Category: theater/film

  • Why I’m Not Seeing X-Men Apocalypse | And Why You Shouldn’t, Too

    Why I’m Not Seeing X-Men Apocalypse | And Why You Shouldn’t, Too

    *slow clap* *golf clap* Let’s get to the point. I’m not going to use my adult dollars to watch X:Men Apocalypse just to feed childhood nostalgia. I’m going on strike from here on out. My platform? If they don’t look like me, or my friends, then I am keeping my green in my wallet. Despite…

  • Chucks and Cobblestones: Night 8 – The Merchant of Venice

    Chucks and Cobblestones: Night 8 – The Merchant of Venice

    I am honored to witness thunder and lightning. I am humbled to watch Shakespeare in pure English form and to see the Merchant of Venice in the hallowed halls of the Globe Theatre is something a Shakespearean neophyte can only hope, no…pray to experience. To review the performance of The Merchant is to mock the…

  • Chucks and Cobblestones: Night 4.5 – Scarlet

    Chucks and Cobblestones: Night 4.5 – Scarlet

    I wanted to give  full review to Scarlet, but I will those who are more professional than myself to do so.   What I will say is Scarlet brings a modern light to an age old issue: the ‘brought it on yourself‘ conundrum. I’ve known this situation extraordinary well from my youth but it wasn’t…

  • Chucks and Cobblestones: Day 3 – The Elephant Man

    Chucks and Cobblestones: Day 3 – The Elephant Man

    Tis true my form is something odd. But blaming me is blaming God; Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul, The mind’s the standard of the man. My…