Reviews

TRANSPORTER // REFUELED Tall, wiry, British actor Ed Skrein resembles the late Hollywood superstar actor James Coburn of the “Our Man Flint” franchise. Not only does Skrein make a suitable substitute for...

EATING YOUR WAY TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL There is a lot of talk about high cholesterol levels but what we need to remember is that our body needs cholesterol to function. Cholesterol is the building block for our...

NOBILO SAUVIGNON BLANC Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp white wine from Marlborough, New Zealand. Nobilo was started by Nikola Nobilo. He left Croatia in 1943 and moved to New Zealand to plant the vines and...

NO ESCAPE // SPELLBOUNDING Occasionally, life imitates art, even in the cinema. “As Above, So Below” director John Erick Dowdle’s “No Escape,” qualifies as a spellbinding, ‘stranger-in-a-strange...

IDA B’S KITCHEN // SOULFULLY DELICIOUS In the South, there are expectations when it comes to food. Soul food, meat and three, and home-style cooking are phrases that make us Southerners salivate. If your...

FAIRHOPE BREWING CO. // I DRINK THEREFORE I AMBER This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to spend some time at the Gulf with my wife’s family for her grandparent’s fifty-fifth wedding anniversary....

CATENA MALBEC // UNIQUE For this review I tasted the 2012 vintage of this wine. In the glass, Catena Malbec is quite dark. Little to no light gets through this wine. The color is simply very dark plum. It...

AMERICAN ULTRA // AUDACIOUS Imagine crisscrossing the amnesia, espionage thriller “The Bourne Identity” with the stoner saga “The Pineapple Express,” and you’ve got the nitty-gritty of “Project...

WILCO'S STAR WARS // FULL OF SURPRISES Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars Recommended If You Like: Wussy King Crimson Rilo Kiley Velvet Underground “A miracle only ever grows wild,” Jeff Tweedy...

THROWBACK THURSDAY Sometimes you need to sit back and watch some classics. Summer is a dull time for television shows, since new seasons start in fall and come back from a break in the spring. When in...