Film

You’d think that the organizers of the wildly successful three-day blowout TBD Fest would be worn out and ready for a break from producing large scale events, but you’d be wrong! Just as our latest issue was going to press (#175, Nov. 17 – Dec. 1, 2014) we got word…

Sacramento-based theater company Capital Stage continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style with their current production of Anna Karenina. British playwright Helen Edmundson’s work has been widely staged—next year Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut in the playwright’s adaptation of Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin for New York’s Roundabout…

Sure, live music, engrossing theater and beer are all great ways to have fun and escape, but you know what else is fun? Helping out those in need. Yes. The holidays will soon be upon us like a vulture on a rotting carcass in the desert (sorry, I haven’t had…

Nightcrawler Rated R Writer/director Dan Gilroy impresses with his new psychological thriller, Nightcrawler. This film follows ruthless hustler/con-man/thief Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) as he tries to make a name for himself in the heart of Los Angeles. Bloom spends the majority of his time as a recluse, secluded in his…

Kill the Messenger Rated R Based on a true story, Kill the Messenger is a sort of there and back again story, almost classical in its form: setup and reversal. The first half focuses on journalist Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) writing an exposé that opens up an international conspiracy that…

Whether you’re looking to scare the crap out of your kid brother and his little punk friends or looking for a “romantic” date night with your boo, grab a flashlight (or don’t, if you’re really adventurous) and head to the infamous Dave’s Haunted Corn Maze in West Sacramento! The spooky…

If you’re like us and are obsessed with the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, you are already familiar with actress and series regular Taryn Manning (she plays the mostly toothless, somewhat psychopathic, God-channeling Tiffany ‘Pennsatucky’ Doggett on the show). What you might not know is that Manning…

Gone Girl Rated R {3.5 out of 5 stars} Yes, that’s really the title of this review. But hear me out. Three weeks ago I spent $8.50 on a Friday night to see A Walk Among the Tombstones. “Hey,” said I, “it’s Liam Neeson tough-guy shit! What could go wrong?”…

Festival season ain’t over yet, folks! Get ready to head on up the hill to The Hangtown Halloween Ball at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville from Oct. 24 to 26, 2014, for world-class rock, blues, folk, bluegrass and more from greats like Railroad Earth (playing all three nights!),…

Local prog-rock/alt-metal group Zeroclient are celebrating the release of their debut full-length album Omnia with a huge show at Assembly on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. With just a four-track demo under their belts, Zeroclient (made up of Brian Vees on vocals/rhythm guitar, Arnold Peña on lead guitar, James Wolf on…