing. Avnisan and his collaborators, Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrissey, had just debuted […]

  • Guest Author
  • August 29, 2021
  • Swan Song
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Udo Kier Channels the Heart and Nostalgia at the Center of Affecting Swan Song

    Written and directed by Todd Stephens, Swan Song is the third of three films the Sandusky, OH native has made set in his hometown; the first two, Edge of Seventeen and […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 28, 2021
  • Together
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A “Pandemic” Movie, Together Puts a More Than a Year of Lockdown in Perspective

    There are a select few actors whose work I will seek out simply because they are in it, and one of them is James McAvoy. Long before his days with […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 28, 2021
  • Lost Leonardo
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Lost Leonardo Charts the Meteoric Rise (in Price) of a Potential Masterpiece

    I have no idea what I was occupied with at the time, but I somehow entirely missed (or have since entirely forgotten) the news of a painting suspected to be […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 27, 2021
  • Vacation Friends
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Humorless and Ingratiating, Vacation Friends is a Comedic Dud

    In the same way I’ll ding a horror film for not being scary, I’ll eagerly discuss the existence of comedies that rarely make me laugh. Welcome to the feature film […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 27, 2021
  • No Man of God
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: No Man of God Puts a Serial Killer and a Scientist in the Same Room, to Fascinating Results

    At this point, the only reason to dive into the world of Ted Bundy again would be if a filmmaker had discovered a more interesting way of tackling the subject […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 27, 2021
  • Candyman
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: At Times Dark and Grotesque, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman Seeks to Give Meaning to the Classic Horror Myth

    One of the reasons this combination remake/sequel/reboot of the gets-better-with-age 1992 film Candyman is tough to discuss is because it’s a film that can’t quite decide what it is or […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 26, 2021
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 8/26 and Beyond

    While everything seems to be open like the old days, there is still that looming presence of the Delta variant in the background threatening all we’ve done to get back […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • August 26, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Have a Blast Has Good Ideas, but Clunky Gameplay

    One of the first video games ever made was Spacewar! Only available on expensive computers owned by universities, Spacewar! would be one of the most influential video games, and a […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 26, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: The Persistence Enhanced Edition Is a Slow Horror Rogue-lite

    I really wanted to like The Persistence. I have, over the last couple of months, returned to it repeatedly to try to get into it. It has all of the […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 25, 2021
  • Bob Ross
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed Chronicles How a Soft-Spoken Painter Became a Household Name

    From Joshua Rofé (Lost for Life), the same director who brought us the four-part docu-series Lorena (executive produced by Jordan Peele, no less), about famed penis-slicer Lorena Bobbitt, comes Bob […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 25, 2021
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