Reviews

HANGING OUT WITH THE DOCTORS & THE LAWYERS With over 1,500 facebook likes, a newly released Album titled “Hear it Again” and a resume that includes both the CukoRakko Music and Arts Festival and...

PAN // NO EXPENSE SPARED Whether on the big-screen or the small screen, the media has venerated Scottish writer J.M. Barrie’s classic 1904 play and 1911 novel about a rambunctious boy who refused to grow...

CIGAR CITY BREWING AND TERRAPIN BEER COMPANY // VAPRICOT DOUBLE IPA Collaboration beers are a big hit or miss for me. More times than not, I find myself seeking out only collaborations between bigger...

DELOACH PINOT NOIR // SUBTLE AND NON-COMPLEX For this review, I tasted the 2013 Heritage Reserve Pinot Noir from DeLoach. APPEARANCE In appearance, DeLoach Pinot Noir is light garnet in color. Light is...

SWEN CHINESE RESTAURANT // A TUSCALOOSA FAVORITE Many may consider Chinese takeout to be a way of life, especially in our world of busy schedules and no time to cook dinner on our own. If you’re part of...

HANGING OUT // THE BLACKWATER THIEVES With over seven passion driven years dedicated to The Blackwater Thieves, band members Chris Pritchett, Keith Dunlap, and Harrison Wallace have no plans to stop any time...

BLACK MASS // DREARY, SLUGGISH “Out of the Furnace” director Scott Cooper’s “Black Mass,” qualifies as a gritty, atmospheric, but middling mobster melodrama that chronicles the life and crimes of...

TYE DYE RED // PERMEATES THE PALATE Tie Dye Red Blend wine comes from Tie Dye Cellars in Sonoma, California. In this review of Tie Dye Red Blend wine we’ll go over the price, alcohol content, taste and...

HOLY CITY BREWING // CHUCKTOWN FOLLICLE BROWN Social media has done so much for the craft beer community as well as the breweries in it. Although, it has probably done more for the people who drink craft...

THE VISIT // HOMEGROWN HOKUM Humans do incredibly asinine things in horror movies. First, there are the unreasonable psychos. Think of Norman Bates in “Psycho,” Michael Myers in “Halloween,” Jason...