Brace yourselves, the fall is coming. And with the fall comes school, classes and tests galore. Thankfully, we have the summer to look back on, including a number of movies that kept us entertained. “The Avengers” was the first film to hit the summer box…
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Jack White is a familiar name for any rock enthusiast, although his reputation is debatable. For some, he’s spread himself too thin, for others he is a musical renaissance man. The fact is, he’s created three different bands featuring different styles of music, opened his…
I went into Girl Talk with very high hopes, and I think I was in the minority there. Unfortunately, nothing quite lived up to my expectations, from the minimal turnout to the mediocre openers and lack of crowd etiquette, things were not what I was…
Brace yourselves, avid moviegoers. The summer blockbuster season is coming. Hollywood has prepared a large slate of sequels, prequels, remakes and reboots for our rapid consumption in the upcoming months. But which offerings are truly worth seeing? Marvel Comics’ “The Avengers” will be the first…
Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…
If there was one thing I learned from “Think Like a Man” it was that a Steve Harvey book can and will change my life. Joining the newer genre of rom-coms based on self-help books, “Think Like a Man” delivers laughs, love scenes set to…
It’s rare that an artist as focused on mixing, artistic experimentation and pure danceability as Girl Talk comes to Bradley and yet, Tuesday at 8 p.m., the mashup pioneer will be bringing his own brand of radio sampling, bass heavy, genre defining experimental music to…
Andrew Luck There is only one player the Colts should consider taking with the first pick in next week’s NFL draft. As much potential as Robert Griffin III has to be a great quarterback, it pales in comparison to the ability Andrew Luck has. We’re…
It’s rare that a movie trailer opts to reveal almost nothing about the plot of the movie. The Joss Whedon produced “Cabin in the Woods” opts to do directly that and is a much stronger film as a result. Gleefully playing with slasher tropes, five…
Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…