Author: Paige Kobza (Page 13)
01/20/22
Distractions can help take your mind off of [insert your favorite current event disaster here]. So we can understand why Wordle, an online word puzzle that would normally be dismissed…
01/14/22
It is pretty rare when someone is known as “the first” to do something of great consequence for society. Sidney Poitier, who died last Friday at age 94, was not…
01/6/22
Do you feel like you need an inspiration to face these challenging times — some beacon of positivity and good humor? Two words: Betty White. Normally, it is sad when…
12/16/21
It is that time of year where people put out “best of” lists – like Slate’s Best Movies list, the Wall Street Journal’s Best Theater list, and Rolling Stones’ Best…
12/10/21
It is that most wonderful time of the year when everyone asks you “are you ready for the holidays?” What is that, some sort of test? NO we are not…
12/3/21
Over Thanksgiving break, we watched the new movie Tick Tick Boom. It is an autobiographical musical by and about Jonathan Larson, the musical whiz kid that modernized musical theater with…
11/18/21
The most important news of the past week is pretty obvious: Paul Rudd was named People Magazine’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive. The weirdly-never-ages movie star celebrated with his Ant-Man cast.…
11/10/21
Is there any super-intense character that Benedict Cumberbatch can’t play? He manages to be completely believable playing real-life famous people in movies, like genius-physicist Stephen Hawking and computer scientist Alan…
11/5/21
Life is not simple right now. Even our movies are complicated. Take the new movie Dune, for instance. It is based on a convoluted, brick-heavy sci-fi novel about a futuristic…
10/29/21
Sometimes the costumes are so good on Halloween night that you can’t recognize the neighborhood kids. You have to look past the kids to see which parents are standing at…