FEATURED FILM Film Review Transformers: The Last Knight (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Humans and Autobots join forces, again, to save the world, again, in Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth and possibly worst of the Michael Bay Transformers movies. And “worst” has some competition in this series. Glossing … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Rochester Kicks off Busy Summer with Inaugural Film Fest Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo “Art is for Everyone” is the slogan for the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, and it plays out in everything the organization does — including its inaugural Rochester Independent Film Festival, with screenings at … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review The Mummy (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Tom Cruise stars in the jumbled heap of stuff that forms The Mummy, the kickoff to the Dark Universe, a, heavy sigh, monster movie cinematic universe. In ancient Egypt, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) was about to lose at game … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Toto Tour Taps Tupelo Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo Despite decades of success, Toto is the Rodney Dangerfield of rock. The late comedian famously complained, “I don’t get no respect at all,” and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather knows what he meant. “There has been, from day one, people … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Wonder Woman (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Gal Gadot fights for truth, justice and the Amazonian way in Wonder Woman, a (finally!) excellent entry in the DC Extended Universe. The movie unfolds as a prolonged flashback, with Wonder Woman/Diana (Gal Gadot) receiving from Bruce Wayne a … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Folk Supergroup’s Brief Tour Hits NH Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo On Earth Day 1992, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Indigo Girls — Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — performed at Foxboro Stadium in Massachusetts. The same group closed out Newport Folk Festival a few months … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC After Setbacks, Volunteer Group Presses on with Manchester Event Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo For over a year starting in late 2015, the organizers of Old Sol Music Hall focused on turning the Rex Theatre, a defunct Amherst Street movie house, into a 350-seat live music venue. In … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Baywatch (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron don the swimwear in Baywatch, an uneven first draft for a comedy adaptation of the 1990s TV show. Mitch Buchannon (Johnson) is the proud leader of the Baywatch, the squad of lifeguards keeping watch over … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Alien: Covenant (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Humans headed out to colonize a new world make some bad life choices in Alien: Covenant. “Let’s follow that strange transmission to the uncharted planet and then explore it without any equipment that could protect us from contamination!” — … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC George Thorogood Comes to Concord Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo George Thorogood and The Destroyers’ June 4 show at Concord’s Capitol Center is part of their Rock Party tour, named for his forthcoming album, Party of One. Due for summer release, it’s Thorogood’s first solo effort and marks … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot A pre-king Arthur finds Excalibur in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, a very Guy Ritchie take on the Arthurian legend. I feel I should mention at the outset that due to technical difficulties at … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC American Band Oak Ridge Boys Celebrate 50 Years Together at Tupelo Show Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Waves of red, white and blue emanate from the phone as Richard Sterban describes what fans can expect when the Oak Ridge Boys take the stage at New Tupelo Music Hall. … [Read more…]