Modern updates of Shakespeare are always a mixed bag. But for the most part, I’m in favor of them because they open up the Bard’s work to a new generation […]

One of the first things I noticed about the new live-action version of Disney’s 1998 animated feature Mulan is that there is a tremendous amount of bloodless death. So much, […]

I had no idea when I wrote about Kenosha just a few weeks ago we’d be where we are today. I had no idea I’d be trolling Twitter and see […]

Despite requests to avoid the area, Trump made a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday. As predicted, the arrival of Air Force One at Waukegan National Airport and the eventual presidential […]

Though it’s ostensibly a film about an elderly spy going undercover in a retirement home to catch the staff in their neglect and abuse of its residents red-handed, there is […]

It’s another great weekend in Chicago with plenty of things to do at home from a long list of amazing virtual plays to watching live streams of music and so […]

I love a good mystery, but solving mysteries within a video game is rarely done in a satisfactory way—if you have the ability to solve it on your own at […]

In many ways, writer/director Christopher Nolan’s latest blend of action, science fiction and all things massively scaled, Tenet, is a greatest hits package for the filmmaker, in all the good […]

Rhythm games are super fun, and while every game genre can’t possibly benefit from the rhythm game treatment, others are surprising fits. Crypt of the Necrodancer proved that such a […]

From the opening moments Ary and the Secret of Seasons presents itself as a game that you can’t help but like. It has beautiful cartoon-style animation, an adorable main character […]

As he seems to excel at doing in one screenplay after another (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation., Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), as well as […]

Ever since the 100 year anniversary of World War I, I’ve been a little obsessed with it. I’ve probably read about a dozen books on the subject, spurred on by […]