Movie Review | Cats
By Simon Sweeney The Quick Take: Tom Hooper cooks up a nightmarish concoction of CGI cat-people and songs that were nonsense to begin with that is best kept at a healthy distance from anyone...
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Movie Review | Richard Jewell
By Jack Haggerty The Quick Take: A must watch film with an important story On July 27, 1996, a pipe bomb went off at the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard Jewell, a security...
Movie Review | Knives Out
By Cassie Maz The Quick Take: An enjoyable whodunit (just don’t put it under a microscope). We haven’t seen an original whodunit on the big screen in a long time, and Knives Out pays...
Movie Review | Queen & Slim
By Simon Sweeney The Quick Take: In the sea of inventive and excellent race-conscious films in recent years, Queen & Slim struggles hard to stay afloat. Queen & Slim comes at the end of a...
Movie Review | It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
By Avery Barrera The Quick Take: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is charming, emotional, and worth a watch. Hanks is brilliant in the role of Fred Rogers. When I walked into the Pittsburgh...
Movie Review | Frozen II
By Cassie Maz The Quick Take: Disney hyped a Pixar-level sequel, but the movie they delivered was underwhelmingly Disney. My favorite part of Frozen II might have been Olaf’s one-snowman-show retelling of Frozen. Olaf’s...
Movie Review | The Irishman
By Simon Sweeney The Quick Take: Martin Scorsese returns in glory to his signature crime films with a subversive, masterfully crafted character piece. The title card of Martin Scorsese’s latest movie flashes on the...
General Elections are Here: How to Make an Informed Vote
By Cassie Maz Local elections are Tuesday November 5, and polling locations will be open from 7 AM to 8 PM. In Allegheny County, voting results will determine whether DA incumbent Stephen Zappala will...
Movie Review | Jojo Rabbit
By Cassie Maz The quick take: In an anti-hate movie, Waititi puts hate front and center–and toes the line expertly. Thor Ragnarok (2017) director Taika Waititi finds a unique balance between laugh-out-loud humor and...
Movie Review | The King
By Savannah Henry The quick take: Your bladder is about to fight its own Hundred Years’ War. The King (2019) was released on Netflix on November 1st 2019. This English, early 15th century period...
