NOTE: One reason why I didn’t find this movie very scary is that I was on vacation this past weekend and had to settle for watching this movie on television on HBO Max, as opposed to in a theater. The visuals were probably about as scary as they were ever going to be, but the film might have…
We sure have been getting a lot of these “broken adult goes on the run with endangered youth” movies lately. There was “News of the World” with Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel back in December and “The Marksman” with Liam Neeson and Jacob Perez in January. Okay, counting “Those Who Wish Me Dead”…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dining Duo are a couple of foodies who enjoy eating out and sampling the local cuisine in the Mid-South. To ensure the reviews are unbiased and that the duo remain anonymous, their identities are masked behind their favorite comic book heroes.
For over a year, “A Quiet Place Part II” was just out of reach. The film was originally supposed to open on March 20, 2020. The weekend of March 13 turned out to be the last for new releases before the pandemic shut down theaters. The film was pushed back to May of that year, but of course t…
“Spiral” comes to us “from the Book of ‘Saw,’” meaning that it’s a spinoff of the popular mostly-2000’s horror series. The Jigsaw Killer is referenced a number of times in this film, but I assure you that, like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, he remains dead. The Spiral Killer, for his or he…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dining Duo are a couple of foodies who enjoy eating out and sampling the local cuisine in the Mid-South. To ensure the reviews are unbiased and that the duo remain anonymous, their identities are masked behind their favorite comic book heroes.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dining Duo are a couple of foodies who enjoy eating out and sampling the local cuisine in the Mid-South. To ensure the reviews are unbiased and that the duo remain anonymous, their identities are masked behind their favorite comic book heroes.
The chronology of “Wrath of Man” is all out of whack and it’s hard to know what is and isn’t a spoiler. What we know from the trailers is that H (Jason Statham) gets a job at an armored car company where three months earlier two employees and a civilian were killed in a robbery. H is eventua…
Tobacco lovers and cigar enthusiasts along with Southaven Chamber of Commerce officials welcomed Spring Street Cigars as a new business on Thursday, May 6. The smoke shop offers pipes and cigars, and also features a lounge and patio areas. The shop is located at 6080 Getwell Road, Suite 101.
Four-legged and furry friends are the featured subject ongoing at this month’s DeSoto County Arts Council exhibit. Now through May 30, the works of Terri Massey will be on display at 2465 Highway 51 South, in Hernando.
Crossroads Seafood in Hernando was an epicenter of support and generosity for one local man Saturday.
Here’s a movie I didn’t expect to be reviewing two weeks ago. I didn’t know how this anime movie from a franchise unknown to me had managed to get such a plum positioning in theaters, but it was sure to lose to “Mortal Kombat” in its opening weekend and the horror movie “Separation” this pas…
“Just like anybody else,” families, friends and autism advocates busted a move in the parking lot of Longview Heights Church Saturday.
Hernando Civic Garden Club named the home of Becky Beard as Yard of the Season for spring. Chosen for the beautiful landscape design and maintenance, this vista is notable for its spectacular colors and unexpected surprises, all in beautiful harmony with the home and ground. A stunning Japa…
It didn’t take long before people’s arms were loaded down with bags and baskets of their favorite spring produce and goods on Saturday.
Best friends can be appreciated for their presence in a person’s life. Be it a late night talk, running through a field without any clothes on or even a lick on the face, a best friend can offer great joy at times.
Art lovers can take advantage of student expressions during the Les Fauves Art Club sale ongoing at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Dining Duo are a couple of foodies who enjoy eating out and sampling the local cuisine in the Mid-South. To ensure the reviews are unbiased and that the duo remain anonymous, their identities are masked behind their favorite comic book heroes.
An annual project for DCGC is to support Palmer Home for Children. This year our members were pleased to plant and donate flower pots for the Help Grow Flower Cart at the Mudbug Bash on April 17th in Hernando. Children are our future so the importance of this mission is something we are ve…
I remember when the first “Mortal Kombat” movie came out in 1995. That’s not to say I remember “seeing” the first “Mortal Kombat” movie, because I didn’t. The movie was rated PG-13 and I was too young to see it.But I remember even then thinking that audiences were getting short-changed with …
This year’s DeSoto’s Best 2020 Best Wedding Cakes winner is Patti Ray. At 63-years-young, her home-based business of homemade icing and cakes is keeping her riding high on a rainbow unicorn.
Londyn Bakeris was crowned Miss Olive Branch 2021 on Saturday, April 24, at Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center.
DeSoto County Museum might seem like an unusual place for an exhibit about the Holocaust.
Winged and scaled representatives of the animal kingdom made an appearance at Conger Park in Hernando Friday, April 23, for National Picnic Day.
Students at the DeSoto Arts Institute in Southaven discuss their work making short films with director Robb Rokk at the DeSoto Film Festival. The festival runs through Saturday and showcases 30 short films from across the world as well as productions with Mississippi and Memphis connections.
Although they only run from three minutes to 20 minutes in length, cinema fans young and old will find something to their liking in the 30 entries in this year’s DeSoto Film Festival.
Although they only run from three minutes to 20 minutes in length, cinema fans young and old will find something to their liking in the 30 entries in this year’s DeSoto Film Festival.
Over 300 craft beer fans turned out this weekend for Brewfest 2021 held at Mississippi Ale House in Olive Branch.
Salt meat and kind words are two of the most plentiful wares that have made Curtis Grocery in Nesbit a landmark stop.
Some time back I wrote about how Oscar season got pushed back a few months, which was why we were getting movies like “Nomadland” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” in February.
Everybody in Liberty, Texas knew who J.D. Lowe was back in the day. Now, the entire world will get to hear about the disabled World War II vet who has been immortalized in a song by a DeSoto County musician.
Kat and Sanford Gore, a brother and sister painter and photographer, will have their works featured on display this weekend at a downtown Memphis artist colony.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael Farris Smith will appear virtually today at First Regional Library at 6:30 p.m. to discuss his latest novel "Nick," a prequel to "The Great Gatsby." To join in the discussion visit firstregional.org and click the link.
“Godzilla vs Kong” is a follow-up to “Godzilla” (2014), “Kong: Skull Island” (2017), and “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (2019). Those films are respectively known as the one that kills off Bryan Cranston too early and cuts away from a monster fight that should have been the most exciting s…
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When the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled tours and left many musicians out of work, KC Johns used the down time to go back into the studio and record songs for a new record.
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I didn’t really grow up with the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. I was more into Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, but I understand the two pairs have similarly adversarial relationships. The key difference is that while Wile E. definitely wants to eat the Road Runner, I don’t think Tom the Cat w…
“Raya and the Last Dragon” was the first movie I saw in a theater in nearly a year. No testing the waters with small-scale releases for us, we got a major Disney animated feature on the first day theaters were reopened. And I’d like to take this moment to thank the staffs of the reopening th…
“Chaos Walking” is an adaptation of a dystopian Young Adult book series, and it would have been right at home among “The Hunger Games” about five years ago. The film takes place on a distant planet called New World, which is seemingly inhabited only by men. The men are subject to “The Noise…
Editor’s Note: The Dining Duo are a couple of foodies who enjoy eating out and sampling the local cuisine in the tri-state area. To ensure reviews are unbiased and that the duo remain anonymous, their identities are masked behind their favorite comic book heroes.
It’s been a hard year for entertainers like Matthew West who make their living singing on a stage connecting with live audiences.
Monica Reichardt left a high paying career in real estate to sell three dollar ice cream cones.
Mark Burks got hooked on ball pythons from the moment he first laid eyes on one up close 11 years ago.
When legendary Texas honky tonk crooner Dale Watson opened the World Famous Hernando’s Hideaway on Brooks Road in Memphis in October 2019, he promised music fans that they would soon be able to sit back and enjoy the music with a cold bottle of Lone Star beer.
Donna Wieronski first saw Wesley Williamson act on stage when he was six years old and watched him over the years as his passion for the theater blossomed.
In a year of uncertainty and change, Heather Bugg Ries made the most of her circumstances. After selling Ladybugg Bakery in May, she used her skill set in new ways to open Mrs. Hippie Eats out of her home in Hernando.
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