Issues: Issue 320 - August 2015
Review: Run All Night
Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra have officially cornered the market on lukewarm action films about grizzled gunmen and their quests for redemption. Run All Night is the third collaboration between the two, and while the Blu-ray featurettes reveal a professional relationship akin to that of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, one must question their cinematic motivations. … read more
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: NYC Showdown
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: NYC Showdown Nickelodeon Street: 06.09 NYC Showdown combines the return to New York episodes from the 2003 TMNT Television Series. While the combat and action in these three episodes lend to a ton of fun, and we do see some lesser well-known characters (namely Hun), the plot point is almost non-existent.
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Search for Splinter
The Search for Splinter also incorporates some of the best Turtle villains, the Mousers, which keeps things interesting from the jump. … read more
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return to NYC
The last DVD set I reviewed for the Ninja Turtles was pretty terrible—thankfully, this is a return to the great show that I love. … read more
Review: Thunderbirds: The Complete Series
What could probably be called the golden achievement in Gerry Anderson’s career with Supermarionation, Thunderbirds is the ultimate and most famous puppetry show of our time. The damn thing inspired Team America: World Police, and if you love that film, you rightfully should show this series some respect. … read more
Review: What We Do In The Shadows
One of the weirdest aspects to this film before I ever saw it in a theater, was that it had so much hype around it, not just from the cast and directors, but also with the concept and the Sundance buzz—then it took a year for it to show up in actual theaters, and it was difficult to find. … read more
Review: Workaholics: Season Five
The juvenile antics both at the office and their rental pad by Adam, Blake and Ders is a great way to chuckle through a weekend. Season Five brings the boys back with 13 episodes of doing some of the dumbest things guys in their twenties do. … read more
Candace Jean: Victorian Grace
Looking at the illustrations of local artist Candace Jean is a way to transport us to a magical realm where creatures take on human characteristics, where botanical fauna morph into faces or where bugs are crowned as royalty. Her work touches on the creepy and strange, but not in a horrific way: Think gothic classicism
Localized: Mimi Knowles
Feel-good indie rock and hip-hop are going to be filling the Urban Lounge as they once again host some of the Beehive State’s finest musicians for Localized, brought to you by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. The event will be held Aug. 20 at 8 p.m., and with the affordable
Mama Africa: Food Speaks All Languages
It’s just past 11 a.m., and the sun’s already starting to beat down on the crowd that has converged in Tooele City Park for the city’s annual arts festival. It’s a humble gathering of local artists and craftspeople, but the excitement for one of the city’s favorite traditions has already started to crackle and