All The Lost Girls//Book Review Susan Ryder August 7, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 10 Comments All The Lost Girls//Book Review Patricia Foster's lyrical yet often painful memoir explores the life of a white middle-class girl who rew up in rural south Alabama in the 1950s and...
The Equalizer 2//Denzel Washington Reprises His Title Role Van Roberts August 6, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments The Equalizer 2//Denzel Washington Reprises his Title Role Denzel Washington reprises his title role as the imperturbable troubleshooter-for-hire in director Antoine Fuqua’s crime...
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Van Roberts July 13, 2018 Entertainment, Features, Reviews 3 Comments After the catastrophic events in the disaster extravaganza “Jurassic World,” is it any surprise that its inevitable sequel “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (*** OUT OF ****), would...
Word Toys//Poetry and Technics Brian Kim Stefans Susan Ryder July 5, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 13 Comments Word Toys//Poetry and Technics Brian Kim Stefans Word Toys: Poetry and Technics is an engaging and thought provoking volume that speculates on a range of textual works—poetic, novelistic, and...
A Forgotten Front//Florida during the Civil War Era Edited by Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard Susan Ryder July 5, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 4 Comments A Forgotten Front//Florida during the Civil War Era Edited by Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil...
A glossy, polished, female revenge fantasy, crime caper, Gary Ross’s “Ocean’s Eight,”… Van Roberts June 27, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 11 Comments "Ocean's Eight. A glossy, polished, female revenge fantasy, crime caper, Gary Ross’s “Ocean’s Eight,” (*** OUT OF ****), starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and...
Make no mistake, “Deadpool 2” Is a must! Van Roberts June 19, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments Not only must good sequels live up to the original, but they must also transcend it. “Atomic Blonde” director David Leitch’s “Deadpool 2” (**** OUT OF ****) makes Tim Miller’s...
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR// THE BEGINNING OF THE END Van Roberts May 31, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 11 Comments AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR// THE BEGINNING OF THE END Disney’s latest Marvel Studios’ superhero blockbuster “Avengers: Infinity War” (**** OUT OF ****) finally gives us a villain that we not only can...
WIGS BY EXODUS// FORMER DRAG QUEEN CREATES CUSTOM WIGS Reggie Allen May 31, 2018 Entertainment 10 Comments WIGS BY EXODUS// FORMER DRAG QUEEN CREATES CUSTOM WIGS George Berry knows an amazing wig. He’s spent four years wearing them. A wig isn’t just a fortified tuff of hair. It’s a key aesthetic to...
Bad Samaritan // Big meets bigger Van Roberts May 23, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 12 Comments Bad Samaritan // Big meets bigger 3.5 out of 4 Stars A burglar breaks into a serial killer’s house in “Geostorm” director David Devlin’s “Bad Samaritan”, but he cannot forget the bound and...