Tomorrow, the Lallapaloosa music festival starts in Grant Park and once again, I will not be attending. I was tempted this year more than any other because Soundgarden is reuniting to headline on Sunday night. I never saw them, and I loved this band. In fact, “Superunknown” was my pick for the best album/CD of […]

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As I stated earlier, I attended the Chicago Blackhawks convention last weekend, and in general, it was a bore (at least if you have even been to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as I have numerous times). The first thing was that it started on Friday evening. I thought it would be all […]

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I used to read an excellent movie magazine called Premiere; it had enough gloss for the ordinary celebrity magazine (with little tabloid stuff) and enough business insider material to satisfy anyone who doesn’t read Variety. But the magazine “jumped the shark” in one of its last issues, when it featured numerous pictures of Lindsay Lohan […]

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I did not watch the LeBron James telethon last night; for one, I don’t see much in the evenings that doesn’t involve The Wonder Pets; and second, I knew it was going to be a travesty. I should have known (and would have avoided much earlier) that the “show” was going to be ridiculous because […]

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I’m all for using the City of Chicago as a film set. When done correctly: “The Dark Knight,” an old Chuck Norris movie called “Code of Honor,” “The Fugitive,” among others. Unfortunately, the City doesn’t make value judgments, which is why bad films like “Chain Reaction,” with the worst major actor around – Keanu Reeves. […]

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It’s bad enough that LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers were unceremoniously ousted from the NBA playoffs last week, but the whole basketball world seems to be imploding on the 25-year-old phenom. His effort in game 5 of the Celtics series was so poor that people were asking if he was trying to begin the summer early, […]

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We all know that “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” sucked. It made lots of money regardless, but it wasn’t a worthy successor and lots of blog sites put the blame squarely on the shoulders of Shia LaBeouf. The thing is – he agrees. The 23-year-old is at Cannes to support the upcoming “Wall Street: […]

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