Reviews

Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history. Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental...

Beer Review On Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA // Prepare to Meet the King Indian Pale Ales are certainly not for everyone. Typically, packed with hops and slow brewed to maximize flavor, IPAs can be an ordeal...

HOW TO TASTE WINE As a wine enthusiast, reviewer and blogger I’m often asked how to taste wine. What people really want to know is what are they “supposed” to taste and how to tell a good wine from...

BEST BEER REVIEWS//NOLA BREWING COMPANY Whether you are enjoying a hand-grenade in The French Quarter or eating jambalaya on the banks of the Black Warrior River, the holiday spirit is sure to find you...

BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WUNDERLAND Movie Review Hollywood loves to make movies about Adolf Hitler’s last desperate bid to oust American soldiers dug into the snow-swept Ardennes as the last year of World War...

Black Water Jean Claude Van Damme's Action Epic Anybody who watches Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action epics may find “Black Water (**1/2 OUT OF ****)...

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS ANNOUNCE THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. FIRST LP IN OVER 18 YEARS TO FEATURE FOUNDING MEMBERS BILLY CORGAN, JAMES IHA, JIMMY...

“Peppermint” Jennifer Garner A Vengeful Mom! Imagine what the Liam Neeson abduction thriller “Taken” (2008) might have been had a woman wreaked havoc galore, and you’ll have a fair idea...

The fifty something son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, Brian Henson may have thought everybody would laugh hysterically at the sight of his father’s “Sesame Street” Muppets wallowing in...

Saying Goodbye to Lynyrd Skynrd This summer, Lynyrd Skynrd joins several other major rock acts, including Paul Simon, Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne, that have decided to retire from touring and are launching...