It’s almost time for every American history teacher’s favorite celebration – Comfest! Filthy hippies! No, wait, I mean Independence Day! Not everybody had Ellen Madden Edeburn to teach them…read more →
The Heat by Hope Madden It’s interesting how a film can be so familiar and so unusual at the same time. Take The Heat. Pairing an A-list movie star with…read more →
by George Wolf Well, I believe I owe Olympus Has Fallen an apology. Just a few months back, I labeled that film a pandering, if strangely entertaining, Die…read more →
Maniac by Hope Madden Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night lookin’ for the fight of her life. Back in 1983, that song backed the legwarmers, sweat, quick…read more →
This week’s DVD releases includes A Place at the Table, a thoughtful, and thought-provoking look at hunger in America. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush break through the intricacies involved in…read more →
It’s time to celebrate Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival in Columbus, and the town is absolutely giddy. Gay, even. But how can anyone properly celebrate without our former The Other Paper…read more →
By George Wolf THE BLING RING My son has lived in L. A. for almost a year. It took him all of two weeks as a Southern…read more →
The Kings of Summer by Hope Madden School’s out! With their freshman year behind them, Joe (Nick Robinson) and Patrick (Gabriel Basso) have just the long, suburban Cleveland summer at…read more →
World War Z by Hope Madden Fans of Max Brooks’s novel World War Z are less likely to be disappointed than baffled by Brad Pitt’s big screen adaptation. The film…read more →
Monsters University by Hope Madden Any mediocre Pixar release feels like a stunning disappointment, which may not be fair. No one bats 1000, and for every Cars 2 the animated…read more →