Tom Cruise is running out of runway…and he knows it. The man knows how to look cool, ride motorcycles, run like hell and smile for the camera, but that’s not enough to sustain a career in show business anymore. Now…
‘Harry’s House’ review: Harry Styles creates a musical home that all can enjoy
For someone that has so many eyes on his every step, statement, and piece of music, Harry Styles has always maintained an impressive, and refreshing, amount of personal privacy. Living and growing under some of the industry’s brightest spotlights, he…
‘Heavy Pendulum’ review: Cave In delivers their magnum opus
Massachusetts big gun progressive sludge/metalcore outfit Cave In dropped their gigantic album, Heavy Pendulum, via Relapse Records a few days ago, the band’s first album since 2019’s Final Transmission, which many perceived as the band’s swan song. Cave In added…
‘The Modern Western World’ review: Vansire expands their artistic scope
There has always been a certain air to the music that Josh Augustin and Sam Winemiller have created under the Vansire name, ever since their first releases back in 2016. For any familiar listeners, the immersive, dream-like nature of their…
‘On the Count of Three’ review: Jerrod Carmichael’s film takes aim at men’s mental health in unexpectedly funny ways
The opening moments of On the Count of Three couldn’t do a better job at sucking the audience into its dark, comedic presence. Two men face down one another with guns in an unexplained standoff, but the circumstances of the…
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ review: Bold, weird, fascinating, and complicated
The overall success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe can be partly credited to the fact that its movies’ predictable narratives and formulas are arguably key to their consistency in terms of entertainment. Audiences at this point know what to expect…
‘A Far Wilder Magic’ review: Allison Saft’s sophomore novel is hopeful and atmospheric
Allison Saft’s debut novel, Down Comes The Night, snuck up on me. At first glance, it was a gothic horror fantasy about a desperate partnership between sworn enemies. I’m not generally a horror reader but I do love atmospheric novels and when a…