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Interview: Chicagoan Piper Curda on Her First Voice Acting Role in Hoppers, the Physicality of Voiceovers, and Coming from an Acting Family

The latest film from Disney-Pixar asks the eternal question: “What if you could talk to animals and understand what they say back to you?” But Hoppers is no ordinary talking-animal […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 9, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Latest Pixar Animated Offering, Hoppers, Features the Studio’s Signature Mix of Entertainment and Emotion for All Ages

    It’s certainly not unusual for a Disney/Pixar animated work to get emotional; hell, the two Inside Out movies are literally about emotions. But it’s difficult to recall a Pixar release […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Dispatch: One Last Sundance in Park City, One Last Round of Film Reviews

    Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Next year, it will be Boulder. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie One of the strongest docs at Sundance […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Animated Origin Story Transformers One Brings Heart and Character Depth to Robot Franchise

    I’m just the age where Transformers of any kind (the Hasbro toys, animated series, the many movies) didn’t really have much of an impact on me. As a result, familiar […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 20, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Ep5) — Staggered but Entertaining Episode Further Proves Dot’s Capability

    Is this season of Fargo running in place a little? The show has a history of doing this sometimes—not every season of television can be this show’s second and third, […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 26, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Ep4) — Two Tense Home Invasions Frame Another Great Episode

    The truth is undoubtedly Fargo‘s largest overarching theme. The original movie and now every episode of the show opens with text that declares that we are watching something that actually […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 12, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Twenty Years Later, Mean Girls Adds Music but Remains as Quotable as Ever

    Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes was published in 2002, a non-fiction guide for parents on the cliques and exclusionary behavior teen girls engage in during their formative high school […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • January 12, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Ep3) — Series’ Third Episode Takes Its Time Setting Up Conflicts

    Oh, I missed this show so much. I don’t think I can properly articulate how much I missed it, but if I could interpret the feeling that the claustrophobic, nightmarish […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 3, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Eps1&2) — Acclaimed Crime Series Returns in Strong Form After Extended Hiatus

    I can’t properly articulate how badly I wanted Fargo to come back—and be good. After a disappointing, narratively messy fourth season and a subsequent three-year hiatus, I was itching for […]

  • Sam Layton
  • December 7, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Maggie Moore(s) Uses a Coen-Like Approach to a Character-Driven Crime Drama

    Borrowing heavily in tone and story from the Coen Brothers, but with a little less polish, writer Paul Bernbaum borrowed from a real-life event (the opening title card says something […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Jon Hamm Leans Into Comedy for Confess, Fletch, a Funny, Charming Take on the Classic Character

    The world has been threatening to make a new Fletch movie (based on the comical mystery novels by Gregory McDonald) for many decades now (I remember Kevin Smith had one […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 16, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Top Gun: Maverick Features Impressive Flight Scenes But More Nostalgia Than Novelty

    I recently had a wise person tell me that nostalgia is for those who are afraid to face the present, and I tend to agree with that. By that token, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 25, 2022
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