Reviews

FKA TWIGS // A GLIMPSE OF THE R'n'B ENIGMA Everyone's first reaction to the art of FKA Twigs is the same: what-is- she? Guesses range from alien lifeform to shapeshifting nymph when it comes to the London...

"THE PURGE: ANARCHY" // PALATABLE PARANOIA // ALL CRIME IS LEGAL Eighteenth century Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift would have enjoyed writer & director James DeManaco’s violent, sanguine,...

One very early morning seven or eight years ago, while desperately searching for something, anything to watch on TV on a particularly sleepless night, I stumbled across a movie on The Documentary Channel...

Most of us now have a "default" form of communicating — the "smartphone." It’s also in every movie, show, and web series that needs a cell phone. The smartphone is a way of life for us today — and in...

FARM-TO-TABLE // THE FUTURE OF FOOD IS IN YOUR HANDS, MAYBE NOT THE FARMERS' “Shake the hand that feeds you,” a quote taken from Michael Pollen’s In Defense of Food: An Eaters Manifesto. Pollen’s...

A hoot and a holler for least half of its length, “Tammy” is a woman-run-amuck comedy about a lots-to-love lady whose head is as thick as her figure. “Mike & Molly’s” Melissa McCarthy has a...

Everyone wishes, at some point in their life, to travel to another world. Whether to escape bills, stress or work, one dreams of escaping to a land where anything is possible, and the imaginary transcends...

As some of you may know, a brewery in Birmingham called Beer Engineers really reached their fame with one beer. All of their other beers were subpar, but the Peanut Butter Porter was really what people...

CASTELLO BANFI ROSSO di MONTALCINO 2011 // COMPLEX AND IT'S ALL GOOD Castello Banfi is a family owned vineyard estate and winery in the Brunello region of Tuscany that is known for their commitment to...

A TASTE OF TEXAS // DICKEY'S BARBECUE PIT // I'M GOING BACK Once, I was asked by a Texan if I had ever tried Texas barbecue. I smiled and simply replied, “Have you ever tried Alabama barbecue?” I get a...