May 6, 2022
Children of Sin (Movie Review)
Imagine living in a world where an omnipresent dread clouds your every step. You cannot ever feel comfortable and you cannot feel like a day will come where you could just breathe easy being yourself...
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May 6, 2022
Escape the Field (Movie Review)
Cliché alert: there is no time like the present. It can feel like we are out there running in circles, trying to figure out answers to questions we do not even know. Maybe, perhaps, we could say dropped into a field, with no idea what...
May 6, 2022
Mascarpone (Movie Review)
Like the titular cheese, Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment is bringing audiences a little treat from Italy. Mascarpone is a romcom by directors Alessandro Guida (Pupone 2019, Ritoccàti series) and Matteo Pilati (The Italian Jobs 2017, De Cataldo presenta Maigret 2018), who also wrote...
May 6, 2022
Jack White – Fear of the Dawn (Album Review)
Don't look now, but last Jack White released a solo album was in 2018 with Boarding House Reach. Now he getting back into the saddle after a four-year hiatus, and that warrants a deafening Attaboy! The enthusiastic chant is infectious as one gazes across the...
May 3, 2022
Dorothy – Gifts From The Holy Ghost (Album Review)
Dorothy Martin, the lead voice behind the band Dorothy, is one of the more talented singers on the modern Rock-n-Roll scene. First making her present known around 8 years ago, she and her band made a big impression in 2016 with the album ROCKISDEAD. Further...
May 3, 2022
Soft Cell – *Happiness Not Included (Album Review)
In the mid 20th century Aldous Huxley warned us of a dystopian future in the 1932 novel Brave New World, while George Orwell also outlined such warnings in the 1949 novel 1984. Both highly influential pieces of literature, while we are floating around in the year...
May 3, 2022
Silverstein – Misery Made Me (Album Review
Call them Punk, Post-Hardcore, Screamo, or simply Emo. Whatever distinction you choose to make, Silverstein has heard them all—so now they’re throwing everything into a blender and hitting the button for “Pulverize.” Emotionally raw, infectious brutality, their latest, Misery Made Me, arrives on Friday, May...
May 3, 2022
Midnight Oil – Resist (Album Review)
When you think of 1980s era Rock music with a cause, chances are U2 and Bruce Springsteen come to mind, but perhaps the most socially vocal of all was Australia's Midnight Oil. Always wearing their feelings on their sleeves, songs like "Power and the Passion,"...
May 3, 2022
Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point (Album Review)
To many, Tears For Fears are the quintessential band from the '80s era. Not at all a deeming statement to pigeonhole them, it is more one that celebrates their creative ingenuity, unmistakable vocals, and lyrical content that never pulled punches, all while appealing to a...
April 30, 2022
The Walking Dead – Season 11 (Episodes 9-16 Review)
When the announcement came down back in September of 2020 that the eleventh season of The Walking Dead would be the final season, it came as no surprise. Initially premiering all the way back in 2010, the series has far surpassed any mainstream expectations, after...
