At some point right around the time the artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen) died in the early 1990s, I remember seeing Daddy and the Muscle Academy, a […]
The Insidious films (this is the fourth one, for those counting) have always been a mixed bag. The first two chapters started strong with a quality director (James Wan), the […]
Over the last decade or so writer-director Scott Cooper has amassed an impressive filmography of stories that are so bleakly human as to almost be horror films (or more precisely, […]
Taking a similar approach to earth-shattering news events as 2015’s Spotlight, Steven Spielberg’s The Post barrels through a lot of information, a small army of characters, and enough twists and […]
When we think of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, clichéd images come to mind such as Elvis impersonators, showgirls, tough-looking mobsters and lounge lizard entertainers. Many of these images have […]
The Divvy bike-sharing program had a big year in 2017, with riders biking 7.3 million miles in 3.8 million trips. More than 37,000 annual members joined, up from 33,000 in […]
The Chicago History Museum is processing about 35,000 nitrate negatives of images taken over the past 200 years. The images will be available online as part of the museum’s collection […]
Bob Daiber of Madison County runs against J.B. Pritzker, Chris Kennedy, Daniel Biss, Tio Hardiman, Alexander Paterakis and Bruce Rauner, for Illinois Governor. Daiber expressed frustration and belief that his […]
Austin Labritney, 29, has been charged in shooting a 27-year-old following an argument Wednesday in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood. The woman streaming live on Facebook is the victim in the […]
Five years ago, Jose Rodriguez Jr. of Aurora suffered a stroke known as locked-in syndrome, that allowed him only to control his eyes. This type of stroke caused Rodriguez to […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy struck out at Rahm Emanuel Wednesday afternoon, accusing Chicago’s mayor of having a “strategic gentrification plan being implemented by the city of Chicago to push […]
When we look back at the gaming landscape of 2017, what will we see? Will it be the turning point for Nintendo with smash hits like Zelda: Breath of the […]
