FEATURED FILM Film Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot The misfit gang of accidental universe-savers returns in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , a very effortful attempt at recapturing the magic of the 2014 original. I mean, this movie is working, breaking a … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Mayall still has More Room to Move Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo At age 82, John Mayall is amidst one of the most prolific phases of his career. That’s saying a lot for a man who helped invent British blues rock in the early 1960s, playing with a … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review The Circle (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot The internet is evil and social media is a mechanism for oppression in The Circle. Specifically, I would probably throw my ID badge and run during the conversation in which two employees upbeatedly scold her for not attending “non-mandatory” … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Nu Muse Festival Brings Cutting Edge to Nashua Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo The main stage at the first of three outdoor music events scheduled for downtown Nashua this year has an eclectic array of talent ranging from kinetic to frenetic. The Nu Muse Festival has an alternative … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Unforgettable (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Katherine Heigl turns her “tightly wound blonde lady” all the way up to full volume in Unforgettable, a silly but watchable thriller. Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson) is your down-to-earth everygal. Having moved past a violent relationship, she is now happily … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Hip-Hop Show Celebrates CD Release Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo For Cody Pope, art inspires religious fervor. His independent company is called Vatican Life, and he believes the muse is a deity. “Whether it’s photography, music, painting or whatever you do,” he said in a recent Skype interview. … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review The Fate of the Furious (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Vin Diesel’s Dom turns against his longtime friends, even his wife, Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty, in The Fate of the Furious, the eighth Fast and Furious movie. Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon in Cuba when … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Cello and Drums Duo Lung returns to Shaskeen Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo It’ll be an evening of duos and the live debut of a promising local band at Manchester’s Shaskeen Pub on April 21, a Friday night show starring When Particles Collide, a guitar-and-drums pop rock effort … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Smurfs: The Lost Village (PG) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Smurfette and some buddies set out on an adventure to find a previously unknown community of Smurfs in the totally adequate Smurfs: The Lost Village, a fully animated new Smurf story. Smurfette (voice of Demi Lovato) is … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Eric Grant Band Pens Song for Fallen Comrade Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo A touchstone of country music is loyalty — sturdy bonds like family, faith and tradition. When the Eric Grant Band lost Brian Howard to cancer last September after he battled the disease for 18 months, … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Def Leppard & Tesla Share More Than An Era Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Throwback package shows are the music industry’s bread and butter. Gather a few acts, put a decade on the ticket and call it a tour. On the surface, an upcoming triple bill at SNHU Arena … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review The Boss Baby (PG) Written By Amy Diaz(adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Alec Baldwin is more Jack Donaghy than Donald Trump in the surprisingly fun animated movie The Boss Baby from DreamWorks Animation. Tim (Miles Bakshi in his kid voice, Tobey Maguire in his adult narrator voice) is horrified by the … [Read more…]