THE LEGEND OF TARZAN // A NAILBITER Van Roberts July 25, 2016 Entertainment 10 Comments THE LEGEND OF TARZAN // A NAILBITER Tarzan movies were once a Hollywood staple between the 1930s and the 1960s. Actually, Hollywood had been producing Tarzan movies during the silent film era...
Jeff Dunham Launches Second Leg Of “Perfectly Unbalanced” International Tour Linda Johnson July 25, 2016 Entertainment, Features 11 Comments Jeff Dunham Launches Second Leg Of "Perfectly Unbalanced" International Tour International comedy sensation Comic/Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, has performed in front of sold out audiences...
THE SHALLOWS // A NAILBITER Van Roberts July 25, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments THE SHALLOWS // A NAILBITER Spanish helmer Jaume Collet-Serra, who directed Liam Neeson in “Unknown,” “Non-Stop,” “Run All Night,” and has plans for another film with Neeson entitled...
The Politics of the Superficial About the book Susan Ryder July 25, 2016 Entertainment 6 Comments The Politics of the Superficial About the book In The Politics of the Superficial: Visual Rhetoric and the Protocol of Display, Brett Ommen explores the increasing reliance on images as a mode of...
CRIMINAL // PACE NEVER LETS UP Van Roberts May 16, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 8 Comments CRIMINAL // PACE NEVER LETS UP Oscar winning film director Kevin Costner hasn’t made a good action movie like “Criminal” since he co-starred with Kurt Russell in the eccentric Las...
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Van Roberts April 4, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Sometimes, sequels are actually worth waiting for, especially the sequel to one of the highest-grossing, American romantic comedies in cinematic history. “My Big Fat Greek...
YOUNG // COMIN’ OVER Alan Sculley April 4, 2016 Entertainment, Features, Music 36 Comments YOUNG // COMIN' OVER Chris Young is low key enough that if one hadn’t paid attention to the country singles chart or a couple of significant creative developments in Young’s approach to...
Southeastern Concerts & Events Linda Johnson March 7, 2016 Concerts, Entertainment, Music 6 Comments Southeastern Concerts & Events BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Merle Haggard // Iron City Randy & Mr. Lahey // Zydeco MONDAY, MARCH 7 CeeLo Green // Iron City WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 August Burns...
DEADPOOL // DC MARVEL Van Roberts March 7, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 8 Comments DEADPOOL // DC MARVEL I’ve seen “Deadpool” four times,and I could watch it another four times. Freshman director Tim Miller, “Zombieland” scenarists Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, and funny man...
ZOOLANDER 2 // ZENSATIONAL Van Roberts February 24, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 5 Comments ZOOLANDER 2 // ZENSATIONAL Any movie that opens with pop-singer Justin Bieber getting riddled with machine gun bullets cannot be all bad. “Zoolander 2” qualifies as zany, zippy, and zensational! Indeed,...