Tagged - Review

‘Pillion’: ‘a seat or place behind the person riding a motorcycle where a passenger can sit.’

Marketed as a ‘Dom-Com,’ the plot focuses on the first relationship of Colin, a barbershop-quartet-singing parking lot attendant, after he is approached by brooding biker, Ray. Read More

A night at the Stardew symphony

While a one-way ticket to Pelican Town wasn’t precisely in my cards, an evening of music with the “Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons" concert was. Read More

“Reflecting” on Melt

Not for Radio, which she calls her “alternate reality” is not the end of The Marías, just a side endeavor. Read More

A night at the ballet: Kyiv Ballet Company’s Swan Lake

I never sat through a live ballet of any sort apart from a Christmas production of the Nutcracker at age eight, which I recall as a somniferous and daunting expedition. Read More

‘One Battle After Another’: A powerful political thriller meets a laugh-out-loud comedy

Living in a society with a purist government who retaliates against anyone who helps any sort of minority, the odds are especially stacked against Bob and Willa, who must find and rely on their very few allies to escape. Read More

A trip down memory lane — I saw Sleep Token in concert

I have a very odd relationship with Sleep Token, who probably the biggest act to emerge from the metal scene in recent years (although their categorization as a “metal” band is often debated). Read More

HAIM’s fourth album is a celebration of quitting

“I quit” contemplates themes of newfound independence after leaving a complex relationship. Read More

“Great Comet” shot too close to the sun

While UR’s production of “Great Comet” stunned as expected, I left the show with decidedly mixed opinions surrounding their unique interpretation of the source material. Read More

Jason Momoa performs humiliation ritual in the form of “A Minecraft Movie”

As a whole, this movie was bad in about every way a movie can possibly be bad. ’m not quite pretentious enough to pretend the purpose of “A Minecraft Movie” is to provide a great work of art to an adult population of English majors. Read More

Jane Remover “Revengeseekerz” follows no rules

Forget Playboi Carti — Jane has embraced the popular rage sound that is dominating rap right now but injected it with steroids and cybernetic limbs to create a blown-out, techno-orgy of throttling beats, sassy vocals, and tuneful melodies. Read More