Film Review: Divergent

Divergent opens in theaters nationwide today, March 21. Check your local listings for showtimes. As a reviewer of film, there is no greater pleasure than someone excitedly telling you that you helped them find a film that would have otherwise gone unseen. It is the clearest representation of the potential universality of film. Unfortunately, those …

GTA IV Ads Pulled from Chicago Buses

The Chicago Transit Authority has pulled a series of bus ads for Grand Theft Auto IV, citing the games M-rated violent video game status. Comparing an M-Rating (which is an R rating for those of you unaware) to a X-rated film, and apparently the CTA doesn’t advertise those type of flicks. The ads were inoffensive, …

Kid Sister Goes Downtown

Kid Sister signed a record deal with Downtown Records several weeks ago. The sassy, Chicago hipster hop act now shares a home with Gnarls Barkley, Justice, Mos Def, and others. On signing with the record label, Kid Sister says, “Downtown is little! But they’re not too little to get things done. They’re like a medium. …