Archive for December, 2024
Trips
I’ve been to Sin City at least once a year for the last few years. Why? It’s definitely not the gambling. Sure, I’ve thrown away a few bucks in the hopes I’d win big, but I’ve never been very lucky on games of chance and when ...
Movie
The Impossible, a new film from Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage), benefits from the fact that it has built-in drama. Based on the true story of a family that somehow survived the horrible tsunami that ripped...
Movie
A drama about fracking? Are you fracking serious? Hard to imagine that discriminating director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) thought Matt Damon and John Krasinski’s Promised Land screenplay — which is based on a Dave E...
Q&A
After taking a break from the road in 2010, singer-guitarist Kelly Richey regrouped and put together a new band. She debuts that new lineup in January. After a short tour in early January, Richey will spend most of February in ...