Patrick Warburton is that rare voice actor who looks like he sounds. His imposing, muscular physique complements his deep basso voice, but his warm tone gives a touch of soul to his many memorable performances as lunkheaded alpha males. Quite likely your ears perk up when you hear him. He…
Jane Got a Gun’s reputation precedes it, but it shouldn’t define it. After a tortured production that included the departure of original director Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin) and a revolving door of leading men, the Western arrives in theaters long after popular opinion declared…
The queasiest thing about American Crime Story’s (FX) retelling of the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial is how easily such a flagrant miscarriage of justice could happen all over again. The twin forces that most warped that case, after all, still plague us today: a tabloid culture that reduces flesh-and-blood…
Phoenix in February — what’s not to love? It’s a great month to show some affection for the outdoors — and there are plenty of options for doing just that. You could spend an evening finding constellations, enjoy an outdoor movie, or get in on a neon nighttime run that…
In an era when our telephones can tell us, in a charming British accent, how to navigate city streets we’ve never driven before, and one can purchase bacon-wrapped Jack Daniel’s and a seat on the next shuttle to the moon, there simply is no reason why we should have our…
February looks like a great month for nerds of all shapes and sizes. Like cosplaying? Check. Science? Sure enough. Knights and kings? A few opportunities for that, actually. Zombies? Oh, you best believe we have zombies. Here are nine nerdy things to do in the Valley throughout the month. Arizona Renaissance FestivalEvery…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from February 1 to February 4. It’s Not for Everyone Though this show is called “It’s Not For Everyone,” there’s a good chance it’ll be a laugh riot for you. Comedians Erick Biez and Angela Merkin Haines host a new…
Phoenix sound artist Tony Obr sat behind a table topped by a silver Apple laptop computer Friday night, amplifying the sounds created as visual artist Heather Couch pounded a large clump of clay on the stage at Tempe Center for the Arts. Fumihiro Kikuchi, the choreographer and dancer whose Amalgamations opened…
Recent lottery winners who can’t live without an architecturally significant desert home are in luck: The very last residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has gone on the market. Priced at $3.6 million, the Norman Lykes house is based on sketches by the great architect, who died in April of…
It looks like its “game over” for GameWorks in Tempe. And, no, you can’t drop in a few more quarters to keep it going. The long-running arcade and entertainment venue at the Arizona Mills mall, which was part of the nationwide GameWorks chain, closed its doors for good earlier this…
Last month, I met an actress who told me I’d once compared her performance in a play to “a dank flatulence.” I don’t remember this, but it sounds like something I might have written, so I believed her. She may be relieved to know I found her neither humid nor…
It’s around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27, and there’s a pretty decent crowd picking through the heavily discounted selection at Video Paradise in Chandler. The adults-only section is hidden behind a bright blue wall; two guys look around nervously before going in. Just around the corner is a staff…
Your eyes don’t know where to focus when entering Shirts ‘n’ Things, an East Valley retail shop packed with various band and movie-related accouterments. Every surface — save the ceiling — is covered with the faces and logos of rock stars, punk bands, rap icons, reggae legends, sci-fi heroes. It’s no…
Maybe all you know of Michelangelo is that he’s one of four Italian Renaissance artists whose names got co-opted for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Chances are, you’ll still get a charge from seeing a collection of his drawings now on view at the Phoenix Art Museum. Frankly, you…
It’s that time of the year again. Time for the streets of Scottsdale to be clogged with the overflowing traffic caused by classic car auctions and a little golf event known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Now, if you’ve never been to the Phoenix Open, you probably don’t understand…
In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower famously left the White House with a warning to the American public about the rise of the military-industrial complex. When Barack Obama exits the Oval Office next year, he wouldn’t be remiss in cautioning the nation about the conspiracy-industrial complex, which has dug its tentacles into…
Gracie Whyte and Laura Berg have a thing for dancing in unexpected places. The women behind the Los Angeles-based dance duo known collectively as WHYTEBERG have performed to Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life” in the left turn lane of a street in Echo Park, and to the Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me…
New Times picks the best arts and culture events and things to do from January 29 to 31. Spring 2016 Season’s Opening Reception Spring semester at Arizona State University means a new season for its on-campus art museum, and with it comes the Spring 2016 Season’s Opening Reception. The commencement offers…
Home bodies, take note, because you’re going to want to leave your well-decorated nests for this one. The 2016 Modern Phoenix Home Tour has been announced for April 10, and tickets go on sale February 1. We’ll wait while you set a reminder on your phone — a smart move,…
There are worse ways for a television star to transition into film than a horror movie. There are also better movies to do it in than The Boy. Still, Lauren Cohan of The Walking Dead shines bright in William Brent Bell’s dim genre exercise, a vital presence opposite a lifeless…
There’s essentially one joke in the Kung-Fu Panda movies. A ridiculous, adorable creature executes some extravagant action-flick flourish — vaulting over roofs, dropping a bad guy, striking a poster-perfect superhero pose. Then the battle music fades and that adorable creature breaks badass character to remind us it’s totally relatable, even…
Here’s an odd thing to say of a lavishly expensive 3D IMAX maritime disaster flick that hits theaters just a month after the last one: They don’t make them like this anymore. There’s a reason for that, of course — the parents and grandparents who like ’em stolid and corny…
