Last week, I had the amazing opportunity to escape from the polar vortex of Chicago and attend the closing weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in the beautiful mountain valley of Utah. The Park City...
Life of the Party
After her husband suddenly leaves her, Deanna (Melissa McCarthy), a longtime housewife, decides to go back to college — just in time to start freshman year with her daughter (Molly...
Was it “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” or another romantically absurd, yet poignant, film to come out of the powerhouse Apatow Productions in the 2000s that...
Erick Zepeda, Contributing Writer
• February 4, 2019
Netflix has raised prices again as it continues to pour money into new content.
“We change pricing from time to time as we continue investing in great entertainment and improving the overall Netflix...
As legal cannabis markets emerge across the country, HBO’s “High Maintenance,” reminds us all of a simpler time.
A time when buying weed on America’s favorite black market didn’t involve security...
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio: The mysterious figure that goes by the alias of Bad Bunny. Growing up in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, his rise to stardom has expanded to the areas that he parties in: from a...
Family sticks together.
“The Many Saints of Newark,” the prequel film to HBO’s classic TV series “The Sopranos,” will feature James Gandolfini’s son in the iconic role of Tony...
The unsung hero of awards season is upon us. It is time for what is almost always my favorite part of the awards race and that is the Oscar Shorts programs that hundreds of theaters nationwide display...
Generation Wealth
Documentary photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield first began her in-depth look at society’s growing obsession with money. Over a decade later, the product is “Generation...
If you are anything like me, the morning of Oscar nominations is an event in the same vein as Christmas morning. You get to wake up bright and early (7:20 a.m.) and watch usually two celebrity guests announce...
Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor
• January 28, 2019
It starts out ordinarily enough: the stoic voices of soft-spoken British soldiers— tightly edited so that when one stops speaking, another immediately starts—recounting their experiences signing up,...
Spider-Man has become somewhat of a household name over the last few decades, but rarely has it been represented to it’s full potential. That is until “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” stepped...
