When COVID-19 closed taprooms and cancelled festivals, I looked for ways to still engage with Chicago’s craft beer scene. I therefore decided to finally work my way through The Complete Beer […]

Completing a feature film is no small task for any artist, from an independent drama to a superhero blockbuster. From script to production to editing and final touches, crafting a […]

From the writer/director of the supremely strong and naturalistic First Girl I Loved, Kerem Sanga, comes another work about a romance that seems fated not to work, with far more […]

Another offering this week that features shitty people doing shitty things to less fortunate people is writer/director J Blakeson’s I Care A Lot, in which Rosamund Pike plays professional, court-appointed […]

The latest from writer/director John Swab (Run with the Hunted), Body Brokers opens with a statement about the Affordable Care Act made in the law that health insurance companies must […]

There are several films out this week about people who made a lot of money finding loopholes (usually legal, but not always) in the system and exploiting them (see also: […]

Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit, I’ve always counted it as one of my favorite early […]

Ever since I read the first book in the Boxcar Children series back in elementary school, I’ve liked the idea of being a resourceful survivor–finding a way to survive a […]

I absolutely love asymmetrical multiplayer games.  Some of my best memories are in Evolve with my friends. Despite some similar monsters, Monstrum 2 isn’t Evolve, nor does it try to […]

Things aren’t fully ok in the world yet as the continuing pandemic is still keeping certain establishments closed and that means you should take precautions seriously. If you’re going out […]

Titan Quest has always had a special place in my heart. It came at the exact perfect moment that I was craving more Diablo II style action roleplaying, and it […]

Ah, Postal. Some would argue that it’s one of the original controversial games, especially in the open world. In fact, it released only a month or so after the original […]