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
Author: Robert Sommerfield
Robert is a self-professed lover of all things cinematic and nerd culture. When he’s not watching movies, television, or sleeping, he enjoys writing, video games, and wine, and sometimes all three together. He currently lives in Austin, TX and splits his time between working for the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and wondering why his life isn’t more like a John Hughes film.
Movie Review: Stephen King’s IT (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
[su_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do3GPzDR6d8" width="500" height="500"] 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,
MOVIE REVIEW: Green Room
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
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
