Category: Arts & Entertainment

He was sitting there, clean shaven, shirt buttoned with a small smile on his face, trying to avoid eye contact with a huge camera while answering questions in the interview. Christopher Breaux, who would be known to his fans as Frank Ocean, was proving to be the coy, brilliant mind that friends and critics claim… Continue reading Review: Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ provokes thought

Hit that drink one more time and spin that track again, because there’s a musical genius speaking through Janelle Monáe’s album The Electric Lady. She’s a genre all her own, like the Beatles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson. An artist, like those listed, who not only have felt the soul of music but… Continue reading Review: Janelle Monáe creates genre all her own through ‘The Electric Lady’

Hello and welcome back for another round of Forgotten Favorites. Please take a seat or stand; I’m not the boss of you, and enjoy this week’s nostalgic memory. Today I’d like to reach into the memory bag and pull out a horror movie that most of you have probably forgotten through the years. I am… Continue reading Forgotten Favorites: ‘The Faculty’ gives horror at Christmastime

All of those horror movies think they know how to shock and scare you, but they have got nothing on Hugh Jackman’s new movie, Prisoners. As families across the country are celebrating Thanksgiving, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), Grace Dover (Maria Bello), Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard), Nancy Birch (Viola Davis) and their families are about to… Continue reading Review: ‘Prisoners’ sends audiences into a maze

I held high hopes for James Wan’s Insidious: Chapter 2. After all, his Insidious (2010) is in a select group of 21st century horror films that I’ve watched more than twice so I was hopeful, especially because the same director and writer were in place on this sequel. That’s generally a good sign. In fact,… Continue reading Review: ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ taps into horror at its finest

Riddick is the third film in David Twohy’s Chronicles of Riddick saga. Starting with Pitch Black in 2000, and continuing with Chronicles of Riddick in 2004, audiences followed the exploits of Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), outlaw, thief, murderer and antihero. Pitch Black was an entertaining sci-fi/horror mashup that wore its R-rating proudly. Chronicles of… Continue reading Review: ‘Riddick’ entertains fans

Apple iOS 7 update is coming Sept. 18 with all kinds of new additions and a completely new design. Some may ask, “What is iOS?” Apple.com calls it the “foundation” of all apple devices. The “OS” literally stands for “operating system,” and obviously, the lowercase “I” is in front all of the names of Apple… Continue reading Review: Apple strikes again with new iOS 7 update