Ash and Quill Rachel Caine Berkeley July 11th, 2017 Jess Brightwell and friends are back for #3 in The Great Library series. Jess and his friends are now all exiles–and … Read More
DVD/Blu-Ray Review: Power Rangers (2017)
Coming into 2017, Power Rangers was one of the most anticipated movies of the year. The movie, a reboot of the original 1993 Mighty Morphin’ series, was released in late … Read More
Movie Trailer: Cult of Chucky #Chucky
He’s back! Everyone’s favorite serial-killer-trapped-in-a-doll, Chucky, returns in a brand new film, Cult of Chucky, the seventh film in the Child’s Play franchise! This film takes place after the events … Read More
Movie Review: Offbeat photographer Elsa Dorfman comes into focus in “The B-Side”
The new film, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, finds documentary filmmaker Errol Morris in a lower-key mode than normal. The Oscar-winning director behind The Fog of War, The Thin … Read More
Preacher Recap: Mumbai Sky Tower
Preacher Recap: Mumbai Sky Tower We resume with The Saint ominously walking toward Jesse. Jesse tries using Genesis on him, but to no effect. The Saint fires a shot off … Read More
Preacher Recap: On the Road
Preacher Recap: On the Road We rejoin Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy on the road to find God and possibly kick his ass. They’re going to start with an old family … Read More
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ … Read More
Book: A Gathering of Ravens (Scott Oden)
A Gathering of Ravens Scott Oden Thomas Dunne Books June 20th, 2017 Grimnir is one of the long-lived, fabled skraelingr–repudiated by the Norse, the English, the Gaels, everyone. He is … Read More
Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” is an atmospheric masterpiece
The line separating passionate desire from roiling hatred is so thin that it becomes nonexistent in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, the intoxicating new remake of a Civil War-set oddity from 1971, which starred Clint … Read More
Review: Punts by Sarah Page, showing at Theatre 503 ****
Jack is 25 and about to lose his virginity. He’s showered, spritzed with cologne and picked up some tips from a female-friendly porno. All that remains is for his … Read More
Book: Blackout (Marc Elsberg)
Blackout Marc Elsberg Sourcebooks Landmark June 6th, 2017 Piero Manzano used to be a hacker, but after a brush with the law, he became a consultant. When the power suddenly … Read More
Movie Review: “The Big Sick” is a big-hearted true-life romance
The Big Sick was one of my most anticipated movies of the summer, as featured in my Best of the Beast picks a few weeks ago, and I’m happy to … Read More
Review: Trinity at Asylum Chapel, Ovalhouse
Ovalhouse is a compact, almost neighbourhoody theatre in the Kennington area of London, opposite the famous Oval cricket ground, and for the past 50 years, they have been part of the London … Read More
Concert Review: The Orwells in Columbus, Ohio
“Ha, look at that guy,” I remark as a man with flowing black hair zips by on a skateboard. “He’s totally going to The Orwells” I joke. That’s when I … Read More