There’s no telling why the screenwriters of The Lord of the Rings trilogy—Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson—thought that the Mortal Engines four-book series (written by Philip Reeve) was […]
Algorithm Nation, or the Static Quo, directed by Matt Hovde, is the Second City’s 107th Mainstage Revue. Let that number sink in for a while. 107 shows would be impressive no […]
From one of the current masters of Japanese cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows; Like Father, Like Son; Our Little Sister; After the Storm), Shoplifters tells the story of a group of petty criminals […]
If Clint Eastwood’s own recent personal history wasn’t so steeped in botched political messages, I don’t think his films (with the obvious exception of American Sniper) would be so overly […]
I’m sure many of you rolled your eyes so far back in your head they almost got stuck there the first time you heard that the makers of Deadpool 2 […]
There is little doubt in this most recently telling of the life and death of Mary Stuart (here portrayed by Saoirse Ronan), the ambitious Queen of Scotland, eager to build […]
This animated take on the adventures of Spider-Man is so visually and creatively daring, one can’t help but wish that all superhero movies took an equally ambitious path to the […]
We’re inching closer and closer to the end of the year and there’s still so much left to do. There are tons of markets, concerts, and even a few stories […]
Upon listening to Helena Deland’s music for the first time, it was impossible for me to get her sound out of my head. Over the past couple of years she […]
“And I’ve come to know the wish-list of my father/I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished/I’ve come to wish aloud/Before the overdressed crowd/Come to witness now the sinking […]
By Gloria Rosemarin What better time than the holiday season to think creatively about food? I was planning my usual appetizers for Thanksgiving when I came across #ainttooproudtomeg on Instagram and […]
This year’s Game Awards were bigger than ever, with a nearly four hour run time chock full of awards, speeches, reveals, and tons of other awesome little surprises. In fact, […]
