August 19, 2019
In recent years an increasingly alarming trend has arisen in fandom. Sometimes the role of a fan is that of an apologist, making excuses and ignoring all the faults of...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 19, 2019
‘Good Boys’ is a tale about endings. The beauty and tragedy of life is that it is finite and someday it will end for us all; unless we can become robots. I’m not...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 19, 2019
Set for release on November 15, 2019, Electronic Arts ‘Jedi Fallen Order’ is set to unveil some of the mysteries of the dark times of the Star Wars Universe, i.e....
August 11, 2019
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 5, 2019
Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ irreverently asks the question “What if Superman was real and didn’t much care for truth, justice and the American way?” The world of ‘The...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 5, 2019
Disney has once again forayed into the live-action remakes; although, this time with less emphasis on live-action. ‘The Lion King’ has the appearance of a nature documentary,...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 5, 2019
You may have heard that Phase 3 of the MCU has come to a close with the release of ‘Spider-Man Far From Home’. Another ending has come to Marvel as Season 3 of ‘Jessica...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 5, 2019
With ‘Spider-Man Far From Home’ officially ending Phase 3 of the MCU, Marvel announced the upcoming films of Phase 4 at Comic-Con. We will be exploring these announcements...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
August 5, 2019
Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ (OUATIH) is a visually stunning and melancholic look at aging in the Hollywood system in 1969. We follow...
August 5, 2019
By my own admittance, I have never been a fan of the teen high school comedies. I feigned a few laughs while my friends reveled in the genius of “The Breakfast Club,”...
July 23, 2019
Chuck Sipps and Abbey Cruse attended “True West” at Steppenwolf. What follows is their conversational review of the show. Chuck- So Abbey, we saw “True West.” What...
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
July 23, 2019
Spoilers ‘Stranger Things 3’ launched on Netflix over the July 4th weekend and with it comes a huge change in the status quo. The world of Hawkins Indiana grows larger...
July 23, 2019
Abbey and Chuck went to a press screening of Men in Black International (MIBI). Rather than do a normal review they decided to have a conversation. This is the transcript...
July 23, 2019
For the first time in Spring Awakening history, the venue was held at Poplar Creek in Hoffman Estates. The walk from the parking garage was long, but it was worth every step....