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,...
THE REVENANT // STUNNING Van Roberts February 10, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 10 Comments THE REVENANT // STUNNING Webster’s Dictionary defines the word ‘revenant’ as “one that returns after death or a long absence.” This word summarizes accurately the adversity that Oscar-nominated...
Theater Tuscaloosa Presents “The Glass Menagerie Susan Ryder January 22, 2016 Arts, Entertainment 8 Comments Theater Tuscaloosa Presents "The Glass Menagerie Start this New Year off with one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre, The Glass Menagerie. This drama of great tenderness, charm, and...
The FORCE AWAKES Van Roberts January 21, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 11 Comments The FORCE AWAKES Apparently, “Star Trek” and “Star Trek into Darkness” director J.J. Abrams adopted the strategy ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ for Disney’s revival of George Lucas’...
THE HATEFUL EIGHT // GRITTY WESTERN Van Roberts January 6, 2016 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments THE HATEFUL EIGHT // GRITTY WESTERN The world emerges as a hostile, inhospitable setting in writer & director Quentin Tarantino’s second western “The Hateful Eight," and everybody but the innocent...
SPECTRE // BEST EVER BOND Van Roberts November 30, 2015 Entertainment, Reviews 13 Comments SPECTRE // BEST EVER BOND Ultimately, despite a variety of problems, this globe-trotting 007 outing boasts enough good stuff to offset the bad. If picturesque settings, robust performances, sumptuous...
LAST WITCH HUNTER // HEX-RATED RUBBISH Van Roberts November 17, 2015 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments LAST WITCH HUNTER // HEX-RATED RUBBISH The Last Witch Hunter casts spells that are far from inspired and mediocre at best. “Dungeons & Dragons” aficionado Vin Diesel toplines this ponderous, PG-13...