Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks Susan Ryder April 12, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 2 Comments Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks Edited by Michele Kennerly and Damien Smith Pfister ABOUT THE BOOK An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: classical models of...
Movie Review//Tomb Raider Van Roberts April 9, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments Movie Review//Tomb Raider The long-awaited reboot of “Tomb Raider” (** OUT OF ****) runs out of momentum about an hour into its melodramatic, 111-minute running time. Basically, this...
Horror movie maestro Eli Roth’s lukewarm remake of the notorious vigilante thriller “Death Wish” Linda Johnson March 12, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 3 Comments Horror movie maestro Eli Roth’s lukewarm remake of the notorious vigilante thriller “Death Wish” (*1/2 OUT OF ****), with Bruce Willis taking over the role that elevated Charles Bronson to superstardom...
A Dance of Liberation Susan Ryder March 5, 2018 Arts, Entertainment 9 Comments A Dance of Liberation Lily Keber’s upcoming, feature-length documentary, “Buckjumping,” will take filmgoers deep into more than a half dozen New Orleans neighborhoods, where second-line...
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS’ “I’VE HURT WORSE” PREMIERES AT ROLLING STONE Susan Ryder March 5, 2018 Entertainment, Music 1 Comment COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS’ “I’VE HURT WORSE” PREMIERES AT ROLLING STONE MAY YOUR KINDNESS REMAIN OUT MARCH 23 HEADLINE TOUR DATES CONFIRMED Courtney Marie Andrews’ new song “I’ve Hurt...
Movie Review//Game Night Van Roberts February 28, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments Movie Review//Game Night The best movies spring one surprise after another in such swift succession that you struggle to keep up with all the revelations. "Vacation" co-directors John Francis Daley...
Chemical Lands//Book Review Linda Johnson February 27, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 4 Comments Chemical Lands//Book Review Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands since 1945 David D. Vail ABOUT THE BOOK An exploration of the elaborate relationship between...
Den of Thieves // Think fast, shoot faster. Don’t miss Van Roberts February 2, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 3 Comments Den of Thieves // Think fast, shoot faster. Don't miss An audacious, white-knuckled, adrenaline-laced, cops and robbers’ crime thriller with a twist ending, writer & director Christian Gudegast’s...
DRAGON BALL SUPER Reggie Allen February 2, 2018 Entertainment 1 Comment DRAGON BALL SUPER Someone might want to summon Shenron for this one. Dragon Ball Super, the recent installment of the popular anime franchise, is taking an infinite hiatus. Per Japanese news site Sanspo,...
The Perfect Scout Susan Ryder February 2, 2018 Entertainment, Reviews 1 Comment The Perfect Scout A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas By George W. Quimby, edited by Anne Sarah Rubin and Stephen Murphy About the book A rare and...