Review: Despite Hiccups, Touring Fiddler on the Roof Remains Poignant, Relevant
Fiddler on the Roof premiered on Broadway in 1964, and it was a smash hit. It ran for more than 3,000 performances (a record at the time) and won […]
Review: Jennifer Lopez in Second Act Doesn’t Deserve a First Look
In a true Christmas miracle, everything about Second Act, the new Jennifer Lopez film, manages to scream that it’s both trying too hard and not trying hard enough. Foregoing any real […]
Review: Hairy Who? 1966-1969 Still Has the Power to Shock, Offend and Delight
Knock KnockWho’s there?HAIRY —Hairy Who!!! That silly kid joke is the text on a cocktail napkin used at a Hyde Park Art Center exhibition in 1966-67. And it’s emblematic of […]
SUE’s New Suite Open for the Holidays at the Field Museum, Starting Today
It wasn’t all that long ago we heard the news that the Field Museum’s chatty, sarcastic murderbird SUE the T. Rex was going on a little hiatus from the limelight. […]
Review: Just Cause 4 — Lots of Explosions, Little Impact
Developer Avalanche has made a name for themselves with the Just Cause series. Since 2006, Rico Rodriguez has been explosively liberating small countries that have been oppressed by dictators, sowing […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Doesn’t Exactly Reinvent the Wheel, But Did We Really Want it to?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It marks the 15th game in the Call of Duty franchise and the fourth […]
Review: Transformers Franchise Surprises with Friendship, Heart and Heroism in Bumblebee
Taking what is essentially the kid-and-her-pet scenario that is as old as time and applying it to a sci-fi adventure story that acts as a prequel to director Michael Bay’s […]
Review: DC’s Big, Bold Aquaman Isn’t a Masterpiece; It Is a Feast for the Eyes
Here’s the thing about the latest film based on a DC Comics superhero: it’s actually a lot of fun. Aquaman is not great—it’s barely even good—but it’s a great deal […]
Review: Building on a Legacy, Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns Is Sure to Delight
I’ll be the first to admit, I never really understood the mystique of the Mary Poppins character. Or perhaps to put it more precisely, I certainly got what she represented […]
Review: NES Controllers for Switch Provide Authentic Feel, Not Much Else
With the release of the Nintendo Switch’s online capabilities was the announcement of, and subsequent preorders for, classic NES controllers that can pair to your Switch to be […]
Review: DUSK is a Chunky, Bloody Throwback to the ’90s
There was a time when first-person shooters were known as “Doom clones”—a reference to the extremely popular 1993 game that popularized and shaped an entire genre of games, and many […]
Review: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 DLC Back to Ubersreik Brings the Ubersreik Five Back to Their Roots
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has been one of my go-to games this year. Developer Fatshark isn’t always popular with its entire fanbase (Which developer is?) but they have been steadily adding […]