How many people do you know who go to work and get paid to make their childhood fantasies come to life? Michael J. Bassett counts himself among such lucky individuals. Over the past 13 years, the award-winning writer-director has exercised his storytelling muscles for the small as well as big screens and in a variety...
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August 3, 2015August 3, 2015Film
Blu-ray Review: The Fabulous Baker Boys – Twilight Time Limited Edition
So many people know and love The Fabulous Baker Boys, it’s hard to believe so few people saw it during its original theatrical run in 1989. According to Box Office Mojo, this critically-acclaimed film was only the 60th highest-grossing of that year. It may not have drawn in moviegoers, but it sure garnered an audience...
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August 2, 2015August 2, 2015Games
Frogmind Marches Mobile Hit Badland: Game of the Year Edition onto Wii U
Finnish indie game development studio Frogmind Games has announced the release of its hit game Badland: Game of the Year Edition for Nintendo’s Wii U system. Badland is a side-scrolling 2D action adventure game that has already achieved critical success on other mobile and console platforms, including iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Playstation3, Playstation4, Xbox...
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July 19, 2015July 19, 2015Television
Catching Up With Actor Tom Brittney
From 18th century Scotland to London’s East End in the late 1950s and even a parallel universe present day London, Tom Brittney has certainly gotten around in recent years. Of course, these journeys as well as several others have been of the fictional variety, but that suits him just fine. The handsome, talented, and versatile...
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June 11, 2015June 11, 2015Television
Space Opera is Set for a New Dawn with Dark Matter
Space opera makes a welcome return to Syfy in the US and Space in Canada this Friday with the debut of Dark Matter. Adapted by creators Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from their own Dark Horse Comics graphic novel, Dark Matter’s 13-episode first season is destined to be an action-packed mix of drama, humour and...
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June 9, 2015June 9, 2015Film
Blu-ray Review: The DUFF
“Duff” is an acronym for “designated ugly fat friend.” In the new teen comedy The DUFF, Mae Whitman holds that dubious title as Bianca Piper, always flanked by her conventionally hotter friends, Jess (Skyler Samuels) and Casey (Bianca Santos). Never mind that Bianca is neither “ugly” nor “fat,” that’s not the point. As very frankly...
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May 1, 2015May 1, 2015Music
Bentley’s Bandstand: May 2015
Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color. Bless whoever threw all the goofer dust into the fried grits, because on their sophomore album it sure sounds like the Alabama Shakes set their chickens free. There is such a wild freedom of expression that no way will anyone ever mistake this rootsy band again as more of the...
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April 18, 2015April 18, 2015Music
Album Reviews: Nine New Winners
I focus most of my reviews on the albums that will be of the widest interest, which generally means well-known artists. However, I also want to direct attention to some of the less-prominent performers who seem deserving of the spotlight. Here are capsule reviews of new albums from some of the ones who’ve impressed me...
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April 17, 2015April 17, 2015Music
New Music for Old People: The London Souls, Neil Young, Gov’t Mule, Delta Rae and More
This column is like the title says — its intention is to fill the gap for those of us who were satiated musically in the ’60s and then searched desperately as we aged for music we could relate to and get the same buzz from nowadaze. iTunes was the answer for me in 2003 and...
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March 22, 2015March 22, 2015Music
Album Review: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers Live in 1967
If you’re a serious Fleetwood Mac fan, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the early 1970s version of the group—the one that gave us albums like Bare Trees and Heroes Are Hard to Find before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham came aboard and helped turn them into superstars. You may also know of the even earlier version...