At the movies: ‘Free Solo’
By Mark Ziobro
4/4 stars
Alex Honnold is a free soloist. To those who don’t know what that means, it’s mountain climbing without a rope. For the documentary “Free Solo,” the subject of Alex’s climb is...
Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
By Matt DeCristo
“Bohemian Rhapsody” takes us back to the genesis of British rock music, exploring the formation of the band ‘Queen’ and its legendary lead singer, Freddie Mercury.
I went in knowing a handful of...
Film review: ‘Halloween’
By Mark Ziobro
0/4 stars
The new horror feature directed by David Gordon Green is an homage to the dead soul of a film that remains - 40 years later - on a list of my...
Movie Review – ‘The Nun’
By Matt DeCristo
James Wan’s 2018 horror movie “The Nun” is proof that the further one wanders from the original story (in this case “The Conjuring”) the more diluted the finished product becomes.
“The Nun” is...
Movie Review – ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’
By Mark Ziobro
Dan Gilroy, the director who brought us the powerful “Nightcrawler” in 2014, releases another introspective drama here with “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” The film, which opens with a lawyer narrating why he...
Movie Review – Chappaquiddick
By Mark Ziobro
As someone born in 1979 -16 years after the assassination of JFK and 10 years after Ted Kennedy left the scene of an accident in Martha’s Vineyard that resulted in Mary Jo...
Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom
By Mark Ziobro
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is more connected to its source material and a sense of morals than its predecessor, and that alone may be enough to make up for what is becoming...
Padre Pio Patron Saint of Utica?
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
So, 2017 City of Utica records indicates that crime is down substantially in our city. It was reported that there was a double-digit reduction in nearly every crime category when compared to...
The Black Panther- A Review
By Mark Ziobro
Just in time to set the stage for the May 2018 release of “Avengers: Infinity War” comes the long-awaited “Black Panther,” Marvel’s comic book adaptation of King T’Chaka/Black Panther, a hidden, technologically...
Star Wars Episode VIII : The Last Jedi-A Review by Mark Ziobro
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” arrives, with mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. I write this knowing full well that I am both a critic and a fan of the “Star Wars” universe,...