Riot Fest 2016 Review

Photos by J. Frank Riot Fest 2016 returned to Douglas Park and definitively proved why it’s the best summer music festival in the city. Together with Ruby Hornet veteran photographer J. Frank, we conquered through a near-dozen acts at this year’s Riot Fest. Check out the some of J. Frank’s best photos over the next […]

[Review] Deadpool

Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]

[Review] The Peanuts Movie

In case you were unaware, we’re in the midst of an animation renaissance. While the bulk of the new animation landscape is predicated by TV shows like Bob’s Burgers, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and more, animated films have found steady crossover success with films like The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the standard fare from […]

[Review] The Martian

Space has been the “final frontier” for decades, yet it’s only been in recent years where a steady in flux of space-centric films have been able to find the critical and commercial success that their B-movie forefathers only dreamed about. Following in line with similar films like 2013’s Gravity and 2014’s Interstellar comes Ridley Scott’s most recent foray into the stars: The […]

[Review] We Are Your Friends

Close your eyes and think back to all of the various stages of your life, and I can almost guarantee you that each one is segmented into the type of music you were listening to, whether it was a specific band, genre, song, or what have you. Needless to say, music plays an important role […]

[Review] Straight Outta Compton

Music biopics are tricky behemoths to tame because of the struggle to properly portray the cultural significance/relevance of the artist that necessitated the biopic’s development in the first place. However, for better or worse, Straight Outta Compton comes at the perfect time when the acts of police brutality that inspired and led to the formation of N.W.A back […]