RIOT FEST 2017 // Chicago, IL // 9.15-17.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Robert Sommerfield - September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 Article by: Robert Sommerfield Featured Image Cred: timeout.com Chicago, IL -- Riot Fest 2017 has come and gone, like a frenzied storm of punk rock guitars and infectious drum machine beats, and all I can say is, “Wow.” Celebrating twelve years (2017 marking their third consecutive year in Chicago’s Douglas Park), Riot Fest
Movie Review: Stephen King’s IT (2017) FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Robert Sommerfield - September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Article by: Robert Sommerfield We've finally made it. After years of rumors, rewrites, and a catalog of people entering and leaving the project, we finally have an actual 'R' rated movie based on Stephen King's most terrifying 1000 page epic, IT. There’s been a lot of movies over the years that I've
Review: FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE GAME FEATURED GAMING GAMING REVIEWS by Robert Sommerfield - July 16, 2017July 17, 2017 Article by: Robert Sommerfield The year was 1989 and horror movie fans were in video game heaven when they could finally play a game based on some of their favorite horror movies, including Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Released on the original N.E.S. system, it was soon
MOVIE REVIEW: Green Room MOVIES/TV by Robert Sommerfield - May 29, 2016 Article by: Robert Sommerfield I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the theater to see Jeremy Saulnier’s third entry into his “inept protagonist trilogy” (the first two unconnected “parts” being Blue Ruin, released in 2013, and Murder Party from 2007). The basic premise, however, had me intrigued: a dirt-poor punk
MOVIE REVIEW: X-Men: Apocalypse FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Robert Sommerfield - May 27, 2016 Article By: Robert Sommerfield The X-Men film franchise, which has been around since the dawn of the late ‘90s “superhero boom," is unleashing its newest chapter in the ongoing saga, X-Men: Apocalypse. The sixth film in the main series (not counting several spinoffs) has a difficult task ahead of it: can
Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [Retrospective] FEATURED MOVIES/TV THINK PIECE by Robert Sommerfield - February 19, 2016March 25, 2016 Article by: Robert Sommerfield Drowned in a lake. Axe to the head. Electrocuted by lightning. Grudge match with Carrie. What do you do once you’ve already done everything you can think of to your franchise slasher anti-hero? Well, you take him out of the woods, and into the city, of course!
Movie Review: SPECTRE FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Robert Sommerfield - November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Article by: Robert Sommerfield You know his name. You know his number. After a three year hiatus, James Bond is back with a vengeance... but can it live up to the smashing success of 2012’s Skyfall? Sitting down in the packed theater with my gin martini in hand, my excitement for the
