The Goodman Theatre’s 46th annual production of A Christmas Carol is the kickoff to the holiday season in Chicago. The last time I saw it was over 12 years ago […]

It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over ten years since alt J (Δ) released their debut album An Awesome Wave. The album has surely stood the test of […]

We all knew it was coming eventually: for three episodes, Earth’s former super-defender Nolan Grayson (J.K. Simmons) has been looming over the planet—and his friends and family—without so much as […]

There is a lot that doesn’t work in Disney Animation’s latest original effort, Wish, but the main culprit is a plot that never clicks into place. The stakes never really […]

In my mind, a difference between non-fiction and fictional television is that the former is about asking a question and the latter is about answering one. Comedian(?) Nathan Fielder is […]

Emerald Fennell first gained attention in Hollywood as an actor, for roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012) and The Danish Girl (2015), as […]

While Chicago can lay claim to many headliners of the past, only Milwaukee had a major influence in the life of a piano prodigy who eventually became known as a […]

The winter holidays are in full force with Thanksgiving kicking off this weekend! Then begins the countdown of the final month of the year. But for now let’s focus on […]

File this one under: Christmas movie I didn’t know was a Christmas movie until I was deep into it. If I’m reading the credits correctly, Genie is directed by Sam […]

Much like other recent Adam Sandler outings, such as his family comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah and his sports drama Hustle, his newest animated work, […]

It was a special evening last Monday night at United Center as legendary electronic band Depeche Mode made their way through town. The band put on an incredible two-hour performance […]

Napoleon Bonaparte has been featured in films for nearly 100 years (going back to Abel Gance’s 1927 Napoleon, which clocked in at about 5.5 hours), but I can’t remember a […]