We're seven weeks into the television season and at the beginning of November sweeps. So it's as good a time as any to see how things are shaking out thus far. [read story]
There are moments in the second half of "The Box," writer-director Richard Kelly's adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1970 tale "Button, Button," during which the film threatens to cave in under the... [read story]
Here's something I learned at Myja's Gray Wolf Inn: If you've been reviewing area bars for a while and you're in a vaguely familiar establishment, when someone asks if you were "the one" who wrote... [read story]
Dickens' story is near-perfect, an insanely well-written parable whose brilliance makes film adaptations difficult at best, and almost entirely dependent on their portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge. [read story]
The rule of the season is no white after Labor Day. So, when it comes to cocktails, that means stashing away the clear vodkas, tequilas and rums, and harvesting a new crop of darker spirits more... [read story]