Skyscraper is a family-bonding adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell and two elementary-aged children who are as good at appearing darling (in the early scenes) as they are at playacting the role of traumatized hostages (in the later scenes)
… There’s an urgency and an anger this time around that helps paper over some of the story’s messiness, as well as some of the awkward drama of trying to explain where this whole crazy Purge idea actually came from
The writers, who include Flynn as well as series creator Marti Noxon (Mad Men, UnREAL, Dietland), don’t exactly hit viewers over the head with the retrograde gender politics of small-town America, but those dynamics are firmly on display
Granik says this about that near-decade between her narrative films: “It’s been like psycho-cardio workout on steroids the past eight years.”
Like Nanette, Rape Jokes is in part a deconstruction of comedy itself, particularly the debates in recent years over what should, or shouldn’t, be acceptable in a stand-up set
ATTN broke folks.
Bo Burnham wanted to make an honest film about how the internet affects teenagers.
Overall, the film plays more like a survey of Williams’ life, an ordered and abridged history that allows fans to say, “Oh, I remember that,” as a clip from one of his more notable films plays
See readings by playwright James Garcia of short plays about immigrant family separations Friday night at the Arizona Capitol.
Residents of historic Phoenix neighborhood near downtown are squaring off over whether murals should be allowed on exterior walls and alleyways.
Here are 10 of the best murals of 2018 in Greater Phoenix, making statements about peace, the environment, and immigration, among other issues.
The film even confronts its own audience in some ways, as it goes from a tale of three people learning more about their identities, to one about the very nature of human identity itself …
See everything from stencil art to zine art at these 10 First Friday exhibits.
… Eating Animals proves persuasive mostly in its diagnosis of what has gone wrong, and in its account of how it went wrong on such a massive scale (through thumbnail histories of KFC, Tyson, and Chicken McNuggets)
From intricate drawings of anatomy to installations of found objects, Phoenix galleries and museums served up plenty of eye candy during the first half of 2018. Here are our picks for the best.
At first, Whitney gives off the unpleasant whiff of dirty laundry being aired, as the members of Houston’s inner circle, speaking alone in front of the camera, dish on the family’s secrets
Diamond Crystal Awards and Mexican Embroidery Class and Operation Indie: Indie Music Trivia Night.
Reed and Rudd deliver plenty of the goofy antics we’ve now come to expect from Ant-Man: size-change cock-ups, charming incompetence on the macho bluster front, etc.
Jay Longino’s sap-filled script turns Drew into a mythological Zen master, dispensing words of wisdom after living a life of solitude and regrets when he’s not chasing after buckets
Grab lawn chairs, coolers, wallets, and the kids and head off to these Independence Day celebrations throughout the Valley.
Curator seeks to redress imbalance in art world by presenting nearly 50 works by women from museum’s permanent collection in monthlong exhibit.
