QUIT IT! (A Moviegoer’s Pet Peeves)
May 25, 2025In the last year or so I’ve become almost as comfortable in the local theater as...
Screw the Characters: Why ‘Lost’ Was Always About the Plot
May 25, 2025I’m sorry, writers of ‘Lost,’ but if you didn’t want us to care about the crazy...
Movie Review: Sex and the City 2
May 25, 2025Abu Dhabi, in case you were unaware, is the “new Middle East” and Dubai is “over.”...
Movie Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
May 25, 2025The adventure really kicks in when Dastan is framed for his father’s murder and goes on...
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
May 24, 2025Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
The Weekly Listicle: Epic Movies of Epic Epicness
May 24, 2025Aside from questionable casting and probable cheesiness, this week’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...
Book Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
May 24, 2025Lisbeth Salander is broken, maybe beyond repair. Wanted for three murders in Stockholm, she shows up...
Video Game Review: Red Dead Redemption
May 24, 2025And yet Red Dead Redemption is still a fantastic gaming experience, beautiful to look at and...
Art Review: Albrecht Dürer: Virtuoso Printmaker at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
May 23, 2025The earlier prints from each series are flatter, the lines more bold and calligraphic, the details...
Pritzker Prize goes to Bowery Museum’s Architects
May 23, 2025The 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to the Japanese duo, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa....




