Following the box office success of films like “The Fault In Our Stars” and “Everything, Everything,” new release “Midnight Sun” attempts to rise as the next great teen tearjerker but ultimately...
“Love, Simon” hit theaters on March 16, as did its accompanying soundtrack. I’ll give it to you straight — no pun intended — it’s all fantastic. From start to finish, this album portrays being...
In almost 17 years of watching movies, I have never seen anything quite like “Isle of Dogs.”
Written, produced and directed by Wes Anderson, “Isle of Dogs” is a quirky, stop-motion animated...
The typical teen rom-coms that have dominated the film industry for the past couple of decades just don’t cut it anymore. The movie-watching demographic hasn’t changed — it’s just as diverse as...
In recent years, films like “Interstellar” and “Arrival” have increased the popularity of cerebral sci-fi, a genre that emphasizes ideas over action. Finding such a film that covers all of the...
Four years after “Dream Your Life Away,” Australian singer Vance Joy’s sophomore effort, “Nation of Two,” is an evolution of sorts. From the lovelorn, yearning chords on his debut, Joy explores...
After the amazing hype following the award-winning game “Life is Strange” by DontNod Entertainment, I was worried that the next adventure in the series would lack the sense of wonder from the first...
Chicken (Cane’s 4/5, Layne’s 4/5)
A number-one original combo meal at Layne’s Chicken Fingers includes five chicken fingers sprinkled with pepper and piled into a styrofoam box. Each chicken finger...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe recently celebrated a milestone in its history ― a decade of bringing comic book heroes to life on the silver screen. Marvel’s momentum shows no signs of slowing down,...
Justin Timberlake is a performer. The caliber of performer is subjective — and everyone in the United States has an opinion after that Super Bowl halftime show — but he’s a performer before he’s...
A movie that inspires people to be comfortable with themselves is nothing new, but the emphasis on empathy in the film adaption of R.J. Palacio’s bestselling novel, “Wonder” creates an honest, heartwarming...
I’ve always been a sucker for a good ol’ romantic comedy. While I understand the criticisms of cheesy predictableness, undeveloped characters and unreasonable expectations, I continue to...
