Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection—Slicing and Dicing, Everywhere But Miami

Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection—Slicing and Dicing, Everywhere But Miami
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The best moment during Rifftrax was watching the character Jim receive a letter in the mail that his long lost father had been found. … read more

The Bride of Frankenstein: An Adaptation by Sackerson Productions

The Bride of Frankenstein: An Adaptation by Sackerson Productions
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As a long-time lover of Frankenstein and classic horror, I was pretty skeptical about how The Bride Of Frankenstein would turn out. … read more

SLUG Style: Spencer Daley and Rachel Urban

SLUG Style: Spencer Daley and Rachel Urban
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Spencer Daley started Daley’s along with Rachel Urban at only 20 years old after being inspired by the clothing stores in Brighton, England and wanting to bring something similar to Sugarhouse. … read more

Review: The Visit

Review: The Visit
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The film is only 94 minutes long, but, aside from a few cheap scare tactics, nothing really happens for the initial 80 minutes. … read more

The Art of Safe Sex: Planned Parenthood

The Art of Safe Sex: Planned Parenthood
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There’s been ample precedent for an art-and–Planned Parenthood alliance, what with runway shows featuring dresses fashioned out of condoms, IUDs-turned-jewelry and condom packages touting designs by famous artists. This month, the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is forging its own art-making, action-taking collaboration for its upcoming signature fundraising event: The Art of Safe Sex. The

Review: Being Evel

Review: Being Evel
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Director Daniel Junge helms Being Evel that operates in the same entertaining fashion as previous hip Sundance films … read more

Review: The Perfect Guy

Review: The Perfect Guy
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You could see that last one coming a mile away. That’s it. Everything about this production screams amateur hour. … read more

Contributor Limelight: Tyson Call

Contributor Limelight: Tyson Call
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Tyson Call started with SLUG over a year ago, and he quickly has proven to be a SLUG staple with his deft writing and sharp photography skills. Since joining, Call has taken on double duty shooting and writing the monthly online column SLUG Style to shed light on members of our community doing good while

Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
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The Scorch Trials begins exactly where the last one ended, and Thomas and friends find themselves in an eerie lockdown fortress where something is amiss. … read more

Familia: An Interview with Ella Mendoza

Familia: An Interview with Ella Mendoza
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In the past couple of years, Utah has incubated many fantastic local organizations that help Utah residents in various ways, but few are quite as badass as Utah’s Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. … read more

Review: Cooties

Review: Cooties
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At times, I can’t tell whether Cooties directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion were offering a raunchy black comedy or a serious zombie flick. … read more

Melanie Rae Thon: The Landscape of Language

Melanie Rae Thon: The Landscape of Language
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Imaginative experience is a tenet of author Melanie Rae Thon’s written work, which examines the subtle, complicated and profound beauties of life through animated, lyrical storytelling. As a professor of Creative Writing and Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah and an author of four novels and three short story collections, Thon has committed her