One of the keenest pleasures found in moviegoing is that of competence porn. A great comedy can flood your brain with endorphins, a solid horror movie can unnerve you days after you saw it, and the right drama can restore your faith in the essential decency of humanity. Even the much-maligned superhero genre can, when […]

“Someday, even the experts will figure out, that crime is not caused by rap music…or even my music, but by a power structure of self-absorbed property owners so brain dead and stupid they won’t even see that if you’re too goddamn greedy to pay taxes for schools and services, they’re not going to be any […]

Sometimes it feels like franchises never end. There’s a bunch of films in the Fast and Furious series, the James Bond movies have been trucking along since 1962, and the MCU will end at roughly the same time that our sun goes supernova and wipes out all human life on our fragile planet.

Anything can be funny, right? There are two schools of thought, there. The first is the theory that anything has the potential to be amusing. Comedy is all about puncturing bubbles of pretention, going after targets that deserve skewering. As long as the joke teller is punching up instead of punching down, the only limitation […]

Skirt the crowds and beat the summer heat in Yosemite with a stay at Tenaya Lodge, an all-inclusive resort with hot and cold pools and a complete spa center. Located just outside the south entrance of Yosemite (1-hour drive from Yosemite Valley) it makes a perfect home base for explorations in the famed 1,169 square […]

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods aren’t slowing down. The duo, who grew up making indie films since their teen years in Bettendorf, Iowa, and currently reside in Los Angeles, shot to prominence with “A Quiet Place” last year, after over a decade of under-the-radar ups-and-downs in Hollywood. Currently, Beck and Woods are in Canada in […]

While I was working on my list of comics to order from Previews last month I noticed a surprising change to two Marvel series I was ordering. I was looking over the Marvel catalog section of Previews when I noticed that two of the series I was ordering from Marvel had made a change to […]

The man, the legend, the knight, Sir Elton John is on his final tour. And he’s making a stop in Cincinnati! Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour is coming to US Bank Arena (100 Broadway Street Cincinnati) this Wednesday Feb 27 at 8 p.m. After more than half a century on the road and […]

Mark your calendar for a fun day with your kids or grandkids! Imagination Station is almost here, brought to you by the CET and the CET Kids Club! Imagination Station takes place on Saturday Feb 23 from 12 – 3 p.m. at CET Public Television (1223 Central Parkway Cincinnati). Don’t miss this fun-filled, family day! […]

You’re invited to celebrate 50 years of the Cincinnati Home & Garden Show! Cincy’s favorite home and garden event returns to the Duke Energy Convention Center (525 Elm St. Cincinnati) for two weekends, Feb 23-24 and Feb 28-Mar 3. Stroll through more than 10,000 sq.ft. of outdoor inspiration created by Cincinnati’s top landscapers. Find new […]