The A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Munchies Truck Tour hit Tempe yesterday afternoon at – you guessed it – 4:20 p.m. on the dot. This social media competition to promote the third installment in the Harold & Kumar franchise (hitting theatres Nov. 4) pitted ASU Main against ASU…
Let’s face it: Chipotles are as plentiful in the Phoenix metropolitan area these days as churches in Oklahoma or Starbucks coffee shops in DC: There’s one on every corner. But Chipotle isn’t the only place to get fast, tasty Mexican on your lunch break; for a change that may just…
The survey results are in from TASTE. Chandler’s Culinary Festival and the winner is no surprise: The overall Best of TASTE. award went to Yoli’s Cafe. In our coverage of the festival last week, we picked this relative newcomer as our hands-down favorite – and TASTE. testers agreed. Yoli’s Cafe…
10th Annual Kokopelli Krush, a wine festival put on by Kokopelli Winery & Bistro in Chandler. The event featured live music, the ceremonial opening of the 1,000,000th bottle of Kokopelli wine, and, of course, the competitive grape-crushing for which the festival gets its name. Next door to the Kokopelli Winery…
Head spinning and vomiting pea soup are just a couple of the Hollywood-hyped myths about exorcism that a new docudrama seeks to dispel, says producer and ASU alumnus Nick Exposito. The film, titled The Rite of Exorcism: Myths, Mystery, and Hope, opens its theatrical run today at Harkins Shea 14…
The last time a beloved classic was effectively remade as a vehicle for up-and-coming British actors, and anchored by one of the grandest dames of U.K. cinema, the film was Brideshead Revisited and the dame was Emma Thompson. Audiences loved the new talent, which was framed with things they already loved…
Opening Oct. 28, Like Crazy is also a love song to old media, filled with letters and photographs and other non-digitized artifacts. Like Crazy, which hits the silver screen October 28, is a strange, delightful experiment in filmmaking. Co-written and directed by relative newcomer Drake Doremus, the film worked off…
October may be a popular month for outdoor festivals, but it’s not the most reliable. Caught in an annual tug-of-war between summer and fall, October promises states like Indiana the first snow of the year, while in Arizona we cross our fingers that it will mean the end of three-digit…
If you want to turn a pleasant quest through the sunny hills of Azeroth into an all-out, Night-Elf-on-Dwarf rumble, mention prequels. In American popular culture, the prequel is still most strongly associated with the Star Wars prequel trilogy – those films we waited decades for while technology caught up to George…
In the Kitchen with: Chef Eugenia Theodosopoulos of Essence Bakery CaféMaking: Croissants and Chocolate CroissantsOn an early Wednesday morning, when the sun is hanging low in the sky and the sounds of rush-hour traffic mingle with the gentle hum of leaf-blowers, six people are milling about outside Essence Bakery Café…
On April 24, 2005 — the day after YouTube officially opened its doors to all the cute cat videos and leave-Britney-alone pleas the madding crowd could muster — a little video called “Flambe Disaster” became the third video to be uploaded on the site. A short video chronicling the disastrous attempt…
The Scottsdale International Film Festival celebrates its 11th year with this Friday’s opening night screening of the critically-acclaimed Like Crazy, continuing its tradition of raising the bar. This year’s line-up features 36 films from 27 countries, a new venue to better accommodate the crowds, and an impressive schedule of celebrity…
There was something oddly noncommittal about the first trailer for Moneyball: It couldn’t hide the fact that it was at its core a sports film, but it seemed to reach out to any and all potential audiences, inviting them to find whatever they wanted within its many facets — even…
From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veggies at Will Smith, the food fight is as much a Hollywood tradition as kissing on the beach and battling alien invaders. Whether it’s a fluffy cream pie, a slice of wedding cake, or a squeeze…
To some, the popularity of remakes over the last couple decades – along with hasty 3D conversions, the Saw series, and Michael Bay – spells twilight for great American cinema. To others, remakes are like holidays: the comforting repetition of tradition that grounds us in a world in which technology…
Arizona Opera Arizona Opera’s 41st season opens Oct. 7 with a double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. It’s been a dirty little secret for far too long that opera is not just for aging Little Lord Fauntleroys and ladies whose cats’ names begin with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” Behind the…
As long as there have been romantic movies, there has been the surprise romantic dinner trope. In these scenes, the suitor has prepared (or, increasingly, ordered out) a lovely table of food, framed by a crisp white tablecloth and the soft glow of glimmering candles. It’s the stuff of what…
There’s an enveloping scent of sugar and chocolate when you first step into Something Sweet Bakery – like Grandma’s cookies and Christmas morning and Willy Wonka’s wallpaper – that in candle form could easily make Glade a fortune. The fragrance promises what the case delivers: rows of fresh, flaky pastries, chewy…
If you want to see Jon Stewart cry a little on the inside, ask him about his sadly brief career as an actor. The leap from stage to screen is a notoriously tricky one, best facilitated by “Saturday Night Live” and, increasingly, Stewart’s own star-making machine, “The Daily Show.” Today, comedian Nick…
On a late afternoon at Wedge & Bottle Cheese Shop, owners Troy and Krista Daily are serving up samples of a traditional Cyprus cheese called Halloumi. Recommended by a regular, this cheese looks like a breadstick and tastes like a salt lick…in a very good way. The cheeses here run…
