Movie Review

Posted on May 02, 2016

As far as filmmaking goes, it's a deadest rule that you never want to put style over substance. Syrup is delicious...

Posted on April 10, 2016

In the last couple of years, the DC Cinematic Universe has been on the painful side of a serious butt whooping. While Batm...

Posted on February 21, 2016

There are a lot of phrases that can be used to describe The Witch: horrifying, hideous, cruel, masterful. But there&rs...

Posted on January 16, 2016

A long time ago in galaxy far far away…. thus begins Star Wars: The Force Awakens, arguably the single most ant...

Posted on December 18, 2015

There are very few legends, ghost stories, and folk tales that haven't been mined for material by now, making it a...

Posted on December 10, 2015

It's been 40 years since Rocky Balboa first stepped into the ring, creating what is almost certainly the greatest...

Posted on November 23, 2015

Can we all just pause for a moment and realize how nuts is that Spectre is the 24th film in the James Bond franchise? ...

Posted on October 15, 2015

Cinema has a long history of making movies with poor suckers getting stuck in unfortunate places. 127 Hours had...

Posted on September 20, 2015

In recent years, M. Night Shyamalan has become a bit of a joke. After the three-part career suicide that was The Happe...

Posted on September 05, 2015

The Last House on the Left. Scream. The Serpent and the Rainbow. A Nightmare on Elm Street-- all masterpieces by Wes...

Posted on August 30, 2015

Sinister 2 has, at least momentarily, messed me up. There are two scenes that I know for a fact, I'm not getting o...

Posted on August 15, 2015

Sometimes, what could be considered an average film at best is made significantly better by a small factor. Maybe it&r...

Posted on August 08, 2015

"Resurrection of F" might just be the perfect Dragon Ball film. A love letter to every boy who grew up watching...

Posted on July 31, 2015

If I had to put a bet on any Marvel film to come out a failure, it would’ve been Ant-Man. Directorial conflicts,...

Posted on June 19, 2015

Inside Out is an exceedingly rare kind of film, one that only comes out once or twice a decade. Like Almost Famous, It...

From the Bench: John Wilfong Sees Ironma...

It is not as if Bridgeport’s John Wilfong has never seen a busy schedule. After all, the 2015 graduate of Bridge...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
It's Happening: Local Attraction Series ...

Just on the edge of Bridgeport is an attraction appropriately named Edge of Town Farm Market. Open annually in May, the ma...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Library has New Touch of ...

If you have visited our Children’s Library recently, you may have noticed something new adorning our walls! Arti...

Posted by Savanna Draper
The Grapevine: Canning for Winter, Veget...

Well, the Queen cupboard is getting full in preparation for winter. I have canned six pints of fried peppers to...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: State Tragedy Subject of Alu...

Many know Scott Faris from his days at Bridgeport High School before he graduated in 2004 and left the area to pursue...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Why Bridgeport? City Doesn't Need Sherlo...

How are your detective skills? Do you have a keen eye for detail? Does your memory retain copious amounts of data and info...

Posted by Jon Griffith
Outside the Tribe: Colors Don't Define T...

I’ve been fortunate enough to be present for a lot of the Bridgeport matchups with Fairmont Senior through the years...

Posted by Chris Johnson