Split // 23 and Counting Van Roberts February 17, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 30 Comments Split // 23 and Counting If tour-de-force performances alone made great movies, then “Sixth Sense” writer & director M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split” would be one of the best. Instead,...
Popular Anime Convention Turns 9 Linda Johnson February 17, 2017 Entertainment, News & Sports 37 Comments Popular Anime Convention Turns 9 Kami-Con, Alabama’s largest anime and gaming convention, celebrated their ninth season last January at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center. However, the three-day...
Bon Jovi // “The House Is Not For Sale” Alan Sculley February 16, 2017 Entertainment, Music 14 Comments Bon Jovi // “The House Is Not For Sale” Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan was asked during a recent teleconference interview what advice he’d offer to his younger self if he was starting out in the...
Live By Night // The American Dream Has a Price Van Roberts February 4, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 11 Comments Live By Night // The American Dream Has a Price Two-time Oscar-winning writer & director Ben Affleck of “Good Will Hunting” and “Argo” has helmed an above-average, old-fashioned, Prohibition Era...
Throwing A Hat in the Air // Twitter reacts to the death of Mary Tyler Moore Susan Ryder February 4, 2017 Entertainment 10 Comments Throwing A Hat in the Air // Twitter reacts to the death of Mary Tyler Moore Beloved icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 Jessica Lipsky Actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at age 80, her...
When good men do nothing // A provocative telling of “The Phenix City Story.” Susan Ryder February 4, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 14 Comments When good men do nothing // A provocative telling of "The Phenix City Story." On June 18, 1954, former state senator Albert Patterson, the Democratic Party's nominee for state attorney general, was shot to...
BAMA ART HOUSE FILM SERIES WINTER 2017 Susan Ryder January 19, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 6 Comments BAMA ART HOUSE FILM SERIES WINTER 2017 Screenings in the Bama Art House Film Series Winter 2017 will begin on January 10 and will feature six films. A program of The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, this series...
JANUARY 27TH ACOUSTIC NIGHT WILL FEATURE // GUITARIST HIROYA TSUKAMOTO Susan Ryder January 19, 2017 Entertainment, Features, Music 5 Comments JANUARY 27TH ACOUSTIC NIGHT WILL FEATURE // GUITARIST HIROYA TSUKAMOTO Guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto will be the featured artist in a performance on Acoustic Night on January 27, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama...
Rogue One // A Star Wars Story Van Roberts January 19, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 19 Comments Rogue One // A Star Wars Story Nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice, and the superlative science fiction saga “Rogue One, A Star Wars Story” exemplifies this notion. Basically,...
Decommissioned // Guilty Pleasure Van Roberts January 7, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments Decommissioned // Guilty Pleasure Sometimes, if you don’t want to contend with large, shoulder-nudging, holiday crowds to see the latest theatrical blockbuster, you can resort to either Netflix and Redbox...