The first half of Lion is the story of a poor 5 year old kid in India that gets super lost, taken to an orphanage and adopted by a rich white family in Australia. The second half of the movie follows the kid, now an adult played by Dev Patel, as he tries to find his biological family. The little kid and his journey in the first half of the film is really interesting and super cute. The second half of the film is much less interesting and even boring at times. Nicole Kidman is really intense. She has a few monologues where I got lost in just watching her speak. It didn’t really matter what she was saying, I believed that she was this person and that the memories she was recounting were hers. Overall, it was a very pretty film with a compelling story based on true events.
1. Kings Of Leon – Around The World 2. Mainland – Empty Promises 3. Bleeker – Highway (Queued Up Artist Showcase 1.26.17) 4. Silversun Pickups – Latchkey Kids 5. The Head and The Heart – Rhythm & Blues 6. Night Riots – Nothing Personal 7. LP – Lost on You 8. Jon Bellion – All Time Low 9. Sigma – Find Me (feat. Birdy) 10. Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Driver/ Killer Whales 11. American Author – I’m Born To Run 12. Declan Mckenna – The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home 13. Sundara Karma – She Said 14. Hembree – Holy Water 15. Frank Turner – Recovery
1. Glass Animals – Pork Soda
2. The Shins – Name For You
3. Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Lullaby
4. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
5. The Wrecks – Favorite Liar (Queued Up Artist Showcase 1.26.17)
6. The XX – Dangerous
7. The Strumbellas – Young and Wild
8. Moose Blood – Knuckles
9. Bastille – Blame
10. Dude York – Black Jack
11. AFI – Snow Cats
12. Cage The Elephant – Cold Cold Cold
13. TeamMate – Damage
14. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostom – In A Blackout
15. The Orwells – They Put a Body In The Bayou
The Women’s March reminded the world of the power of resistance on all fronts, with hope the future will continue to see people resist hate by every means possible. Shia LaBeouf has created a reminder of the power of unity by launching a four-year art project entitled “He Will Not Divide Us” at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image; a livestream which commenced at 9am on 20 January, the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. With a camera mounted on the wall of the museum, members of the public are invited to stand and repeat the words, “he will not divide us”, as many times as they choose, for as long as they wish. The livestream will continue 24 hours a day, seven days a week; continuously for four years, or however long Trump’s presidency lasts. (MORE HERE)
This is a great idea but with no comment section how will people even troll this?
Here’s a look at some of the commercials we’ll see during the Big Game on February, 5th. Nothing that great in the early previews. Hopefully they are saving the good stuff for 2/5.
(from chicagoist.com) The Shackburger you will be getting for free. Photo courtesy of Shake Shack.
Free burgers are just about the best kind of burgers. From now through Feb. 28, all you have to do to get some free burger action is download their new online ordering app, create an account, and then order a single ShackBurger and use the code “shackappy” when you check out. It’s that simple. If you already eat at Shake Shack, there’s no reason not to get the app. (MORE HERE)
I just want my phone to vibrate like those things they give you when you wait for your foods.
What is New England Patriot’s QB Tom Brady hiding in his giant coat? His Pats are once again heading to the’Big Game’ this will be Brady’s 7th run in the biggest NFL game of the year but all the Internet wanted to talk about was this ridiculous over-sized coat he wore on the sidelines this past Sunday. He got roasted pretty bad, and this NowThis video really arranges the best tweets on the topic of Brady’s tent-like clothing.
Maybe our Chicago Bears are hiding in that coat, trying to stay away from the public eye after their awful season this year.
This is just weird, maybe today’s big Star Wars announcement of the the subtitle for Episode VIII ran such serious cosmic ripples through our very real universe that it forced the planet Saturn’s moon called Tethys to look like the Death Star. This can not be proven by any scientific theory. and based on these ‘fake news’ times that we live in, let’s just say it is because it’s what want to hear and what’s not actually happening at all. Saturn has reportedly 62 moons, so imagine if it has moons that look like other famous places from movies or TV shows.
1. Radiohead – Karma Police
2. Sinead O\’Connor – Mandinka
3. Paul Westerberg – Waiting For Somebody
4. Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
5. O.M.D. – Dreaming
6. Collective Soul – Gel
7. Blur – Girls And Boys
8. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
9. R.E.M./ Pretty Persuasion
10. CIV – Can\’t wait One Minute More
11. Flaming Lips – She Don\’t Use Jelly
12. The Cure – Love Cats
13. The Clash – London Calling
1. Oasis – Live Forever
2. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
3. Beastie Boys – She\’s Crafty
4. Alice In Chains – Got Me Wrong
5. Death Cab For Cutie – This Charming Man (cool cover)
6. Billy Idol – White Wedding
7. Buffalo Tom – Sodajerk
8. Devo – Freedom Of Choice
9. Bad Religion – 21st Century Digital Boy
10. Ned\’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green
11. Bush – Greedy Fly
12. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
13. Breeders – Cannonball
Every single person’s parents do SOMETHING weird just to save a few bucks. It’s a scientific fact. My father travels a lot for work and 2x a year (X-mas and my birthday) he will give me a box of hotel toiletries and I’m SO cheap that I look forward to these days because I actually use them instead of buying these things for myself. So, my dad’s too cheap to buy me real gifts and I’m too cheap to buy myself soap.
There were SO many people that came out to the women’s march! Whatever your viewpoints are ( for, against, or hermit crab living under a rock completely unaffected), these next few years will definitely have a few history making events.
In rural Dodge County, Wisconsin, a sheriff’s officer documented a random road occurrence: hundreds of thousands of red “Skittles” candies spilled on the road. Missing their trademark “S” stamped on them, it has been figured that rain in the area caused bags full of rejected versions of the candy to rip open and spill.
But where they were headed? Ah. That seems to be real story.
It turns out that it has been common practice, especially since corn prices jumped up in 2012, for farmers to mix these factory rejects in with their feed — “cheap carbs,” as we learn from this article from Eater. While there little concern that the candies are rotten or toxic — they likely just didn’t meet quality standards — people are surprised to find that junk food was on the diet of bovines.
Yes, that steak on your plate may have “tasted the rainbow.”
A highway strewn with candy in the night. A spotlight shone on a hidden food secret. And bootleg black market sweets. This has the makings of a reallyboring Netflix series. I’m treating the script now. 😉 — [eric]
“Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is being advised by doctors to take three days of rest. Therefore tonight’s show in Detroit will be postponed until March 9. Additionally, the Monday January 23rd show in Chicago will be postponed until March 8. Tickets will be honored on the new date, or refunded at point of purchase. The band apologizes to the fans and is looking forward to these dates in March.”
If you won tickets through 101WKQX, hold tight. Someone from the station will contact you with instructions.
The Wrap is reported this week that 6 big names from Hollywood are in the early running for the role of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment’s next big superhero film series, Green Lantern, The names are reported to be Tom Cruise, Joel McHale, Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, Armie Hammer, and Jake Gyllenhaal. The planned film is called ‘Green Lantern Corps’ and is due for a 2020 release. IGN reported that last week the potential film would have a “Lethal Weapon in Space”.
Tom Cruise is the most surprising considering, he’s been an established star who has never played a superhero before. He does get into butt-kicking in the ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Jack Reacher’ films. It would be interesting to see Cruise whose been in classic dramas like ‘the Firm’ and ‘A Few Good Men’ add something extra gusto to someone in outerspace in a costume. He’s been outer space before in the underrated Oblivion from 2011.
Ryan Reynolds played the Green Lantern in a 2011 film that was considered a disappointment, but insiders are saying his costumed hero stock is high after the unexpected hit in last year’s ‘Deadpool’. My Spidey sense says he stays over on the Marvel Cinematic Universe side with ‘Deadpool 2’ in the works and his public pleas to get Hugh Jackman to keep his claws out as Wolverine, read more on that here.
Joel McHale who charmed our collective hearts in NBC’s ‘Community’ and E’s ‘the Soup’ would be a choice from left field, as he’s not really known as an action hero, but more of a handsome smart-ass. Throw a costume on him and make the ring glow, let’s see what could happen.
Bradley Cooper has been in the movie world for a while in variety of different roles, and has the chops to be the man to answer the call ‘In brightest day, in blackest night’.
Poor Jake Gyllenhaal this guy has swung his bat at trying to get a superhero role before, only to get beaten out for the roles of Batman (in the Christopher Nolan trilogy) and Spider-Man (the role went to Toby McGuire). His range is wide, he has all the physical grit to pull it out, and if need be he can get his hands dirty. Go watch him in ‘Nightcrawlers’, he gets dirty while being creepy as heck.
Armie Hammer who has apparently trolled fans online about being casted, seems like a long shot when compared to the other candidates. He’s held the masked-man mantle down before in the forgotten ‘Lone Ranger’ in 2013. Hammer though did get cast as Batman in an unmade Batman movie.
Republican leaders in the Illinois General Assembly are renewing efforts to sell the James R. Thompson Center, that gleaming, inefficient building best known for housing a CTA station and a Taco Bell. One plan to redevelop the current site of the 1.2-million-square-foot building includes the construction of 1,7000-foot tower—the tallest in the city, if realized.
State Rep. Jim Durkin and Sen. Christine Radogno will introduce a bill that would permit the state to sell the Thompson Center, Durkin told Crain’s Chicago Business. The sale of the 16-story building could generate an estimated $220 million and save the state $326 million in deferred maintenance costs, according to the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. (MORE HERE)
Ok fine, can we vote on what to call it?I’m not going through the emotions of the Sears Tower ‘name change’ debacle again!!
Doing math on every single Restaurant Week menu to figure out which are good deals, which are bad deals, and which are somewhere in between. But not everyone wants to do a ton of math or look at spreadsheets. Plus, you couldn’t put everything you’d learned in that sheet, or it would be even longer than it already is. However, after looking at that many menus (and knowing a little bit about how restaurants work), A got a good sense of how to spot a good value was achieved. AND what to avoid. This is especially important if you’re dining at one of those “red” highlighted restaurants where it’s possible to actually lose money if you do Restaurant Week wrong. (MORE HERE)
AVOID STARCHES AND BREAD!! That’s what my friend Jimmy used to tell me when trying to get the best value out of a buffet. I apply his logic to lots of things.
The Women’s March on Chicago is (tomorrow) Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day following the presidential inauguration.
This is not just for women – join women AND allies of women for a rally and march in support of women’s rights, human rights and social justice.
The rally begins at 10 a.m. on Columbus Drive at Jackson Drive (immediately adjacent to Petrillo Bandshell in Grant Park).
Entry point to the rally space is via Balbo or Congress onto Columbus Drive, you are encouraged to use public transit but there are parking options available.
