There are underdogs and then there are underdogs who truly have all the cards stacked against them. Boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields was born with talent and in the least favorable conditions to foster…
Our imaginations can be dangerous terrain because it is the only place where we are truly and absolutely free. Even more dangerous is when we cross that line from fantasy to reality. That…
Bob Dylan has always been a mystery. So much has been written about the American music giant whose songs are a catalog of classics and who made history as the first songwriter to…
Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” lives entirely in its gothic atmosphere. Most Dracula fans know that the inspiration behind this film is F.W. Murnau’s 1922 classic of the same name, considered one of the…
No one milks the franchise machine quite like Disney with their endless sequels and prequels. “Mufasa: The Lion King” is, as the title announces, a prequel to “The Lion King.” Not the…
You might walk into “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” expecting the usual gags and laughs from the last two movies based on the famous Sega game. Instead, this is a slightly darker, existential…
In the style of some grand American novel, Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” paints a sweeping portrait that attempts to encompass a whole panorama about this country through one life. Ambition, classism, capitalism,…
In October 1975, at the height of his stardom, the one and only Elton John performed two sold-out shows at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the first concerts held there since the Beatles…