Something interesting happened on the way to this six-years-in-the-making sequel to the hit animated film Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph Breaks the Internet directors Rich Moore and co-writer Phil Johnston made an even more […]
Biopics about the painter Vincent van Gogh are so plentiful—including last year’s beautifully animated work Loving Vincent—they are almost their own genre, but I’m not sure an actual, established artist has ever […]
I’ve spent a lot of time in Fallout 76’s Appalachia. There has been something extremely absorbing about Bethesda’s latest entry into the long running series. It’s the buggiest AAA release I’ve ever […]
Don Perlis’ work is like a garish, candied wonderland. It is bright and appealing, even seductive. While his paintings possess a controlled technique, these are cheeky scenes of sarcasm, a showing of the […]
Perhaps a lesser film than its predecessor but still quite good, Creed II is more like the Rocky movies we remember. It grasps on more desperately to boxing movie conventions while still […]
The reason it took six years to get a sequel made to the highly successful Wreck-It Ralph is simple: director Rich Moore and co-screenwriter Phil Johnson got a little sidetracked on an even […]
Jonny Polonsky hasn’t lived in Chicago for a really long time, he currently lives in New York after a long stint in L.A., but we’ll always claim him as our own. The […]
On a blustery November night in Chicago, Young Chicago Authors (youth literary arts organization and host of Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam) opened its doors to Red Bull Radio for part […]
The cynical among us (you know who you are) will view a movie like Instant Family and think it’s some sort of propaganda material, encouraging selfish would-be parents to consider adopting or fostering children […]
Four people were shot and killed at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on the South Side Monday afternoon. Outside Mercy Hospital #shooting #chicago #mercyhospital #police pic.twitter.com/9ox9n5njei — Rick Majewski (@rickmajewski) November […]
Although many may not remember the details, Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential campaign was something of a milestone in both politics and the way the media investigates candidates’ private lives. Hart was the […]
“Once you’ve come to be part of this particular patch, you’ll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely […]
