April 30, 2021
Without Remorse (Movie Review)
Almost 30 years after its release, the Tom Clancy novel Without Remorse finally gets adapted for the big screen...
2020 Tag
December 16, 2020
Battle Royale – The 20 Year Reign
Generational divides have likely been a thing since the Stone Age, though it has seemed particularly pronounced in the past decade or so. Boomers complaining about millennials, millennials complaining about boomers, boomers confusing zoomers for millennials, and Gen Xers wondering why their grandkids are called...
October 19, 2020
Radium Girls (Movie Review)
A film that took a while to get a release, Radium Girls turned up at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018, then continued on the festival circuit for another year, popping up at the Women’s Film Festival and Florida Film Festival in 2019. Set for...
September 29, 2020
Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track (Book Review)
Book stores are full of books on David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Prince and more. But some people are not keen on the Thin White Duke, the King, or, um, Prince. They are after someone with a more grounded sound and nickname. Like ‘The Boss’. Bruce Springsteen...
September 29, 2020
Bon Jovi – 2020 (Album Review)
The year 2020 has been one no one will soon forget. Marred by a worldwide pandemic, social unrest, and a complete disconnect of communication among people, it seems as if many of us are at our breaking point. Fortunately there is music to get us...
September 24, 2020
Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down (Album Review)
When you think of music with a message, chances are bands such as U2 or Rage Against the Machine come to mind, but Public Enemy should be right up there with them. Coming out of Long Island, New York, Public Enemy have used music as...
September 21, 2020
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (Documentary Review)
If anyone is looking for a new name for their band, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles could work. But they may want to stick around for the film of the same name too. Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles follows the famous chef Yotam Ottolenghi...
September 18, 2020
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (Documentary Review)
Someone has to take the hard knocks on camera, and not every leading star can be Jackie Chan. So, when a shot calls for a high jump, a connected punch, or being set on fire, that is when the stuntmen are called in. They have...
September 8, 2020
Meeting the Beatles in India (Documentary Review)
If only all holiday snaps could be as interesting as this. In 1968, 23 year old Paul Saltzman took a trip to India to ease a broken heart. During his tour, he spent a week in Rishikesh at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, where...
August 31, 2020
#ShakespearesShitstorm (Movie Review)
Sometimes, all it takes for a medium or writer’s reputation to grow is age. For example, Shakespeare today is considered to be the greatest English playwright. Whereas in his lifetime and up to a century after his death, he was considered too common, bawdy, and...
